Electric Vehicles: Pros, Cons and Myths (R901)

R – Physical Sciences and Mathematics

What are the pros and cons of electric vehicle (EV) ownership? Would an EV match your vehicle needs? How accurate are the headlines claiming that EVs catch fire more often than other vehicles, that EVs cause more lifetime greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and hybrid vehicles, or that the U.S. doesn’t have the generating capacity to charge them? This course attempts to answer these and other questions. The course is an expanded version of the presentation offered during the Current Issues course.

This offering meets for a total of 1 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Charles Carter

CARTER, CHARLES–Electrical engineering degrees, North Carolina State University. Interests include electronics, physics, computers, computer networks, electric vehicles and brewing beer. Retired in 2015 after a 43-year career in research and development organizations.

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