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Electric Cars

Cars that use electric motors were first designed at the end of the nineteenth century. It took more than hundred years for their comeback after the sounding success story of the combustion engine. Electric drives may be powered by rechargeable batteries – or fuel cells that depend on compressed hydrogen.

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Summaries

10 Video

The Electric Vehicle Charging Problem
Wendover Productions
Wendover Productions, 2021
10 Video

Electric Vehicles’ Battery Problem
Wendover Productions
Wendover Productions, 2022
8 Article

The Battery King
How did a Chinese company that few people have heard of manage to defeat German carmakers at their own game?
Henry Sanderson
The Wire China, 2022
8 Book

The Powerhouse
Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
Steve LeVine
Viking, 2015
10 Report

Effects of Battery Manufacturing on Electric Vehicle Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The International Council on Clean Transportation
ICCT, 2018
8 Article

Lithium-Ion Batteries Need to Be Greener and Ethical
Batteries are key to humanity’s future – but they come with environmental and human costs, which must be mitigated.
Nature Editorial
Nature, 2021
8 Article

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles
Gavin Harper et al.
Nature, 2019
8 Article

These Tiffs Over Electric Vehicles Are Not What They Seem
Robinson Meyer
The New York Times, 2023
Book

Are We There Yet?
The American Automobile: Past, Present, and Driverless
Dan Albert
W.W. Norton, 2019
9 Article

Shared, Electric and Automated Mobility (SEAM) Governance Framework
Prototype for North America and Europe
Maya Ben Dror and Michelle Avary
World Economic Forum, 2019
8 Article

A “Technology-Smart” Battery Policy Strategy for Europe
Batteries’ inherent characteristics should inform policies.
Martin Beuse et al.
Science, 2018
8 Article

Batteries Can Be Part of the Fight Against Climate Change – If We Do These Five Things
Jonathan Eckart
World Economic Forum, 2017