Are electric cars really the Future?

Are electric cars really the Future?

Introduction
An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using energy stored in rechargeable batteries.

Electric cars run at least partially on electricity. Unlike conventional vehicles that use a gasoline or diesel-powered engine, electric cars and trucks use an electric motor powered by electricity from batteries or a fuel cell.

Electric Vehicle Revolution

It’s tempting to think that not too far into the future all the vehicles will be electric, but we have no idea and there’s a very long way from there,” John Heywood, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

According to a report from Reuters, automotive manufacturers have invested a total of at least $90 billion in these vehicles to date. Toyota, BMW, Daimler, GM, Volvo, Nissan, Porsche, Ford, Renault, Volkswagen

´  PSA announced electric and hybrid electric options on all its vehicles by 2025

´ Volvo aims to sell a total of up to one million electric cars by 2025.
 In the United States only around 1% of new vehicle purchases come equipped with electric recharging.

And are electric vehicles really about to become the key mode of transport going forward.

A basically more environmentally-friendly means of transport

according to the International Energy Agency, oil and other liquid fuels accounted for 96% of the energy used in transport worldwide in 2012. In the United States, this percentage still stands at 88% .as in most countries in the world, most of the electricity comes from coal-fired power stations

´ “We need to change that and promote electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar, hydroelectric and wind.

´ A further significant reduction in this percentage would certainly have a positive effect on the planet. Electric vehicles have the additional advantage

´  Beijing envisages outlawing the sale of petrol and diesel cars 

´ following the example of France and the United Kingdom, where sales of both petrol- and diesel-engine cars are to be banned from 2040.

´ The Indian authorities have shown even more daring, announcing that they will allow nothing but electric vehicles to be sold from 2030.

´  Norway is currently the most advanced country in this area: 32% of the vehicles sold in this oil-producing country in 2017 were EVs and this might rise to 100% by 2025, only seven years down the road. The popularity of EVs is in fact largely due to the generous government subsidies

A green Vehicle

Transition towards electric vehicles is starting to happen, but nobody really knows whether we’ll end up with 30% or 40% clean-energy cars, or actually 80%

´  one significant obstacle is the cost of the battery

´ Ten years ago, batteries cost $1,000 dollars per kilowatt-hour (kWh). To give you an idea, if we calculate the cost for a Tesla model S equipped with a 100 kWh battery, that already comes to $100,000 - and that's just the battery, not the car.

´ Today the cost of batteries has come down significantly to around $220/kWh, but it still needs to come down further

Electric vehicles are convenient
Instead of searching for a gasoline station with the cheapest prices, you can charge at home at a cheaper and much more predictable cost

´ EVs also have other convenient advantages. Battery electric vehicles are mechanically much simpler than a conventional gasoline car

´ EVs have additional benefits, like access to restricted express lanes on highways and bridges, special parking spots, and reduced or free tolls.

´ Tesla is offering auto pilot mood a pioneer in the EV industry

Charging station
Tesla Supercharger is a 480-volt DC fast-charging station built by American vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. for their all-electric cars.As of October 2019 the electric vehicle network consisted of 14,658 individual Supercharger stalls at 1,659 locations worldwide with an additional 115 locations under construction worldwide (64 in the United States).

´  Tesla has also distributed 23,963 destination chargers to locations worldwide

´ The Indian government aims to build a network of charging infrastructure throughout the country, to ensure that at least one charging station is available every 25 km on both sides of the country’s highways and roads.

´ The Indian Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has approved the construction of 2,636 charging stations in 62 cities across 24 states and union territories under the second phase of the FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India) scheme.
Advantages                                                                                                                                                         

          ´    It is better for environment.

´ Batteries are recyclable

´ Easy to recharge

´ Reduces Noise pollution

´ Cost effective to move