Electric Vehicles 101 An Introduction By Dan Lauber Nov 13, 2009
Electric Vehicles 101 A Brief History Advantages Challenges Meeting the Challenge EV’s Today EV’s at MIT
1968 – Great Electric Car Race Trans-continental race between MIT and Caltech 53 charging stations, spaced 60 mi apart MIT’s car used $20k of NiCd batteries ($122k in 2008 dollars), CalTech’s cost $600
Clean Air Car Race 50+ cars raced from MIT to Caltech using many alternative powertrains CalTech – Regenerative braking Boston Electric Car Club – Battery Swapping Toronto University – Parallel hybrid design very similar to modern Prius architecture MIT – Series hybrid and electrically commutated motor Sources: see