What are the common questions about electric cars? Let's check out a few questions and answers related to electric vehicles.
* Are they economical?
* Are EVs Green?
* etc.
2. Introduction
Today we are going to discuss a few common questions about electric cars
Feel free to comment if you have more questions
3. What is an electric vehicle?
An electric vehicle is an automobile that uses one or more traction motors
for propulsion
Electric vehicles are classified into three
Battery Electric Vehicle
Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
4. Can I see any Electric Vehicle on road?
Yes. You can.
Electric vehicles are not as common as conventional vehicles
Depends on the country you live, the number of EVs vary
Hybrid Electric Vehicles are common (micro hybrids)
Tesla motors manufactures Electric cars in large number
World’s major car manufacturers already declared their EV plans
Electric Rickshaws are common in India
5. Why would one go for Electric Car?
Electric vehicles have many advantages
Low noise
Zero/low tail pipe emission
Low running cost
Less maintenance
Initial cost is high, but it reduces
Manufacturers already started production of electric cars
6. Do I need a license to drive electric
vehicle?
Depends on the area where you live, you might need license to drive an
electric vehicle
An Electric vehicle with power rating less than 250W and maximum speed
less than 25kmph need not be registered or the driver doesn’t require
license to drive (in India)
Cars, generally need registration and driver has to have license
7. Are electric cars eco-friendly?
If an electric car is considered as a stand alone entity then it is ecofriendly
Electric cars have zero/low tail pipe emission
If the electricity for electric cars are generated completely from renewable
sources then they can be considered as 100 % eco-friendly
Electricity is being generated from thermal power stations and the
conversion of chemical energy to electric energy pollutes environment
8. Are EVs safe to use?
Yes
Electric vehicles are manufactured meeting all the safety standards for a
vehicle
People asks about the safety of electric vehicle battery in accidents
They are safe
Extra layer of protection is provided between electric vehicle battery and
the passenger cabin
Even though it’s caught fired the special construction slow down the
spread of fire and alarm the passengers to get out of vehicle
Following collisions EVs have provision to get disconnected from battery
to avoid further damage
9. How do we recharge an EV battery?
Home charging are the common method for electric car charging
Other types of charging facilities are
Public charging stations
Private charging stations
Fast charging stations
Overnight charging from home charging stations is the most common EV
charging technique for vehicles which travels less than 100 km per day
10. Can we go for long drives in electric
car?
If charging stations are available then we can go for longer distance in
electric vehicle
Most of the electric cars travel around 200km with one full charged battery
Fast charging stations and public charging stations are necessary for
convenient drive for a long distance
11. What is the life span of Electric Car
battery?
High voltage battery of electric vehicle normally lasts for 5 to 7 years
Life of the battery depends on how it is being used
Number of charge discharge cycles, environmental conditions etc. affects
the life of the battery
12. Why are electric cars so expensive?
Electric vehicle battery is the most expensive component in an electric car
Electric vehicle technology is not as matured as infernal combustion
engine vehicle technology
Manufacturers just started commercial production of EVs recently
13. How much to spend for maintenance
of EV?
Maintenance cost of electric vehicles are around 35% less than that of
conventional vehicles
Oil changes, repair of exhaust systems, engine repair, frequent
maintenance of clutch, gearbox etc. are completely unnecessary in an
electric vehicle
14. How would be the driving experience
is an electric vehicle?
Electric cars use electric motors for propulsion
Highly versatile speed torque characteristics of electric motor provides the
required sporty experience
Performance at low speed (less vibration, high and smooth acceleration) is
impressive in an EV
All wheel drive is also available
15. Why don’t vehicle manufacturers
develop electric car?
They started developing electric cars and officially declared their plans
about electric vehicles
Tesla plans to sell 0.5 million electric cars by 2018
Volkswagen would sell 2-3 million electric cars by 2025
Ford’s plan is to develop 13 new electric vehicle models by 2020
Volvo will sell 1 million electric cars by 2025
Honda plans to shift their 2/3 of total production to electrified vehicles by
2030 (BEVs, HEVs, and PHEVs)
BMW will be selling 15-25% of their total cars as electric vehicle by 2025
Chinese manufacturers aim to sell 4.5 million EVs annually by 2020
16. Why would we go for EV rather than
gasoline vehicle?
A few reasons are
Depletion of fossil fuels
To reduce environmental pollution
Evs are highly versatile and energy efficient
Less noise
17. Could power system supply enough
energy to large no. of EVs?
Electric vehicles are relatively large loads to the power utility grid
Power system capacity would also increase as number of EVs increases
18. Why are charging stations not that
common?
Charging stations are necessary to charge electric vehicles
Number of electric vehicles is directly affects the number of charging
stations
Charging stations are common in the countries where electric vehicle are
common
Tesla motors installed large number of charging stations in United States
They setup electric vehicle charging stations all over the world
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