scholarly journals Expected Impacts of the Massive Increase in Electric Vehicles in Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 8945
Author(s):  
Jozef Živčák ◽  
Jaroslava Kádárová ◽  
Michal Puškár ◽  
Michaela Kočišová ◽  
Laura Lachvajderová
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Alternative Drive ◽  
The Government ◽  
Emission Limits

Society and the government perceive alternative propulsions as a way out of a world of high emissions. For several years now, European countries have been trying to enforce various strategic plans in which they give maximum support to electromobility. Subsidies and emission limits for car manufacturers or strategic plans for the development of electromobility in each European country are only a small part of the enormous support for the development of this new alternative drive. However, questions arise in the energy and ecology sectors: Is Slovakia ready to increase the number of electric vehicles? Will Slovakia have enough energy sources? Are electric cars really as clean as they are presented? The article focuses on these issues and, through detailed analysis, based on individual annual reports of each sector, refutes or confirms the fact that electromobility is a promising alternative and a replacement for internal combustion engines.

scholarly journals Electric vehicle vs. internal combustion car in the smart city concept

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Adrian Śliwa
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Electro Mobility ◽  
Occupancy Rates

Replacing traditional internal combustion cars with electric vehicles is one of the most important aspects of the concept of electro-mobility which means environmentally friendly and clean transport. Such means of passenger transport logically fit in with the Smart City concept, as theoretically they could create opportunities for reducing traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. The presented research results are an attempt to verify this hypothesis based on the opinions collected in a survey randomly conducted on users of two types of automobiles with electric and internal combustion engines. The results of the survey are not unambiguous since the development of electromobility is not supported by higher occupancy rates in electric cars and their more frequent use on short distances, but the argument for promoting them is their better operating and economic performance.

scholarly journals A Study on the Adoption of Electric Vehicles in India: The Mediating Role of Attitude

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Anil Khurana ◽  
V. V. Ravi Kumar ◽  
Manish Sidhpuria
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Charging Infrastructure ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Electric Car ◽  
Toxic Emission ◽  
Range Anxiety ◽  
Fossil Fuel Emission ◽  
The Government

Pollution of the environment is currently a global concern. Toxic emission from internal combustion engines is one of the primary air pollutants. In order to mitigate the effects of fossil fuel emission and address environmental concerns (ECs), electric vehicles (EVs) are being promoted aggressively all over the world. Various governments are encouraging people to switch to EVs by incentivizing the transition. Previous studies indicate that the high cost of the electric car, non-availability of charging infrastructure, time and range anxiety act as impediments to consumer adoption. The Government of India has given a call for ‘only Electric Vehicles’ on Road by 2030. This article is contemporary and examines the different factors that affect a consumer’s adoption of an EV. The respondents of the study are existing car owners in India. The data were analysed using Structured Equation Modelling (SEM). Attitude (ATT) emerged as a strong mediator, influencing the adoption of electric cars.

Study and Investigation of Energy Management Techniques Used in Electric/Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-606
Author(s):  
Punyavathi Ramineni ◽  
Alagappan Pandian
Keyword(s):  
Energy Management ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
And Control ◽  
Intelligent Controllers

Many pollution-related issues are raising due to the usage of conventional internal combustion engines (ICEs) vehicles. Electric Vehicles/ Hybrid electric vehicles (EVs/HEVs) are the finest solutions to overcome those problems associated with ICE-based vehicles. The EVs are introduced with a signal energy source (SES), which is not a successful attempt, especially during transient vehicles, driving, etc. Multiple energy sources (MES) EVs are introduced to attain better performance than the SES vehicles, which is obtained by combining two sources like battery/fuel cells, ultracapacitor. In this contest, energy management (EMNG) plays a vital role in sharing the load to the sources as per the EVs requirement. In the case of MES-based EVs, the controller always plays a significant role in the related EMNG system because it is the key factor in improving vehicle efficiency. In this article, a study has mainly been done related to several conventional, intelligent controllers and control algorithms to do the proper EMNG between sources present in the EV.

Analysis of Current Hybrid-Electric Automobile Drivetrains and Proposal of an Alternative Powertrain

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ahn ◽  
Thomas S. Welles ◽  
Benjamin Akih-Kumgeh
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicle ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
Hybrid Configuration

Abstract Byproducts of fossil fuel combustion contribute to negative changes in the global climate. Specifically, emissions from automobiles are a major source of greenhouse gas pollution. Efforts to minimize these harmful emissions have led to the development and sustained improvement of hybrid drivetrains in automobiles. Despite many advancements, however, hybrid systems still face substantial challenges which bear on their practicality, performance, and competitive disadvantage in view of the low cost of today’s traditional internal combustion engines. These imperfections notwithstanding, hybrid electric vehicles have the potential to play significant roles in the future as cleaner transportation solutions. Actualization of this potential will depend on the ability of hybrid-electric vehicles to minimize their disadvantages while increasing their positive features relative to traditional combustion engines. This research investigates current hybrid electric architectures in automobiles with the aim of suggesting an alternative, more efficient hybrid configuration that utilizes current technology. This is completed by utilizing an iterative design process to compare how various components of existing hybrids can be combined and/or improved to develop a single, efficient and cohesive system that performs comparably to or surpasses existing ones in fuel efficiency and low emissions in all driving conditions. A critical and comparative analysis is provided based on current hybrid-electric vehicle architectures as well as a plausible alternative.

scholarly journals Impact on the environment and on human health of internal combustion, hybrid and battery electric powered vehicles in a life cycle perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 07011
Author(s):  
Francesco Di Maria ◽  
Daniela Cesari ◽  
Federico Sisani
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Particulate Emissions ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Italian Context

Different power trained passenger cars were compared in a life cycle perspective (LCA) considering the Italian context for the year 2019. Main findings shows that battery electric vehicles, based on the current Italian energy mix, have the lower global warming emissions about 0.1 kgCO2eq/km. Lower particulate emissions of about 5x10-4 kgPM2,5eq/km and impact on human health about 7x10-7/km DALY were detected for petrol hybrid electric vehicles. Lower photochemical emissions of about 5x10-4 kgNMVOCeq/km were found for gasoline internal combustion engines vehicles.

scholarly journals Advanced Technologies for the Optimization of Internal Combustion Engines

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 10842
Author(s):  
Cinzia Tornatore ◽  
Luca Marchitto
Keyword(s):  
Real Options ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Entire Range ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Ic Engine ◽  
Advanced Technologies

Even in a scenario where electric vehicles gain market share and the sale of internal combustion engines is gradually reduced, at the present time, there are still no real options that can totally replace the internal combustion (IC) engine over the entire range of its applications [...]

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