Future drive : electric vehicles and sustainable transportation / Daniel Sperling ; with contributions from Mark A. Delucchi, Patricia M. Davis, and A.F. Burke.

By: Sperling, Daniel Contributor(s): Delucchi, Mark A | Davis, Patricia M | Burke, A. F. (Andrew F.)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1995. Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 1417539291; 9781417539291; 9781610910736; 1610910737Subject(s): Electric automobiles | Transportation, Automotive -- Environmental aspects | Transportation and state | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation | TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation | Electric automobiles | Transportation and state | Transportation, Automotive -- Environmental aspects | Kraftfahrzeug | Antrieb Technik | Umweltverträglichkeit | ElektrofahrzeugGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic book. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future drive.DDC classification: 388 LOC classification: TL220 | .S65 1995ebOther classification: 43.62 | 55.29 | 55.84 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Transportation as if people mattered -- Sifting the wheat from the chaff -- Toward electric propulsion -- Neighborhood electric vehicles -- Fuel cells -- Hybrid vehicles -- Accelerating regulatory reform -- Technology policy for sustainable transportation.

Action note: digitized 2010 committed to preserveSummary: In Future Drive, Daniel Sperling addresses the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and analyzes initiatives and strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. He discusses how to exploit the revolution in automotive technologies, why today's auto industry is fundamentally unprepared for the vehicles of tomorrow, why improving technology holds more promise than large-scale behavior modification, and why a.Summary: Regulatory revolution is needed.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-165) and index.

In Future Drive, Daniel Sperling addresses the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and analyzes initiatives and strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. He discusses how to exploit the revolution in automotive technologies, why today's auto industry is fundamentally unprepared for the vehicles of tomorrow, why improving technology holds more promise than large-scale behavior modification, and why a.

Regulatory revolution is needed.

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