Are you looking to make the switch to an electric vehicle? With the rising awareness of global warming, electric vehicles are becoming a popular choice for many. In this article, we will discuss the advantages of electric vehicles, the environmental benefits, and how they compare to internal combustion engines. Let’s dive in to explore the world of electric vehicles!
Benefits of Electric Vehicle
Transport is a fundamental requirement if the modern economy and life, but the traditional combustion engine is quickly becoming outdated and are majorly polluting the environment, hence are quickly replaced by electric vehicles. Any fully electric vehicle is zero tailpipe emission and are much better for the environment. Some of the major benefits of owning an electric vehicle are –
- Lower Running Cost: The running cost of an electric vehicle is much lower than an equivalent petrol or diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles use electricity to charge their batteries instead of using fossil fuels like petrol or diesel. Electric vehicles are more efficient, and that combined with the electricity cost means that charging an electric vehicle is cheaper than filling petrol or diesel for your travel requirements. The electricity cost can be reduced further if charging is done with the help of renewable energy sources installed at home, such as solar panels.
- Low Maintenance Cost: Electric vehicles have exceptionally minimal maintenance costs because they do not have as many moving parts as compared to an internal combustion vehicle. The servicing requirements for electric vehicles are lesser than the conventional petrol or diesel vehicles. Therefore, the yearly cost of running an electric vehicle is significantly low.
- Zero Tailpipe Emission: Driving an electric vehicle can help you reduce your carbon footprint because there will be zero tailpipe emissions. You can reduce the environmental impact of charging your vehicle further by choosing renewable energy options for home electricity.
- Tax and Financial benefits: Registration fees and road tax on purchasing electric vehicles are lesser than petrol or diesel vehicles. There are multiple policies and incentives offered by the government depending on which state you are in. Some of the policies and incentive schemes by the government are discussed on the later pages.
- Environment friendly: The availability of fossil fuels is limited, and their use is destroying our planet. Toxic emissions from petrol and diesel vehicles lead to long-term, adverse effects on public health. The emissions impact of electric vehicles is much lower than petrol or diesel vehicles. From an efficiency perspective, electric vehicles can covert around 60% of the electrical energy from the grid to power the wheels, but petrol or diesel cars can only convert 17%-21% of the energy stored in the fuel to the wheels. That is a waste of around 80%. Fully electric vehicles have zero tailpipe emissions, but even when electricity production is considered, petrol or diesel vehicles emit almost 3 times more carbon dioxide than the average EV. Therefore, EVs are the way forward for transportation of goods are passengers.
- Easy and quite to drive: All the electric vehicles, except for hybrid vehicles, are automatic transmission. Hence, there are no complicated controls to drive the vehicle, just accelerate, brake and steer. And when you want to charge the batteries, just plug it in the home or a public charger.
- No noise pollution: Electric vehicles have the silent functioning capability as there is no engine under the hood. No engine means no noise. The electric motor functions so silently that you need to peek into your instrument panel to check if it is ON. Electric vehicles are so silent that manufacturers have to add false sounds in order to make them safe for pedestrians.
