Projet "La normalisation du véhicule électrique"

allant de 1998 à 2003. This is the PhD thesis of Peter Van den Bossche, entitled The electric vehicle: raising the standards and representing the standardization work performed under the aegis of CITELEC's standardization activities. It presents the evolution of standardization in relation to electrically driven vehicles in the past, present and future. It is the result of historical and bibliographical research on one hand and of the author?s personal experience in several standardization committees on the other hand. Starting with the genesis of the first specific electric vehicle standards in the early 20th century, the evolutions of this subject are followed up throughout the years, passing through the renewed interest in electric vehicles the last quarter of the century, up to the new developments like hybrids and fuel cells which are bringing the electric road vehicle into the 21st century. Special attention has been devoted to the drafting process of the standards and the roles played by the various standardization bodies and their mutual interaction. The work is concluded with the formulation of a number of statements and recommendations concerning the future of the standardization of electrically driven vehicles.

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