Obstacles to Mass Electromobility

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.175How to use a DOI?

Keywords

automotive trends, electromobility, sustainable mobility, infrastructure, transport policy, emission, sanction

Abstract

The general approach to mobility is constantly changing and the expression ‘‘driving an internal combustion engine’’ will become rather unusual in the future. When buying a car, as before, there will be a variety of powertrain technologies available, but there will be more than there is now. However, it depends on economic wealth and national interests, which affects the distribution of these technologies in certain regions. For future mobility, people will no longer have one universal vehicle for short and long distances. They will think more about the available options, depending on how they use the vehicle, and decide between a hybrid, an electric vehicle or an internal combustion engine. Over time, the use of hydrogen is likely to increase. Uncommon situations will then be solved by another option, for example through vehicle sharing, rental or public transport. Therefore, this will make our approach more environmentally friendly, by not buying an electric car, as everyone believes. Furthermore, until the prices of the various powertrains reach a similar level and the charging time is reduced, the interest in EVs without financial support will not be much higher than now. These and other obstacles to the development of mass electromobility are discussed in this article. And it turns out that automakers are investing in electromobility so rapidly just because they are being forced into it by restrictions and not by their own conviction about the suitability of electromobility at present. Otherwise they would invest in the development of electromobility in the right time and when an appropriate technology is available.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ing.Vojtěch Štěch
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/30
TI  - Obstacles to Mass Electromobility
BT  - Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 955
EP  - 961
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.175
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.175
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