The zero carbon car
Subtitle: green technology and the automotive industry
By: Brian Long
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Marlborough, Wiltshire [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781847974211
Subjects: Alternative fuel vehicles; Automobiles; Environmental aspects; Technological innovations; Fuel consumption; Motor fuels; Experimental automobiles
Other titles: Green technology and the automotive industry
Description: "The Zero Carbon Car examines the hundreds of ways in which car manufacturers are trying to reduce our carbon footprint, and the adaptation of the automotive industry to changing technology in a world where environmental issues are becoming ever more prevalent. The book's in-depth research into green car technology shows that manufacturers make concerted efforts, but sometimes also defeat the gains of their innovation."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Zero carbon : what exactly does it mean?; title: The diesel boom; title: Petrol as a 'clean' option; title: Full hybrids : the petrol-electric and diesel-electric brigade; title: Pure electric vehicles and EREVs; title: Alternative power; title: The body beautiful; title: What the future holds.