دورية أكاديمية

Battery Electric Vehicles: Perspectives and Challenges

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Battery Electric Vehicles: Perspectives and Challenges
المؤلفون: Nicola Armaroli, Filippo Monti, Andrea Barbieri
المصدر: Substantia, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Firenze University Press, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:History (General) and history of Europe
LCC:Chemistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: Battery electric vehicles, lithium ion batteries, cobalt, dysprosium, critical materials, energy efficiency, History (General) and history of Europe, Chemistry, QD1-999
الوصف: In the early decades of the car industry (1880-1920), battery electric vehicles (BEVs) got a remarkable popularity. Eventually, they fell into oblivion for nearly a century, when they left the stage to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), which enabled long-distance driving thanks to the superior energy density of liquid fuels. The invention of the lithium-ion battery (LIB, 1991), characterized by unprecedented energy density and steeply decreasing costs, set the stage to reverse this century-long trend, making nowadays BEVs a competitive alternative to ICEVs. In this paper, we analyze the perspectives of battery electric cars, quantitively assessing their performance in terms of energy efficiency and consumption versus ICEV counterparts. An examination of material requirements for manufacturing each battery component is made, with focus on critical resources such as cobalt, dysprosium, lithium and graphite. Based on quantitative data, we conclude that the transition to electric powertrains for light-duty vehicles is not only desirable but also doable. However, this must be accomplished by following circular economy principles across the whole industrial chain, in the frame of a wider, radical transformation of the mobility system towards more sustainable models.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2532-3997
Relation: https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/576; https://doaj.org/toc/2532-3997
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-576
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/11e1b58504a040d9850764dd94126d40
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.11e1b58504a040d9850764dd94126d40
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:25323997
DOI:10.13128/Substantia-576