Traditional cars are seriously depended on in today’s society. How many places would you not be able to get to without your car as an adult? Work? Appointments? Shopping? Yes, sure, all of these places are accessible through other means of transportation, but, not everyone has the comfort or afford to conform their schedules to fit it. Society lets the harm gasoline powered vehicles cause fall between the cracks more often than naught. The world's number of registered vehicles has reached over 1 billion in 2010 and no doubt that number is way larger now (“World Vehicle Population Tops 1 Billion Units”) In fact, the US is actually responsible with 1/5th of our global warming emissions being from personal excluding other transpiration like
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They have been around and designed since 1890. Electric cars were first created in England and France, The United States didn’t get interested in the idea until 1895. The first electric car produced may have been developed by M. Raffle in 1897. (Curtis D. Anderson, p.22) The United States adopted the electric car as taxi cabs in New York. In 1903, New York State alone had 4,000 registered cars with 53% of them being steam-powered, 27% gasoline-powered, and 20% electric. Hybrid vehicles concepts have been successful in the past and they were not publically noticed until November of 1905. (Curtis D. Anderson, p.36) Electric cars since struggled to keep up with their gas-powered counterparts until the stock market crash of 1929. Major companies that produced electric vehicles went bankrupt. The production of the electric car was put to a halt and wasn’t seen again until World War II. Many different productions of the EV was produced in different countries in time of fuel shortage but the gasoline car always came back after the shortages. General motors eventually made the EV1, which started up the present production of electric vehicles in the …show more content…
Electric cars have quite a long charge time which for a lot of consumers is not exactly ideal. Running out of a charge is a worry any consumer would worry about and only regions with a high number of electric cars would have charge station. Gas-powered cars beat the electric car with the convenience of fueling the car anywhere. Electric cars also have a limited range of driving, the most miles off a single charge could be anywhere between 80-100 miles depending on the model. For everyday driving I’m sure that’s not an issue, but, for more extensive trips, planning isn’t an ideal. Hybrids do fix this issue though. Electric cars are more expensive than the average car but what’s never considered is the low lease rates and maintenance cost. Yes, they are expensive but you get a luxury feel that a cheaper gas car couldn't give you. Lastly, electric cars give a limited choice. Unlike gas cars that give you ranges of size from compact to heavy duty trucks, the electric car are usually compact to
They have been around and designed since 1890. Electric cars were first created in England and France, The United States didn’t get interested in the idea until 1895. The first electric car produced may have been developed by M. Raffle in 1897. (Curtis D. Anderson, p.22) The United States adopted the electric car as taxi cabs in New York. In 1903, New York State alone had 4,000 registered cars with 53% of them being steam-powered, 27% gasoline-powered, and 20% electric. Hybrid vehicles concepts have been successful in the past and they were not publically noticed until November of 1905. (Curtis D. Anderson, p.36) Electric cars since struggled to keep up with their gas-powered counterparts until the stock market crash of 1929. Major companies that produced electric vehicles went bankrupt. The production of the electric car was put to a halt and wasn’t seen again until World War II. Many different productions of the EV was produced in different countries in time of fuel shortage but the gasoline car always came back after the shortages. General motors eventually made the EV1, which started up the present production of electric vehicles in the …show more content…
Electric cars have quite a long charge time which for a lot of consumers is not exactly ideal. Running out of a charge is a worry any consumer would worry about and only regions with a high number of electric cars would have charge station. Gas-powered cars beat the electric car with the convenience of fueling the car anywhere. Electric cars also have a limited range of driving, the most miles off a single charge could be anywhere between 80-100 miles depending on the model. For everyday driving I’m sure that’s not an issue, but, for more extensive trips, planning isn’t an ideal. Hybrids do fix this issue though. Electric cars are more expensive than the average car but what’s never considered is the low lease rates and maintenance cost. Yes, they are expensive but you get a luxury feel that a cheaper gas car couldn't give you. Lastly, electric cars give a limited choice. Unlike gas cars that give you ranges of size from compact to heavy duty trucks, the electric car are usually compact to