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They are quiet, accelerate fast and are marketed as producing “zero emission”. Since the beginning of the decade the electric cars became more and more affordable and therefore are starting to be more common on Quebec’s road as well as in the rest of the world. To a lot of people it is like a dream coming true in which they finally free themself from the dreaded price fluctuation of petrol that has been giving them nightmares while robbing so much of their hard earned money for so long. As the technology develops a growing number of people are ready to bet that the electric car is the car of the future that will make us save both save money and resources while being environmentally friendly. Although the electric vehicle is a great …show more content…

These recent major innovations are what made it possible to produce on a large scale electric vehicle capable to travel relatively long distances at a more affordable price thus appealing to a much bigger part of the population.

There is however, one main drawback to the electric car, which probably contributes a lot to why the sale of EV still represents such a small percentage of the global market. It is the short range of the battery combined with the slow recharge time. For instance, the 2014 Nissan Leaf, which is one of the most sold EV model up to now has a range of up to 135 km. This range is greatly affected by the outside temperature which is a major concern in a country like Canada were winter are long and cold. Once it is empty, it takes 8 hours to be charged from empty with a 240 volt outlet and even longer with a 120 volt. Although this time can be greatly reduced to 30 minutes for an 80% charge with the use of a fast charging station, it is still much longer than the average 5 minutes that it takes to refuel a conventional vehicle. Moreover this type of station is not yet common, there i about 800 stations serving the whole province. Its is also important to keep in mind that to be able to use a fast charging station, a special adaptor is required which is not offered on all base models of EV’s. Even though the capacity of the battery is

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