Sharan Kalwani - A Brief History of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV)
Electric vehicles first appeared in the mid-19th century. EVs held the land speed record until around 1900. The high cost, low speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to 20th century internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use as private motor vehicles, although electric vehicles have continued to be used in the form of loading and freight equipment and public transport – especially rail vehicles.
Now in the 21st century, interest in electric vehicles has increased due to growing concern over the problems associated with fossil fuel vehicles, including damage to the environment caused by their emissions, and the sustainability of the current hydrocarbon-based transportation infrastructure as well as improvements in EV technology.
We will explore all of these aspects and a quick glimpse in the current state of the art, as well as developments around the corner.
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Sharan Kalwani of IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section
A Brief History of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV)
Electric vehicles first appeared in the mid-19th century. EVs held the land speed record until around 1900. The high cost, low speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to 20th century internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use as private motor vehicles, although electric vehicles have continued to be used in the form of loading and freight equipment and public transport – especially rail vehicles.
Now in the 21st century, interest in electric vehicles has increased due to growing concern over the problems associated with fossil fuel vehicles, including damage to the environment caused by their emissions, and the sustainability of the current hydrocarbon-based transportation infrastructure as well as improvements in EV technology.
We will explore all of these aspects and a quick glimpse in the current state of the art, as well as developments around the corner.
Biography:
A seasoned scientific, technical and computing professional, Sharan has spent over 30+ years’ experience in high performance computing, engineering applications, infrastructure, simulation, benchmarking, networking, operations, technical support and project management.
He is a senior member of IEEE, ACM, SEMCO, ASEI. He has published a book on the topic: "UNIX and TCP/IP network security"; and is now working on his second text, about a new computer programming language. He also serves as one of the writers/editors of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Sections monthly newsletter - Wavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 2023, IEEE Sustech 2022, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences and is the on the organizing committee for Online Forum for Climate Change Technologies 2023, 2024 and 2025 . He is the recipient of:
* 2018 IEEE MGA Achievement award and
* 2024 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Anne O. Fletcher Award
for his various contributions towards technical activities. On X he can be found @skalwani or on his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharankalwani
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