Next-Generation Batteries and Fuel Cells for Commercial, Military, and Space Applications

Foreword

This book comes at a time during which high global demand for oil is coupled with the anticipation of a shortage in the near future. To reduce this dependency on foreign oil and eliminate the greenhouse effects associated with oil, several automobile-manufacturing companies have been engaged in the mass development and production of electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). To address these objectives, the author of this book, A. R. Jha, gives serious attention to cutting-edge ...