electric cars

BOOK REVIEW WRITTEN BY: NAWAF AL-

DAYYENI

The Author: Lorenz Köll, Olmo Tomás Mezger,and Thomas Rasilier, pages 56, Version 1,0 - July 2011

1-REVIEW ON THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK

2-EVALUATION

This figure shows the top ten common questions

THE BOOK INTRODUCTION

This chapter is an introduction to the subject and provides brief perspective on these technologies, also explaining some of the new concepts.

THE BEST WAY IS CONDUCTIVE WAY.

First chapter(How do you charge an electric car?)

There are three ways:-1-Changing the battery.2-conductive way.3- inductive way.

Second chapter(What is the lifespan of an electric car?).*Depends on batteries type

Factors affect on lifespan of a battery:- A-Extreme low temperatures.B-Number of charging cycles(Modern batteries can stand 3,000 cycle).C-Overcharging and fast charging

Lithium batteries are the most promising technology for use in electric cars.

Fourth chapter(What are the costs of an electric cars?).

*An average price of an electric car is between

35,000 and 40,000 euro.*The consumer would 24,000 euro for an

electric car.

*The largest percent of the price is in the batteries.

Fifth chapter(Do governments promote the purchase of electric cars?).

*Japan government gives 10,000 euro as a grants for the purchase of a vehicle of electric type.*Germany does not give anything for supporting this industry.

Seventh chapter(What are the levels of CO2 emissions from electric cars?).

*CO2 emissions from electric cars basically depend on howthe electricity is produced.

*Austria generates 70% of its electricitythrough hydropower plants.

*France produces 80% of its energy through nuclear power .

*Electric motors are much simpler than petrol motor.*Electric vehicles have fewer components that are affected by friction and

temperature.*Electric cars don’t need gear box or clutch. They don’t even need filter oil or air.

Eighth chapter(What kind of maintenance and repair do electric cars need?).

Add a Slide Title - 5•*The availability of the battery systems depends on the availability of the row

materials

*Around 70% of the world reserve is in South America(lithium reserve).*According to lithium reserve ,there is enough lithium to supply the automobile

industry for at least 100 years .

Ninth chapter(Will the batteries be available in the long term?).

2-EVALUATION

1-In this book has been avoiding the extreme use of technical vocabulary or extreme use of data.

2-almost in every page there is a box of general informationthis box makes the book not monotonic.

3-All figures are clear and easy to understand.

1-In page 23 has been repeated the box of general information which is the same box in page19 .

2-There is spelling mistake in page 18 (calendaric ) has to be written like this (calendric).