3. Engine powered by rechargeable
batteries in electric cars replaces
gasoline engine in conventional cars
Electric Vehicles
4. Good alternative to diesel or petrol vehicles abetting
to reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants
Electric Vehicles
5. Plug in hybrid cars uses both
electric power and gasoline engine
reduce the pollutants
Electric Vehicles
6. Hybrid cars are operated by electrical power for few
miles or city driving and combustion engine for highway
driving and driving for longer distances
Hybrid cars
7. Battery life, battery energy, battery power and
battery costs are factors needed to be considered
Lithium Ion batteries are commonly used in
electric cars
Car battery
8. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rate of petrol or diesel
car is 100 to 150 grams per kilometre
EVs emit only 50 grams per kilometre
Carbon dioxide emission
9. 27 million plug-in battery powered vehicles
(PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
will be sold by 2020 and over one billion by
2050
CO2 emissions cut by 10 gigatons (IEA)
Electric Vehicles
10. Electric Vehicles
EVs have challenges to compete in the market to win
consumer choices who might consider a number of factors
including environmental impacts.
