Page - 75 - in Our Car as Power Plant

75 At present we drive in our car with combustion engine to bring us from A to B, using mainly gasoline, an oil product, as the energy source. The electricity we consume comes in majority from large power plants: coal, gas and some oil and biomass/waste fired power plants, nuclear power plants and large hydro power plants. Geothermal, wind and solar play a minor role. The energy systems, for transport and electricity are separated. But the world is changing. Our transport becomes more and more electrically driven: bikes, fork lifts, scooters and now our cars become electric. We have seen that all large car manufacturers have introduced electric cars to the market. Cars with an electric motor driven by electricity that is stored in a battery. And because of the short dis- tance you can drive and the long charging time, the car manufacturers have also introduced hybrid cars. Hybrid cars use both an electric motor (driven by electricity from the battery) and a combustion engine (driven by fossil fuel). The result of this change towards electric driving is that we will consume more and more electricity for transport. FUTURE ENERGY- AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS