If the electric vehicle and particularly the electric car is ever to compete effectively with conventional internal combustion-engined vehicles, the price at which it can be profitably built and sold to the public must be similar to that for a conventional vehicle having a similar feature level. A small premium may be acceptable for the electric vehicle providing it offers a significant reduction in emissions and in the case of fuel-cell and hybrid electric vehicles, a significant reduction in fossil-fuel consumption.

Inspec keywords: hybrid electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; fuel cell vehicles; fossil fuels

Other keywords: electric cars; fuel-cell vehicles; economics; emission reduction; fossil-fuel consumption; internal combustion engined vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles

Subjects: Transportation