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Racing Toward Zero The Untold Story of Driving Green.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Warrendale :
SAE International,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- CHAPTER 1 Please Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves (and Our Book)
- Kelly's View
- The Future Is Eclectic
- Don't Hate the Media, Become the Media
- Hug Your Engine
- Don't Believe the Hype
- The ICEmen Cometh
- Felix's Turn: The British Perspective
- The Problem with "Could"
- Early Years
- Transatlantic Engine Hugging
- The Road to Zero
- The Drive Ahead
- A Brief Translation Guide
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 2 History of the Automobile (or How We Learned to Get Off Our High Horse)
- The Very Beginning
- Raising Steam
- Electric Shock
- The Heat of Combustion
- Competing Technologies
- A Century of ICE
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 3 Vehicle Emissions: From (Tail)Pipe Dream to Exhaust Nightmare
- Overview of Emissions
- Types of Emissions and Where They Come From
- Pollution Is Not a Helpful Word
- Ideal Combustion
- Combustion in Air
- Real Combustion Is Hot and Happens Quickly
- Hotness
- Speed
- Unburned Hydrocarbons (C x H y).
- Carbon (PM).
- Carbon Monoxide (CO).
- Other Emissions.
- The Final Tally
- Non-Exhaust Emissions
- Tires
- Brakes
- Roads
- How Emissions Affect the Environment and Our Health
- Greenhouse Gases
- Pollutant Emissions
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 4 Law and Order: Special Emissions Unit
- Emissions Legislation
- How to Measure Emissions
- Global Emissions Legislation
- Greenhouse Gases
- Pollutant Emissions
- Countries with Their Own Standards.
- Other Areas of the World.
- How Do Modern ICE Vehicles Meet These Rules?
- Greenhouse Gases
- Pollutant Emissions
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 5 Diesel's Drama: From Warm Embrace to Scandalous Affair
- The Early Years
- Europe Embraces Diesel
- The Dieselgate Scandal
- Fallout from Dieselgate
- Europe Moves to Gasoline
- The Results of RDE
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 6 Resistance Is Futile: The Rise of the Battery Electric Vehicle
- Electric Vehicles 101
- Electric versus Electrified
- Degrees of Electrification
- Anatomy of an Electric Vehicle
- Anatomy of an Electrified (Hybrid) Vehicle
- History of the Battery Electric Vehicle
- The Early Days: The First Rise and Fall
- A Brief Return
- Who Killed the EV1?: The Second Rise and Fall
- Prius
- Tesla: The Third Rise (with No Fall in Sight)
- What's Different This Time?
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 7 Your Mileage May Vary: The Positives and Negatives of Going Electric
- The Electric Advantage
- No Exhaust Emissions
- Reduced Noise
- Renewable Energy
- Efficiency
- Fuel Cost
- Less Maintenance
- Acceleration
- Fill Up at Home
- The Electric Disadvantage
- Vehicle Cost
- Range Anxiety
- Charge Times
- Infrastructure
- Mining
- Weather
- Weight
- Health
- Today's Plug-In Vehicle Market
- Future Market Projections
- Software to Improve BEVs and Beyond
- The Last Mile
- CHAPTER 8 Hydrogen: A New Hope or New Hype?
- Why Hydrogen?
- Safety