Benefits of Electric Car
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Dr Andrew Simpson, who specialises in technology and policy for electric-drive vehicles (EVs) says that electric vehicles can solve a lot of problems.
1. Tailpipe emissions
While of course there will be some emissions if the electricity used by the electric vehicle is produced by burning fossil fuels, the emissions are no longer concentrated in areas of high traffic density. Furthermore, if the electricity is produced from renewable sources (hydro, wind, solar) there are no emissions at all.
2. Existing electricity infrastructure
For electric vehicles the ‘fuel’ distribution network already exists… and, furthermore, it is distributed widely on a house-to-house level. This is a huge advantage over other ‘alternative’ fuelled cars – compare it, for example, with hydrogen… a fuel currently available effectively nowhere. (More on electricity infrastructure in a moment.)
3. Near-equivalent functionality and performance
Electric cars can provide similar packaging, performance and styling to current vehicles. In most applications, their range is also sufficient. No one needs to be ‘sold’ on the concept of a car – unlike some other new technologies, the idea is familiar to all.
4. No oil
It’s a much overlooked point, but as this graph of Australian installed generator capacity shows, almost no electricity is generated by burning oil. Coal, natural gas, hydro, solar, wind – but oil, very little indeed. So if one of the aims of developing alternatively powered cars is to move away from a dependence on oil, electric cars immediately achieve that outcome.
5. Improved Greenhouse Gas Emissions
It’s often assumed that moving to electric vehicles does not give a clear-cut improvement in greenhouse gas emissions. After all, the logic goes, the power has to be generated somewhere.
But as this graphic shows, short range electric vehicles have immediate benefits, and in the future, long-range electric vehicles are likely to have considerable advantage over petrol-powered cars.
This graph shows that the modelled greenhouse gas emissions of a large Australian family car is about 280 grams of CO2 per kilometre, and a hybrid petrol electric vehicle of the same size produces 220 grams/km.
An electric car using lithium ion batteries and powered from a coal-fired electricity generator already has an improved greenhouse gas performance – 260 grams/km, if a 200km range is assumed. If a 500km range is factored-in, the heavier battery pack boosts greenhouse gas emissions to 340 g/km.
Power the same electric vehicle from a natural gas power station and there is a huge advantage over current petrol-powered cars – 100 grams/km (for a 200km range) or 140 grams/km for a 500km range.
And for electric vehicles, things will only get better. Deriving oil from shale or tar sands, or gaining liquid fuels from gas or coal, all have much worse greenhouse gas signatures than current oil production. On the other hand, use of renewable electricity energies like wind and solar have vastly reduced greenhouse gas emissions – the future even better suits electric vehicles.
6. Reduced Cost of Motoring
Andrew Simpson’s modelling has shown that, right now, electric vehicles have lower running costs than conventional petrol-powered cars. And that takes into account battery replacement costs!
Again working on the basis of a large sedan, the modelling used an electric vehicle with a 40 kWh battery, battery cost of AUD$12,600, and a lifetime distance of 445,000km (3200 battery cycles). He calculates a lifetime cost of 2.8 cents/km - depending on the price charged for electricity, a total cost of 4 – 8 cents/km. That compares with the modelled running cost of the petrol engine car of 10-15 cents a kilometre (the variation depending on fuel price).
In short, the running costs are about halved.
Now you can argue that, since the greatest cost of owning a new car is depreciation, and that very few cars of any sort travel over 400,00km, such a cost calculating exercise is full of holes – and there probably are some. However, in overall terms, the modelling clearly shows that it is quite likely that electric vehicles will have cheaper running costs than current cars.
And, when you add the vastly lower maintenance requirements of an electric vehicle into the equation, the electric car benefit will become even clearer.
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Convert Car to Electric Free
How much money will be spent to convert a car to an electric vehicle? It is depended. In Colorado, you can convert your car to electric free.
How? This story tells you that.
Ree-V converts fuel cars to electric - Customers eligible for tax return rebate, www.timescall.com reports.
Luc Nadeau converts a gas-powered car to run on electricity generated by batteries. He says that customers can claim the Colorado Alternative Fuel Vehicle Credit on their state tax return and be reimbursed much, and in some cases all, of the cost of the conversion.
“It’s something that people really don’t know about,” Nadeau said. “I don’t think people believe me when I tell them this is a real thing.”
The tax credit reimburses the cost of converting the car to “zero emission.” The exact amount of the reimbursement depends on the person’s income tax liability for that year, but it can be carried over for five years.
The owner of the car has to pay for the conversion up front and can claim the credit only once per vehicle.
To be eligible for the 100 percent credit, the car must be older than 10 years, and the gas engine must never be operated in Colorado again.
If the car is newer than 10 years old, the owner is eligible for an 85 percent tax credit, but Nadeau said the owner still can sell the engine.
“We want to get as many vehicles (converted) to electric as we can,” he said. “If the gas engine is put into another vehicle, it’s OK, because odds are the gas engine being replaced has been destroyed (or scrapped).”
In Colorado, you can utilize the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax Credit to save you up to 100% of the cost of an electric conversion, reimbursed through your state income tax (or direct rebates for state vehicles and tax exempt organizations). You pay the conversion cost up front, and over the next five years, you receive a state income tax credit for up to the whole amount. So if your state income tax liability is $3000/year, you’ll get $15,000 back. If your tax liability is $2000/year, you’ll be able to recoup $10,000 of the cost of the conversion. Either way, it’s a great deal for what is basically a new car.
I am sure there will be more and more states make their policy to encourage habitants to use electric vehicle. So, what do your waiting for or wonder for? Convert your car, instead of the roar of gas engine by the sound of a buzzing electrical wires now.
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