Best Electric Cars
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An electric car is an alternative fuel automobile that uses electric motors instead of the common gasoline-driven internal combustion engine. Electric cars are powered by on-board battery packs. This type of power is expected to become more and more popular in the future.
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Anytime a new technology starts to encroach on the existing order of things – however – growth is difficult. With the greater range of gasoline cars, quicker refueling times, and massive petroleum infrastructure – gasoline powered cars still rule the road. In recent years, increased concerns over the environmental impact of gasoline cars and spikes in the cost of gasoline have brought renewed interest in electric cars. Electric cars are believed to be more environmentally friendly and cheaper to maintain and run, despite high initial costs.
Electric cars currently enjoy relative popularity in countries around the world, though they are notably absent from the roads of the United States, where electric cars briefly re-appeared in the late 90s as a response to changing government regulations. The hybrid electric car has become the most common form of electric car, combining a internal combustion engine with supplementary electric motors to run the car at idle and low speeds.
Hybrid cars are now sold by most major manufacturers, with notable models including the Toyota Prius and the forthcoming Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid which uses a fully electric drivetrain supplemented by a gasoline-powered electric generator to extend its range. As of 2009, the world’s most popular battery electric car is the REVAi, produced by an Indian company and sold in a number of countries in Europe and Asia.
What is the amount of electrical energy need to propel an electric car?
What is the amount of electrical energy needed to move one pound of weight, X number of feet, in a typical all-electrical car?
For example – you have an electric car that weighs 1,000 pounds. How much electricity will you need to pull from your batteries to propel the car to various speeds?
I am guessing that this output will also determine the amount of stored energy (in batteries) that will be needed to propel the car X number of miles.
Is there a formula to determine the electrical output needed?
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How much more polluting is a gas driven car than an electric car?
Well, I know an electric car doesn’t pollute the environment at all, but you got to consider that it is polluting to produce the electricity at the first place. So, how much more does a gas driven car pollute the environment in one mile, compared to producing the electricity needed to drive an electric car for one mile?
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