
121
3
Lithium Batteries: Status and Future
Bruno Scrosati and Jusef Hassoun
3.1 Introduction
Our present energy policy, still mainly based on burning of fossil fuels, inev-
itably poses a serious concern due to the CO
2
-related global warming (see
Figure 3.1).
Accordingly, efforts aimed to assure an efcient use of renewable energy
sources, as well as the replacement of internal combustion engines with elec-
tric motors for the development of sustainable vehicles, such as hybrid elec-
tric vehicles (HEVs) and ultimately, full electric vehicles (EVs), are in progress
worldwide (see Figure 3.2). Another advantage of the electric engine over the
combustion ...