Recent Development of Electric Vehicles

Abstract

With the rapid development of the automotive industry, the demand for gasoline increases sharply. The gasoline cars cause serious environmental pollution. The application of electric vehicles can solve these problems. In this paper, the significance for developing electric cars is stressed first. Then the recent progresses in developing electric car battery, charging technology, drive motor are summarized. Different type of batteries and charging methods are introduced and their feasibilities are analyzed. The future trend of electric vehicles has been discussed as well. With the development of key technologies in electric car manufacture, todays energy and environmental problems will be solved to a large extent.