Student Second Name 1 Student Name Tutor Name Course Date Electric Vehicles, Charging and Pricing As stores of energy, oil and gas are coming to an end, human being is looking for new renewable energy resources. The most fuel consuming machines such as vehicles are now being transferred to other energy resources. Several companies have come in the market with latest ideas about electric cars. There are hundreds of ideas about these cars. Some companies have come up with hybrid fuel cars that run on gasoline along with electricity while some others run on only batteries. However, some cars have come in the market which run on both; gasoline as well as electricity as has been pointed out earlier. With these, there are electric cars which are charged from a socket. They run for a few hundred miles and then are charged again. The history of electric cars goes back to the end of 19th century when Ányos Jedlik , a citizen of Hungary first introduced an electric followed by several others with notable from Holland, Professor Starting. With the passage of time, the cars were fitted with good batteries and soon the American engineers also took part in this adventure and brought new designs of new cars (Bellis). However, with the arrival of electric cars, three issues have come up which are their home charging, public charging and their price of charging. The first issue for the all-electric vehicles is the charging with charging at home facility. Several ways have been introduced to charge these vehicles. However, the issue in charging is
Student Second Name 2 the time, that electric power that it consumes and the time that it takes. For home charging, there are currently two systems AC Level 1 and DC Level 2 which depends on the load of the current as 120 and 240 volts. Both of these comes with different equipment with sockets, timer and the display unit. However, as far as the price of the electricity is concerned, it is counted during the time of charging that these systems take. However, it has been assumed that the DC level charging that is fast and also cheaper though it has not been proved as yet. The plugs and connectors are being improved to increase the charging load in order to reduce the time("Developing Infrastructure to Charge Plug-In Electric Vehicles"). It is estimated that the future charging for homemade charging would not only take less time but also be cheaper, though now it does not seem so. Although currently there are no public charging stations, it has been assumed that there will be AC level 2 and DC Level 2 public charging stations which will not only measure the load but also the time. However, they will take much less time that it has been stated for the home charging. These charge stations are assumed be located at shopping centers, parking lots, offices and business places. There are several projects for such charging are underway. These are work place charging, fleet charging with zones and several other information that US Department of Energy has listed on its website. However, in the guidance that have been written for the owners of these charging stations, it has been estimated that some factors such as demand, duty cycles, driving routes, locations, vehicle types and availability of the electricity would be considered. It is also that companies need to take these things into account before launching vehicles and start the delivery of vehicles after these things have been set up("Charging Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Public"). It is also that when there will be more public charging stations, the demand for these
Student Second Name 3 vehicles will increase and more vehicles mean more investment and better vehicles within next few years. This would decrease load on other fuels such as gasoline and gas. However, despite these charging facilities and research about them, the major issue is the pricing. This pricing does not include the infrastructure development, hardware for the charging stations, electrician material, labor coasts, transformers and fees required to get approval. It has been estimated that with these equipment purchased, the price of the electricity would increase further. This also depends on the price of electricity which varies from city to city and state to state along with the cost of time that it takes to charge the vehicle. It has been estimated in simple terms that a good EV vehicle can travel around 20 to 25 kilometers within a single dollar, though it is just a supposition as several vehicles take up more than stated but several others have been estimated to take up quite less. But again it depends on the consumption, the type of vehicle, the storage capacity of batteries and the types of batteries (Lachnit). Even then, the speculation is that they are not going to be cheaper any soon until they are shifted to solar power. In nutshell, all electric vehicles seem the only dream that could come true in terms of saving energy or energy saving vehicles. Although they are not as powerful as gasoline run vehicles, or vehicles running on other fuels, they seem to be not a distant reality. The world is now moving towards renewable energy at much faster pace in order to save the environment and this seems to an only viable option through which human beings can save this world from climate disaster. However, it is also a fact that the progress towards these vehicles is not as fast. The people have several misgivings at the things discussed such home charging facilities, the public charging facilities, the pricing of the power, the power cut hours and above all the working of these vehicles, as it does not seem that these vehicles would prove as powerful, efficient and easy to operate as gasoline powered vehicles are. However, it is a fact that future
Student Second Name 4 lies in energy saving mode vehicles and these electric vehicles seem to be good option. The reason is that a thing when it is approved and gets popular also become an accepted reality and this seem to be true in the case of these vehicles.
Works Cited Bellis, Mery. "History of Electric Cars." n.d. Web.07 April 2015 "Charging Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Public." n.d. Web. 06 April 2015 "Developing Infrastructure to Charge Plug-In Electric Vehicles". n.d. Web. 06 April 2015 Lachnit, Carroll. "The True Cost of Powering an Electric Car." 21 Dec.r 2010. Web 06 April 2014
