“Electric Propulsion to replace Petrol & Diesel Engines in cars” – Transport power from food for people and horses, coal and oil in vehicle engines and electricity in the future.
Peter Moss
Graduated in Mechanical engineering at Imperial College, Apprenticeship with Rolls Royce, postgraduate study at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, and with British Leyland until 1976 – then at Royal Military College of Science (now Defence Academy UK) at Shrivenham where I lectured undergraduate mechanical engineering students. My work included courses on military fighting and logistic vehicles – from “Motor Cycles to Main Battle Tanks” at postgraduate level. Also, courses were provided for advanced training of staff officers Shrivenham as well as a similar course abroad. Venues included Australia, USA, Turkey, Libya, Singapore, Jordan, India. Occasional papers and lectures have been presented at home and abroad – including Germany and Poland.
Most of my professional life had been involved with land vehicles, with the latter part specialising in military vehicle mobility, their engines, and transmissions.
During the second World War both protagonists built limited numbers of electric transmission tanks. In the last decade or so, military vehicle designers have revisited ‘electric transmissions’ and ‘limited all-electric systems’, especially for reconnaissance vehicles. I have been involved in discussions with military vehicle manufacturers at home and abroad, for both traditional and electric propulsion systems and have taken a keen interest in the many electric cars coming onto the market – which the subject of this talk.