TY - JOUR
TI - The future (and the present) of motor vehicle propulsion systems
AU - Blagojević Ivan A
AU - Mitić Saša R
AU - Stamenković Dragan D
AU - Popović Vladimir M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 15
SP - 1727
EP - 1743
PT - Article
AB - Limited reserves of oil and the increasing environmental effect of its usage  as a motor fuel represent global issue related to the constantly increasing  number of motor vehicles. Therefore, the reduction of the fossil fuel  consumed and the emission produced in internal combustion engines is the  primary goal of the development of motor vehicle propulsion systems. In that  sense, the present and the future of motor vehicles relies on hybrid drive  systems, electric drive systems and drive systems which use hydrogen as a  fuel(either by its combustion or by production of electric energy with the  help of fuel cells). In this paper, the authors have presented the  above-mentioned motor vehicle propulsion systems by explaining their  function and design, their basic elements and their functions. Authors have  also analyzed advantages and disadvantages of the mentioned propulsion  systems in comparison to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) based  systems, both technically and environmentally speaking, but also in relation  to available infrastructure and energy resources. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. TR 35045:  Scientific-Technological Support to Enhancing the Safety of Special Road and  Rail Vehicles]