Everything has a trade-off and opportunity cost. Electric cars are no exception. The first thing that caught my attention was the mileage. In the article and video‚ Rick Peters’ electric car only goes 25 miles per hour. You cannot get very far with that‚ especially since the farthest you can go in it is 30 miles per charge. I drive a Toyota Camry‚ and I drive 9.2 miles every day to school. It takes me 12-15 minutes to drive to school. If you ignore the speed limit on the roads (it is 55 mph)‚ it
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| Who Killed The Electric Car | By James Walker | | | | | James Walker STL 100 Who Killed the Electric Car The electric car introduced in 1996 and was popular in California. The car was quiet small and produced no exhaust; it was a product that was loved by consumers and eco-friendly. This idea of the electric car was not one that was recent in implementing; about 100 years ago there were more electric cars than there were gas cars and they ran really well and quiet. The
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Ms. Haynes 2nd Period May 21‚ 2012 Electric Cars There is a big debate about the future of the auto industry. The new big topic is electric cars. Ads emphasize how much less pollution these cars put out‚ but the truth is that many people do not realize the downside of these cars. For instance‚ did you know that average battery cost for electric cars is between $18‚000 and $20‚000? Also‚ these cars produce significant more amounts of sulfur dioxide compared to traditional internal combustion
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of who killed the electric car Background The problem In 1990s‚ California was threatened by smog problem‚ and black cloud appeared in the sky. Air pollution problem resulted in the development of lung cancer and associated diseases in people. The gasoline car was one of the main factors that released carbon dioxide to the atmosphere‚ which lead to global warming. Facing the risk of devastation of human’s living place and health‚ California proposed to develop cars that run on clean
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over clean emissions-cars. In 1996 the company introduced the EV-1 electric car in California and Arizona. Hundreds of the electric cars were soon on the road. Then they all disappeared. The mystery behind their disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Electric vehicles had many advantages over their competitors in the early 1900s. They did not have the vibration‚ smell‚ and noise associated with gasoline cars. Changing gears on gasoline cars was the most difficult
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side emissions of electric cars with this graph. Here we see the higher amount of emissions per electric car‚ although this can naturally be compensated during the lower emissions during the life-cycle of this car. To note that in case the battery has to be replaced during the life-time of the vehicle‚ the amount will increase to 12‚5t of CO2 per car‚ so more than the double of a gasoline car. 2.2 Source of energy. Here we get to one of the biggest problems of electrics cars: the way we charge
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CHAPTER - 13 MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT 1) Magnetic field and Field lines:- a) Magnetic field :- The region around a magnet where the force of attraction or repulsion can be detected is called magnetic field. Magnetic field around a magnet can be detected by using a magnetic compass. b) Magnetic field lines:- Magnetic field lines are the paths around a magnet along which the north pole of a magnetic compass needle tends to move. The magnetic field lines around
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The most obvious advantage of electric car batteries is that they don’t produce the pollution associated with internal combustion engines. According to the Electric Vehicle Association of Canada‚ or EVAC‚ even EVs recharged from coal-powered electric generators cut carbon emission roughly in half. EVs recharged from cleaner forms of electrical power generation‚ such as hydropower and nuclear plants‚ can reduce carbon emissions to less than one percent of those currently produced by internal combustion
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POWERED CAR 1. AIM OF THE PROJECT This concept behind the project is thermoelectric generation that has been known from sometime‚ but the practical implementation of this concept is quite difficult. The idea behind this project is to make a Car that is powered by thermoelectric source‚ i.e. to build a car that moves with temperature difference. This concept has not been explored earlier but a lot of research can be done in this regard. We will be presenting a practically running model of a car driven
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Magnetic effect of electric current is one of the major effects of electric current in use‚ without the applications of which we cannot have motors in the existing world. A current carrying conductor creates a magnetic field around it‚ which can be comprehended by using magnetic lines of force or magnetic field lines. The nature of the magnetic field lines around a straight current carrying conductor is concentric circles with centre at the axis of the conductor. The direction of the magnetic field
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