Essay on Electric Vehicles

However, if GM does not seize the opportunity to produce a similar vehicle, the cost of not pursuing this is to lose a large portion of market share in the automobile industry, as more consumers show interest in this type of vehicle. Other companies such as Toyota and Ford Motor Company have already introduced their versions of alternative energy vehicles. The cost of failure then may mean losing ...

Elon is also an investor in SolarCity a renewable energy company. He has invested about 10 million dollars. SolarCity was the number one residential installer in 2011. The company was started by two brothers Peter and Lyndon Rive. They have worked with Tesla motors on installing superchargers around Los Angeles and other locations. SolarCity is a very respectable company that Elon is becoming more...

Thus they use coal power plants for charging the EVs. It is an irony where electric cars, that is made for reduce the amount of gas emission and global warming, will end up making gas emissions from the power plant. "But you're just burning coal instead of gasoline in your electric car--so how's that any better? " In conclusion, using an electric vehicle can have advantages and disadvantages. Some...

The net result, I felt, is that the regen on my ebike was just slowing me down and creating heavy backloading on the drive train needlessly. It would be better to put the motor on a freewheel and adopt a method of getting up to speed and coasting as often as possible with the motor shut off. This riding technique is apparently very effective at extending your range, probably more so than having re...

Aaron QiMrs. White9 Honors LADecember 14, 2018The world is changing drastically, and what seemed like a science-fiction vision is progressively becoming our current reality. It seems like that progress is spreading to all spheres of humanity's life, but one of the most incredible breakthroughs has been accomplished in energy recently. Almost two decades ago, it seemed as if there was no effective ...

EVs today offer a once-in-a century opportunity. The auto industry, built on the century-old internal combustion engine (or ICE) and powered by fossil fuels, is facing all-round disruption. At a macro level, governments, including India's, are worrying about climate change, surging pollution and crude import bill and energy security. Battery-run EVs with zero tail pipe emission are emerging ...