Argumentative Essay On Electric Cars

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What kind of car do you drive? Is it a gas, hybrid or an electric car? From environmentalists to “petrol heads” there are over 250 million + vehicles on the road today, but with so many of them what percentage of cars are electric? Today electric cars are a smaller part of that 250 + million population of cars, but why aren't there more on the road than its counterpart the gasoline powered car? Almost everywhere you look whether it be the parking lot, the highway or your neighbor's driveway there are gas cars everywhere dominating the world, but their convenience and Inexpensive cost can lead to a problem. The source of their power: Gasoline. While there are alternatives to gasoline such as electric vehicles both Gas & Electric vehicles have …show more content…
As much as technology has progressed range anxiety still exists as the fact stands that despite the world's charging infrastructure is steadily growing there are still some areas where if caution is not taken you could be left stranded, but the same would be said about internal combustion engine vehicles although they have the benefit of many gas stations all around the country to supply them. One of the biggest parts of the electric car is its battery, vital to all of its functions such as powering the car to drive and function. Compared to the average laptop or smartphone the lithium-ion batteries within certain electric vehicles are expensive to produce and lead to higher electric vehicle prices, and with that comes the charging time, which is slow but there are solutions such as Tesla’s own superchargers which can take about an hour to charge the battery, but the connector used with these vehicles are proprietary, meaning that if you own a different kind of vehicle there are fewer options in place and how long charging time may take unlike the gas engine which gets instant range directly at the