The Advantage of Having a Hybrid Car in Kosovo

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Hybrid Car. The Advantage of having one in Kosovo

Is hybrid car a good investment ? Yes or No

Kosovo is landlocked and possesses many mineral resources, mainly coal, lead, zinc, chromium, and silver. Current industrial activity and a legacy of former practices have heavy health and environmental impacts and generate economic losses. These environmental issues relate to air pollution, lead and other contamination from mining, water pollution and availability, degradation of forests and land, and untreated municipal and hazardous waste

All advanced industrialized societies face the problem of air pollution produced

by motor vehicles. In spite of striking improvements in internal combustion engine technology,

air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels determined to be harmful

to human health.

In an effort to reduce air pollution in Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas in the state

of California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)1 adopted in September 1990 a

plan to encourage the development and use of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). At the time

only battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) qualified as ZEVs while other potential ZEV

technologies, such as fuel cells and flywheels, were far from being commercially viable. The

ZEV mandate was just one component of a multi-pronged attack on pollution, but it was the

one that attracted the most attention throughout the following decade.2

In an effort to reduce air pollution in Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas in the state

of California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)1 adopted in September 1990 a

plan to encourage the development and use of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). At the time

only battery-powered electri...

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...ught up with Norway, the energy needed to charge them all would still be coming mainly from fossil fuel sources.

To some it is a chicken and egg issue: do we wait until most energy production is sustainable before turning to electric cars, or do we go electric and hope this will help speed up the growth of alternative energy production? Electric car owner Espen Andreassen in Oslo believes in the latter.

"We can't wait until all power sources are renewable before we start developing and driving and buying electric cars. The amount of renewable energy in the EU mix is increasing, so it will get better all the time. At least we have to try and see if it works out," he said.

Meanwhile Norway's love affair with the electric car shows no signs of abating. According to a recent survey, more than half of Norwegians would consider an electric or hybrid for their next car.