Major reports
A reading must is the British report Investigation into the Scope for the Transport Sector to Switch to Electric Vehicles and Plugin Hybrid Vehicles, issued by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Deportment for Transport (Oct. 2008). Various transition scenario's are presented, along with suggestions for enhancing the introduction.
Excellent, balanced, reports on electric transportation, with many details on environmental, technical and economic issues, have been issued by the German Bank, and by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
For details with respect to electricity demand and production in the Netherlands with future scenario see the report by the Dutch General Energy Council (Algemene Energieraad)
An overview of clean car developments in Europe is provided in:
The AVERE and Citelec joint Secretariat Newsletter
Additional information
Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, EPRI, July, 2007.
De toekomst van de accu, IWO, June 2008
Business opportunities, because the solution is more than a hybrid, Roland Berger Strategic Consultants, April, 2008
Effecten en kosten van duurzame innovatie in het wegverkeer, ECN, maart 2008
Advanced vehicle batteries: market & basics, SP innovation, April, 2008
Your suggestions for additional sources, relevant to the debate, are welcome!

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