There are many car manufacturers that make electric cars. You may have been wondering about electric cars and why so many people are moving towards electricity as a fuel source for their cars. I certainly have. The concept of electric cars has been around as long as the car itself. In fact there were three ways of making your car go in the early days of automobiles. Steam, gasoline, and electricity. One of the first practical electric cars was called the Magnetic it was powered the same way that modern locomotives are. It had a gasoline engine powering a generator and an electric motor powering the wheels.
In recent years there has been a big push for “zero emissions” vehicles. The problem that people forget is that the electricity is generated somewhere. the fact of the matter is that the term “zero emissions” is not entirely true. The electricity used to charge the car likely comes from either coal-fired power plants or a nuclear power plant. As we have seen, nuclear power is generally clean but accidents happen. It is also not a very environmentally friendly process to make the batteries for electric cars. One the other hand, the infrastructure is much more efficient for electricity than for any other fuel source. I’m using it right now and if you are reading this, you are too.
In my opinion the best way to power a car would be a hydrogen fuel cell. It uses compressed hydrogen and turns it into water and in the process make electricity that powers an electric motor. In some models you can even power your home. The only emission from this type of vehicle is pure water. The news gets even better! Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our atmosphere. You’re breathing it right now. The only problem is that you need to purify and compress the hydrogen and set up the infrastructure to sell it. On the environmental side of things, the hydrogen fuel cell car is as easy and clean to make as a gasoline car. So its economical to buy and environmentally friendly to run.
Are electric cars the future? As long as we can get a reliable and efficient compressed hydrogen infrastructure built, my answer is yes. I would hope that people understand the benefits ad downfalls of these different types of electric cars. I can also see that no matter what the future of personal transportation is bright.
This is the Mercedes SLS AMG electron. it uses the massive torque of the electric motor and the flexible placement of the batteries to make it very fast and make it handle very well.
sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle
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