title: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS <100 KHZ IN ELECTRIC AND GASOLINE-POWERED VEHICLES.
abstract: Measurements were conducted to investigate electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) from 120 Hz to 10 kHz and 1.2 to 100 kHz in 9 electric or hybrid vehicles and 4 gasoline vehicles, all while being driven. The range of fields in the electric vehicles enclosed the range observed in the gasoline vehicles. Mean magnetic fields ranged from nominally 0.6 to 3.5 µT for electric/hybrids depending on the measurement band compared with nominally 0.4 to 0.6 µT for gasoline vehicles. Mean values of electric fields ranged from nominally 2 to 3 V m-1for electric/hybrid vehicles depending on the band, compared with 0.9 to 3 V m-1for gasoline vehicles. In all cases, the fields were well within published exposure limits for the general population. The measurements were performed with Narda model EHP-50C/EHP-50D EMF analysers that revealed the presence of spurious signals in the EHP-50C unit, which were resolved with the EHP-50D model.
authors.affiliation: Richard Tell Associates, Inc., 350 Falcon Ridge Parkway, Suite 103, Mesquite, NV 89027, USA rtell@radhaz.com.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Tell
authors.affiliation: Electric Power Research Institute, 3420 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kavet
mesh_terms: D004560:Electricity; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005742:Gasoline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D018986:Motor Vehicles
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline