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Electric Cars Aren 't The Answer

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Chong Zhao
Mrs. Parkerson
Junior Research
29 October, 2015 Electric Cars Aren’t the Answer An electric car is a vehicle that runs either fully or partially on electricity. These vehicles require little to no gasoline to run and uses only one moving part to operate in comparison to gasoline vehicles that require hundreds of moving parts in order to run. Electric cars have become increasingly popular in the last few years, due to being seen globally as a solution for environmental pollution and rising gas prices. These two aspects have spiked sales for electric cars by an enormous margin. Even though, electric cars are seen as the environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline vehicles, these effects are only temporary and the inconvenience and effort required to maintain an electric vehicle is more troublesome and costly than owning a gasoline vehicle itself.

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. Hybrids are also considered an electric vehicle because it runs half on electricity and half on gasoline.

In the world, pollution from automobiles are among the greatest pollutions to the environment. Exhaust fumes coming from a vehicle 's engine not only pollute the air with harmful substances that all living creature, like us inhale. But it is also seen as the leading cause to

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