1 What is an Electric Vehicle? An electric vehicle is different from a gasoline powered vehicle. It is powered instead by an electric motor that receives current from rechargeable storage batteries, or portable sources of electrical energy. 1.1 Why Electric Vehicles The search for means to limit pollution caused an interest in electric vehicles. There are two types of pollution that we face in this society. Air pollution is caused by gasoline burning internal combustion engine that causes lung problems
The Electric Vehicle The technology of electric vehicles has been around since the turn of the nineteenth century but faded as the gasoline powered engine took the spotlight. Now the future of electric vehicles is very bright. Their impacts are very significant ranging from economic, to new technology that can be applied elsewhere, to most importantly, the environment. Ford and GM, through its Saturn plant, have already begun production on their own version of the electric vehicle and have made
Electric Vehicles: Current Uses: Currently electric vehicles are slowing becoming popular with some already on show room floors. Furthermore, there are many enthusiasts and groups that have really been pushing their use. Tough these cars do not share the same performance qualities of some gas-powered cars; the current technology has been rapidly catching up. Hybrid vehicles have offered in some ways the best of both worlds. The cars are environmentally friendly yet offer the power and distance
asked Heliotrope Enterprises to conduct a detailed research on hybrid electric vehicles in terms of cost effectiveness, affordability and environmental issues. The main purpose of this research was to recommend a vehicle which is not only fuel efficient but also partially or fully dependent on electricity as compared to the conventional cars. The hybrid electric vehicle is the new generation car which works partially on electric battery and partially on the conventional combustion engine. This report
The Future of Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles have not yet reached a point where they are common technology. We are currently a nation that is centered around a devasting technology that has little benefit for the future. For the past century electric vehicles have remained out of the market due to a lock-in that the internal combustion engine created. Furthermore, in order for electric vehicles to be successful they must break this lock-in. For this to happen, changes have to occur within
In fact the electric vehicle has been regarded as the best alternative to fuel cars in the future. Because the electric vehicle will not run by fuel which has been considered by many experts in many years later will be exhausted. As a result, world’s auto giants competitively invest heavily in electric vehicle research and development. For instance Tesla Motors which has been the pioneer of electric vehicles in the world is now gaining ever-increasing popularity
about 40 miles every day to their place of work. The running costs can be significantly reduced by using an Electric Vehicle. Nissan Leaf, for instance, is one of the most popular electric vehicles in America. It has a range of 90 miles in a single charge of battery which means, it would need to be plugged in every two days. According to recent survey, the annual energy usage of an electric vehicle during charging is less than the usage of a central air conditioning at homes. Nissan Leaf Now we take
Future of Electric vehicles: For much of the next 200 years, EVs remained on the limits of the automotive industry. But what has changed considerably over the past few of years. For profitable, scientific and environmental reasons, there is now a very persuasive case that EVs are on the threshold of wide approval. A few major companies including AT&T, Florida Power & Light (FPL), Duke force and GE have committed to purchasing many of EVs for their fleets, and many extra blue chip companies are beginning
been trying to cut back and be more efficient is through a recent technological development in the car industry. New vehicles have been created with more efficient uses of earth’s resources such as ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) like hybrids, and zero emission vehicles (ZEV) like hydrogen fuel cell electrics. Major breakthroughs and development of these new generation of vehicles has immensely grown in the past twenty years. When the internal combustion engine was invented, there were a lot fewer
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History of the Electric Vehicle The History of Development: In general the automobile was invented to transport people. Horses were the main mode of transportation and a self powered vehicle seemed to offer many benefits. We have looked at the automobile history and seen how this innovation occurred. The United States in the 19th century had been developing a very successful metal-working industry, which included firearms, sewing machines and machine tools. Not only did this push technology
It seems like more and more people are purchasing electric cars everyday, infact, it is very likely that you yourself have or know someone who has an electric vehicle. When asked why these people decided to make the purchase, the response would more than likely be that they wanted a car that was better for the environment. However, various research studies have proven that electric vehicles are not that much better for the environment, in fact they worsen the environment. For example, according to
increased significantly and the majority of the imported liquid-based petroleum fuels were used for U.S. transportation sector (EIA, 2010). Today, the transportation is the second largest source of the end-use energy sector (CO2) emissions next to the electric power sector in the U.S. In 2008, the U.S. transportation sector becomes the significant contributor of CO2 emissions, which accounts for 95 percent of U.S. transportations GHG emissions and one-third of the total U.S. GHG emissions (EPA, 2011).
technology that is clearly shown in the field of electric vehicles, where old ideas are still misconceptions for the other about this type of cars. The idea of inventing a car depending on the electric motors has started since more than a century. Since then, the developers designed many attempts experimental and standard models of electric vehicles; however, they were not able to achieve the successful in this area until today. The essential of electric vehicles remains as it is, hasn’t got any change since
and the way it looks. From a certain point of time people have also started to worry about its impact on the environment. All sorts of vehicles emit greenhouse gases into the air in various amounts. Many regulations have been introduced stating the allowed amount of these gases a vehicle can produce and therefore, compelling car manufacturers to make their vehicles friendlier towards the environment. Along with lowering the amount of greenhouse gases, the U.S. has been trying to lower its dependency
Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Their Advantages 'The HEV [Hybrid Electric Vehicle] concept goes back to 1905. On November 23 of that year, American engineer H. Piper filed for a patent on a hybrid vehicle. Piper's design called for an electric motor to augment a gasoline engine'(1, pg 2) and thus, the HEV was born. Hybrid Electric Vehicles, otherwise known as HEVs are vehicles that 'combine the internal combustion engine of a conventional vehicle with the battery and electric motor of an electric
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The idea of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) has been around for longer than a decade, as many people may not have originally thought. In fact, hybrid vehicles have been in development for the past century. The combination of an electric motor and a gasoline engine has been stirring in the minds of scientists and inventors alike for many years. Hybrid cars have surpassed many feats as it's progressed through the years, such as increased gas mileage and reducing the pollutants that regular internal
Are Electric Vehicles (EVs) comparable to internal combustion engines (ICE) technology vehicles? Do EVs represent a disruptive technology? The electric vehicle is a simple wiring project whereas, ICE cars looks like a big project with a fuel lines, exhaust pipes, coolant and a big engine. Obviously, there is a prominent future for EVs. Since, fuel prices are increasing and to control carbon emissions and pollution government encouraging EVs and providing subsidies. The strength of electric vehicle
completely different world. Magnetism is equally important! Without magnets, there would not be any electric motors, speakers, computer hard drives, X-ray and MRI machines, and many other things. Both electricity and magnetism are going to play a vital role in the future of our transportation. Before