Electric Cars: The Power Of New Sources

Posted by Villani Grasso at Thursday May 15, 2014, Electric Cars : The Power Of New Sources

Electric cars are vehicles driven by electric motors. The energy used to power the motors is obtained from the fuel cell and battery that are applied to the vehicle. The main problem with the batteries of electric vehicles is their range is more limited when compared to vehicles that use other fuels such as gasoline. Yup, when we use gasoline as fuel, then we will get the relentless power of the vehicle in a relatively much longer and farther.

Compare with electric vehicles that do have limits to the reach of its mileage. Nevertheless, this range limitation problem is being addressed through the use of hybrid vehicle (gasoline – electric) engine that uses electricity to accelerate and then switch to gasoline power to run. In addition, the problem of limited range also try minimized with the use of a battery that has a higher energy density are able to live longer.

Just as life has a lot of good and evil, then so is with electric cars. Let us learn together what is good and evil has.

Calm and quiet

• Good – if we decide to get electric cars, the first thing we will get out of this car is quiet sound, stable, and almost without produce a sound. We can do a variety of things in the car while driving without interrupted by noise or noise generated by the engine. Yup, we can hold talks on the phone to listen to music with very quiet.

• Evil – when we’re used to driving a car with the engine sound is heard clearly then we will have difficulty in controlling ourselves in driving. We will be able to get out of the middle of the road with alacrity so we heard the loud roar of another vehicle from behind that is quickly approaching. This also applies to pedestrians who will immediately step aside when they hear the sound of a car engine so as to avoid a hazard. If we cannot hear any sound, then precautions while on the road becomes weakened because we felt there was nothing approaching.

Features

• Good – like most other cars, electric cars are equipped with a variety of features that support the appearance ranging from entertainment centers, air conditioning, anti-lock brakes, airbags, alarm, and others.

• Evil – the use of air conditioning in electric cars will reduce performance by 20% – as well as the use of some other electronic device. This will naturally make fewer driving pleasure to be reduced, especially if it was related to the performance of the engine.

Reliability

• Good – depending on the type of battery used, battery electric cars can last up to four years or 40,000 miles so it can be categorized as a car that has low maintenance and also considered as efficient cars (cost).

• Evil – mostly electric car comes as a lease car so that the consumer never has to cover the cost of replacing the battery pack – it has same meaning with nothing to do (for costumer), right?!.

Performance

Electric cars come with a balanced structure so that the driver will be able to control and the car handles very well. Many cars of this type are capable of producing full torque in a short time so as to beat the gas-fueled car.

Safety

• Good – for car accidents, electric cars are considered capable of withstanding impacts resulting from accidents better when compared with gasoline-fueled cars where the battery is able to absorb most of the impact occurring.

• Evil – unfortunately, when the battery is disconnected from the seals and acidic fluids get in touch of a person, it can make a serious impact.