Argumentative Essay On Gasoline Cars

It is May, 2017 gasoline prices are low, and everything seems to be going great for gasoline cars. However there is a big competitor rising, it is the electrical vehicle. Sales have risen in the last few years for electrical vehicles, the government and people seem to support it over gasoline cars. At this time the gasoline car is more convenient for its cheaper price and low cost of gasoline. But if the electric vehicles find a way to become cheaper, will they surpass gasoline cars?

History

Early basic electric motors were built and soon utilized to move cars. In 1827 Slovak-Hungarian priest Anyos Jedlik (1800-1895) built the first rudimentary but viable electric motor, provided with stator, rotor and commutator, and the year after used it

Before the existence of internal combustion engines, electric automobiles also held many speed and distance records. Among the most notable of these records was the breaking of the 100 km/h (62 mph) speed barrier, by Camille Jenatzy (1868-1913) on 29 April 1899 in his 'rocket-shaped' vehicle Jamais Contente, which reached a top speed of 105.88 km/h (65.79 mph) [5].

Interest in motor vehicles increased in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Electric battery-powered taxis became available at the end of the 19th century. In 1897 in New York City, the Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company began running 12 electric cabs. The company ran until 1898 with up to 62 cabs operating until it was reformed by its financiers to form the Electric Vehicle Company [6].

Acceptance of electric cars was initially hindered by a lack of infrastructure, but by 1912, many homes were wired for electricity, allowing for an increase in the popularity of the cars. 40 percent of American automobiles were powered by steam, 38 percent by electricity, and 22 percent by gasoline. 33,842 electric cars were registered in the United States, and it became the country where electric cars had gained the most acceptance. Most early electric vehicles were considerable big, decorative carriages intended for the upper-class customers. They contained luxurious interiors and were occupied with expensive materials. Sales

Fleet and retail customer deliveries in the U.S. and Canada began in December 2011 [19].

The Nissan Leaf, introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010, became the first modern all-electric, zero tailpipe emission five door family hatchback to be produced for the mass market from a major manufacturer. As of January 2013, the Leaf is also available in Australia, Canada and 17 European countries [20].

The Better Place network was the first modern commercial deployment of the battery swapping model. The Renault Fluence Z.E. was the first mass production electric car enable with switchable battery technology and sold for the Better Place network in Israel and Denmark. Better Place launched its first battery-swapping station in Israel, in Kiryat Ekron, near Rehovot in March 2011. The battery exchange process took five minutes [21]. As of December 2012, there were 17 battery switch stations fully operational in Denmark enabling customers to drive anywhere across the country in an electric car. By late 2012 the company began to suffer financial difficulties, and decided to put on hold the roll out in Australia and reduce its non-core activities in North America, as the company decided to concentrate its resources on its two existing