Electric-powered vehicles (EVs) have been around for hundreds of years now. However, they were not fully developed, and electric vehicles had no chance to compete with gasoline-powered cars and trucks at the time.
A fully functional and semi-practical form of an electric vehicle was first introduced in 2008.
In 2008, Tesla came out with their first fully electric car. It was not the most practical, but it was the first of many electric vehicles that Tesla would produce.
The first generation Tesla roadster was priced at $100,000 and weighed almost 700 more pounds than the gasoline competitor, according to Hagerty. The competitor’s car also costs only $42,000. Thus, the gasoline car is the optimal choice over the Roadster.
The Tesla Roadster was Tesla’s first fully electric car, which was mainly practical. The roadster was a great city cruiser with some recording up to 200 miles of range and 0- 60 in 3.7 seconds.
With the torque available at a foot’s touch, the roadster also could be taken off-road. However, with only a 200-mile range, it was not the most practical for long road trips and mountain adventures.
Tesla would go on to produce more electric cars and even an electric truck that would surpass the first-generation Tesla Roadster.
“Gas cars are just better,” Corvin Krause said. “They have more torque, and they make more noise. The fact that electric cars make little noise is just weird, in my opinion.”
Another benefit of electric cars is that they are exceptionally economically friendly in some places. In places that get their electricity from renewable sources, such as hydro and solar energy, electric cars are the choice to help lower emissions.
Thus, it all depends on where someone gets their electricity from if they want to help lower emissions and save the environment.
“Gas cars are objectively better, but in terms of the environment, electric cars are better,” Landon Gorton Said.
With these new vehicles becoming more and more common,
Electric cars require charging stations so they can refill their batteries.
In addition, some states are starting to make car charging stations required on buildings that are being built.
“Washington now requires every building built to have an electric car charging station. It makes no sense why they have to be at every single building,” Donald Evans, owner of Evans Engineering and Consulting, said.
However, a new conflict arises with the school having to pay for the electricity provided to the charging stations.
“The owner of the property is required to pay for all electricity that is used from the car charging station. Which makes the property’s owner have to pay for something that they barely use, or don’t even use at all,” Evans said.
The owner of the property could invent a way to charge for electricity. This could make them passive money from people who need to charge their car, but with one downside.
In addition, the higher electricity demand will cause the cost to go up.
Gas cars are also faster at filling up compared to electric cars. For most people, time is money, so if they have to wait 30 minutes at a charging station for an electric vehicle, they will just choose a gas car because it is faster to fill up and, most of the time, able to go further distances without having to stop again. Thus, it means they don’t have to stop as much to fill up, which saves them more money and time.
There are mechanics for gas cars everywhere. Only 1.3% of ASE-certified technicians also have the certification to work on electric cars, according to the Boston Globe. Since there are such a few electric car technicians, it will cost more to have an electric car repaired.
The central part of an EV is the batteries. The batteries are 70% of the cost of the whole car and are basically how the whole car works. However, batteries have an overwhelming number of detrimental disadvantages, and the question of whether they are worth it comes to mind.
Even though the range of EVs is very impressive, most gasoline cars can get further on their fuel source.
However, Tesla has a couple of advantages when it comes to saving money.
When purchasing a Telsa, owners can receive a federal tax credit of up to $7500, according to the Telsa website .
The extra money can help lower the cost of the car or even be saved for when the batteries need to be changed.
Electric cars save some money and the environment, making them a fantastic invention.
However, they have unreasonable downsides that make them not worth the cost. The better alternative to EVs is a hybrid car.
Hybrids are a combination of electric and gas power sources. Electricity can be used for short distances, and gas can be used for long distances. If you ever run out of one, the power source can be switched to the entire source.
This will help lower pollution while still being versatile enough for most people.