Electric and hybrid vehicles in urban traffic

U prvom dijelu rada objasnit će se razvoj električnih i hibridnih vozila kroz povijest u svijetu i u Republici Hrvatskoj. Nakon toga slijedi dio u kojem rad nastoji pobliže objasniti ekološke i energetske značajke električnih i hibridnih vozila u urbanom prometu. Sljedeći odlomak bavi se primjenom električnih i hibridnih vozila u urbanom prometu, dok peti odlomak razmatra mogućnosti razvoja električnih i hibridnih vozila u urbanom prometu Republike Hrvatske, ali i u ostatku svijeta. Ovim radom želi se prikazati onečišćenje okoliša koje proizvode vozila koja koriste motore s unutarnjim izgaranjem, no nudi i alternativna rješenja za ranije spomenuti problem.The first part of this paper will explain the development of electric and hybrid vehicles throughout history of the world and the Republic of Croatia. In the following part the paper seeks to further explain ecological and energy features of electric and hybrid vehicles in urban traffic. The following section deals with the use of electric and hybrid vehicles in urban traffic. This is followed by the fifth passage which examines the possibilities of the development of electric and hybrid vehicles in urban traffic of the Republic of Croatia, but also in the rest of the world. This paper aims to illustrate the environmental pollution produced by vehicles that use internal combustion engine, but it also offers some alternative solutions for the aforementioned problem