SCIENCE4 - The Promise of Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are of great interest today because of concerns about climate change, and the fact that gasoline-powered vehicle emissions are one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses that many people feel are causing global warming - thus the desire to make the vehicles on our roads as clean as possible. Lower cost transportation and reducing our reliance on costly and limited oil are also of concern. Some experts think that we are in the middle of a technology revolution, and in fact may already have reached a “tipping point,” in our capability to produce clean, cost-effective EVs. I wanted take a snapshot of where we’ve been, where we are today, and what the future looks like. Principle sources for this article include “Why Should I Care about EVs?” and “The Shape of Things to Come,” Car and Driver July/August 2021; “How do Electric Vehicles Work?”, Alternative Fuels Data Center; “Why Battery EVs have Raced Ahead of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles,” Automotive