Energy and Sustainability Aspects of Drive Systems

Authors: Willibald Prestl Volkmar Wagner

Publish Date: 2012/07/01

Volume: 114, Issue: 7-8, Pages: 10-14

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Abstract

Electric mobility is on the way towards consolidating its place as an established form of mobility in the future Given the appropriate contextual conditions with a holistic approach geared to sustainability and good integration into a renewable energy supply system it offers numerous benefits According to research by BMW conventional mobility will however continue to be secure in its existence in the long term due to the many benefits that a hydrocarbonbased energy supply has to offerThe first battery electric vehicles BEVs with a plausible claim to series production maturity are currently arriving on the market The spectrum of reports so far has ranged from overwhelming euphoria at the prospects for the rapid and revolutionary replacement of conventional drive systems to concerns being raised that the electric car is in fact an ecologically senseless consumer of carbonbased power These reactions are often isolated analyses and do not arise from consideration

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