Wuzhou Zu
Professor Brian Gaines
The Researched Argument
ENGL 1030-37
27 Oct 2016
As the Earth turns round and round, transportation is in evolution. From the first car in the world, Benz Patent-Motorwagen powered by a 670W internal combustion engine to today’s powerful supercars. But the thing that never change is that they always need to drink fossil fuels, until now. All of a sudden, many types of electric vehicles are showing up in dealerships. Different than the jokes in past, people are seriously considering if they need to buy one for lower emission tax, lower price to feed and more parking space. And even for the polar bear’s life, as many advertisements show. But electric vehicles are not ideally perfect, not as many advertisements show. They are expensive, they need a long time to be fully charged and they will put power plants in developing country working under much higher pressure. On top of that, pollution in battery production cannot be ignored.
The most essential elements of electric cars are lithium, which is defined as a rare metal. Even though it is not considered as a high-risk metal, “there are growing concerns about risks arising from the fact that limited regions are producing lithium resources to cover most demand. There are also concerns about imbalance between demand-supplies and price fluctuations due to monopolistic supply. Chile has the world’s largest reserves of brinesource [SIC] lithium, followed by Bolivia and Argentina; these three
Throughout modern times we have witnessed many advancements in technology. These advancements are results of research and data collected about our world and society, helping us to better understand the most efficient ways we can work. With this increased knowledge, we have become more aware of the footprint humans leave on the environment. In an effort to better our environment, with this knowledge we have become a more environmentally conscious world. One major advancement we have seen in environmentally friendly technology includes the electric vehicle. Electric and hybrid electric vehicles have brought about many advantages and impacts including: decreased emissions, minimal gas usage, and increased safety.
Electric vehicles should be big a consideration for the world. Our planet is suffering a lot due to climate change. It’s caused by burning fossil fuel and releasing its gas into the air and most cars today run on fossil fuel and it’s damaging our planet. Electric cars are clean energy vehicles, meaning it doesn’t damage the world. This is the main reason while society needs to consider manufacturing more electric cars and make them affordable and more well known. If a big part of the world’s population used electric cars instead of cars that runs of gas, it would be very beneficial to the world. But even with this huge benefit that
The concern for the environment has never been bigger than at the turn of the century. The growing acceptance of global warming, coupled with the growing green marketing galore gave impetus for the clamor for major auto companies to build a better and more affordable electric car. This plus the unpredictable oil price spikes and hikes, is intensifying the race to build the ideal car of the future at a greater height.
The United States of America is one of the biggest automobile markets in the world. This trend has also created awareness for environmentalist to bring attention to rising level of pollution and emission within the cities and metropolis. As response, the U.S. Government is encouraging the automobile manufacturers to produce clean and renewable alternative vehicles that will drastically reduce pollution and emission. Subsequently, the automobile industry has witnessed a gradual introduction of environmental friendly vehicles that use clean and renewable energy to encourage less pollution and safer environment. The manufactures of these vehicles have introduced into the market three categories of electric passenger car
Electric cars are vehicles, which, instead of internal combustion engines, are driven by electric motors and controllers. They have proved to be a good substitute for conventional vehicles and are considered as a revolutionary innovation designed to protect the earth from the damaging effects of global warming, as they work on the electricity supplying the integrated rechargeable battery that can be easily recharged. Compared to traditional means of transport, electric vehicles seem to be more viable and environmentally friendly because they do not need oil or other fossil fuels as an energy source but the high cost of such a car and other important issues of exploitation discussed in this paper make their use very doubtful comparing to the usual cars.
Imagine never being locked out of your disgusting gas-guzzling vehicle in sub-zero temperatures pumping your car full of toxic chemicals and then later emptying your bank account to pay for the environment killer ever again. This reality is near and approaching faster than ever before. Although, it is not completely beneficial. It is evident that at an international level, electric cars are needed. But, this is only one side of the story, despite common belief, electric vehicles are not always good for the environment. It is true that they will benefit bank accounts, however, the only way for electric cars to improve the environment is if they are powered by clean renewable energy.
Electrical vehicles technology has been present for a while and is a proven technology that need only reshaping to meet the global need. Though, in the past, the technology had failed to compete with the internal combustion engine due to initial cost, the technology has done well in the past few years. Electric vehicle ability to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon and carbon dioxide and the advantages it enjoys such as low maintenance and running cost can enhance it market competitiveness. However, as experts try to make its charging system more efficient and its ability to store charge more long lasting, the global need continue to rise. The research proposal, therefore, aim at addressing an issue like government involvement can enhance improved use of EV, development of better EV batteries, energy management system and fast charging can help enhance the use of Electrical Vehicles and how electric vehicle drive train and the battery can be redesigned to make it affordable.
Electric cars are becoming very popular in today’s world and are becoming more main stream. One reason for this is the need for automobiles that have a lower or a zero carbon footprint. For the majority of the history of the automobile, the propulsion system was a gas or a diesel engine that would run off of fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels is very hazardous to our world and also creates much toxic pollution. However, electric cars run off of electricity, which is a very clean and pollution free resource, depending on how the electricity was produced of course. In this paper we are going to examine the history of electric cars, look into modern electric car technology, and peer into the future of electric car technology to see if EVs might be the answer to dramatically reducing our global pollution.
In today’s sociality almost every aspect of life depends on the use of energy, especially in automobiles. There are about 253 million automobiles in the United States, but only about 500,000 of them are electric based. That is why I chose the topic to inform people of hydrogen powered electric cars. While, there is a large supply of fossil fuel, it is important to note that fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy. It is important to incorporate renewable sources of energy such as electricity in case we run out of fossil fuel. Therefore, electric powered cars should be popularized to limit the dependence on fossil fuel. There are many methods that generate electricity such as: solar, wind, hydropower, and hydrogen.
Although low-carbon regulations and incentives have accelerated the use of low carbon vehicles, there are many challenges for the popularity of electric vehicles. The high prices of hybrid or electric vehicles are still a problem so that customers likely are not willing to purchase them. The high price probably is due to expensive cost which is impacted by an electric vehicle power. According to Deaton (n.d.), the expensive cost of the battery is the most serious problem to reduce the price of the electric vehicles. The battery manufacturer has to use expensive materials to produce an electric car for low-carbon vehicles. If the vehicle manufacturer wants to improve the low-carbon vehicles sales, the challenge of the low-carbon vehicle power is inevitable. The other thing closely related to the battery is the charging station. An electric charging station is an important
In the market today, there are some factors that can pose a problem to all the market players’ including the Model S. The idea of fully electric vehicles is still a new idea in the eyes of consumers. The major concern for the market would be the location and proximity of charging stations for the vehicles. Major cities are starting to increase the amounts that are located within them, but are still not as readily
What made me even more interested about the innovation of electric cars was the fact that many of them run on lithium
The development within the automotive industry will affect companies significantly. As customers opt for environmentally friendly electric vehicles, petrol-driven cars will diminish. The production lines will possibly be rebuilt or outsourced to other companies, leaving it difficult for companies continue as previously. Entirely electric vehicles are the future. To meet the demands there must be some necessary actions taken, which will be discussed in this paper.
Much advancement have been made in the world electric powered cars. People think that electric cars are a new thing but they were very popular in the 1900s until there was a sudden rise in petrol engines accompanied by batteries killed electric cars by 1920. However with the recent improvements in battery technology and power electronics electric cars have made a strong comeback, in addition to that their price, practicality, and the promise of the vehicle not polluting the environment in the ways that the gas powered cars do have made them very popular among today’s youth.
Upon the first discovery of electricity, the subjects of electricity and magnetism would go on to revolutionize life as we know it. With the rudimentary work completed by the leaders within the field, such as Benjamin Franklin or Nikola Tesla, these brilliant scientists laid the foundation that would go on to become arguably one of the most important aspects of our forever-changed society. Although we have learned to incorporate electricity, it has many uses within our lives. Electric energy is at the forefront of our world’s business, engineering, and medical sectors of the workforce. Public transportation is rapidly getting on the radar for developing new technologies to better serve consumers. With great emphasis being placed on living more eco-friendly lives and the increasing costs of energy, these more efficient transportation models will change the face of history. One major point driving this initiative is the pull back of fossil fuel consumption, and the reduction of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere. Both historians and energy experts agree that as society advances, there is a need for more concentrated, powerful forms of energy, like rocket fuel instead of gasoline. Electric vehicles are one of these technologies to hit the consumer markets. Companies such as Toyota and Tesla are beginning to manufacture both hybrid and electric vehicles. Electric cars work on the basis of expending the energy stored in a battery (or series of batteries) for