Just like any other day in state college, today when I was walking to class ducking cars and dodgeing people I thought about how many cars drive through the streets. But myself being a person who loves cars, I thought why doesn’t everyone have an electric car? It is 2015 why isn’t there more people saving money and saving the environment by using electric cars. There are so many practical reasons to use electric cars yet people have not moved towards it, yes also including myself. While there is negatives to using electric cars, the positives make you forget all about it.
It’s the year 2015 why is there not a electric car charging station for every gas station you see? That’s the big question I was interested in and wanted to find a answer. While normal gasoline powered cars have served us well for decades, times are changing and so should our transportation. After further researching and learning more from what I already knew about electric vehicles, I see no debate for not owning one.
Electric cars have so many positive features to them that make it almost impossible to see why you don’t have one. Completely electric vehicles don’t cause less emissions than regular gas powered vehicles, studies have shown they cause none at all. These cars cause no environmental damage at all, and if saving the planet we live on doesn’t convince you enough, maybe saving your own money will. Electric cars don’t use gas, obviously, so those gas prices that are through the roof are no longer a problem. A simple charge just like your iphone and you’re good to go. Those pesky maintenance charges you get from your mechanic, practically cut in half. With no exhaust system there’s no need for oil changes, just change your tires when they wear out and your back on the road. Unfortunately, that is where the major positives to electric cars stop. Electric cars do in fact have a lower mileage range per full charge in comparison to a full tank of gas. Also, it is not as simple as filling up the tank and heading back on your way, batteries take time to charge making it a complication for commuters doing many miles a day. Charging stations in parking lots does seem like an easy fix to this problem but that cost huge amounts of money to have accessible to the public. The price point for electric cars compared to gasoline powered cars is also a setback for the electric car movement. With the amount of technology in these machines it is fairly expensive to accommodate the electric engine and the luxuries of a vehicle people demand. But with these problems the solution is time and research for inventing methods to create all these things for a fraction of the price. I still believe everyone should own a electric car whether it’s a basic model with simple features or high end vehicle with all the luxuries, you should own one for daily use to help save the planet we all have to live on now and for years to come. My recommendation for sparking the electric car movement would be to first make more affordable cars and charging stations then put them all around the world.
http://www.plugincars.com/electric-cars-pros-and-cons-