A electric car? sure. for certain needs / drivers.
All electric cars:
Eventually, yes, but the support tech isn't quite there yet. Need fast charging or battery swap to quickly continue your travel like a gas station provides. We may be close to city / commuter adoption, but gas will still be needed for driving long distance for some time.
Plus we need better electric grids and production before anyone starts thinking about banning gas / diesel cars.
The carbon footprint with production right through to disposal is currently worse than a motorized vehicle. They have a long way to go just yet.
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Yes, because now that the auto industry is focused on developing electric cars they're making huge strides. Battery tech has already advanced to where they can get 300 mile range out of a battery pack. There was also some company maybe 1-2 years back that figured out how to make safe nuclear batteries that last thousands of years... that tech isn't in cars yet but if they went that route.. hmm. I guess you would never need to re-charge but the batteries would be expensive.
Plus the governments are actively working to make oil/gas cost more. Whenever gas prices go up it motivates people to seek alternatives. I'm not saying I agree with the government actions there, just saying.
It's like if we lived back when the car was first invented and you're asking if cars will be feasible compared to horses. Due to government mandates AND industry actions right now, gas cars will be obsolete by the early 2030s. Regardless of what anyone thinks. It won't be a choice because before the 2030s:
*Number of gas stations will drop towards zero maybe 3-5 years before the last gas car is sold. Imagine having to wait in line for 8 hours to get gas and the gas stations are 150 miles apart.
*Value of used gas cars will drop to zero unless they're collectibles.
*I guess cost of the last new gas cars will go insanely high since the car makers know they WILL be collectibles. Average Joe probably won't even be able to afford a $150k+ car that would've only been worth $12-$20k a few years earlier.
On top of that as self-driving technology is refined and put into those EVs, the insurance companies will give lower rates for that vs. gas cars I'd say.
Nope. If you have a very limited amount of electric cars on the road, it just prolongs peak oil by several years by taking a small percentage of gasoline cars off the road. The same is true for high efficiency mileage and hybrids. That’s all it does, slow the race to collapse... In the event of a switch on a massive scale, there would be a massive increase of demand for grid electricity, which would tax the current electrical infrastructure. Centralized power plants don’t go up over night. They generally take more than a decade to get construction and zoning approval and then another decade to construct. Everyone is generally of the opinion of not in my backyard so there are constant legal hurtles... Large shifts in energy demand for natural gas and coal would just drive those prices higher and as a result and put all your energy eggs in one basket with everyone competing for the same resources. Too much demand with limited supply spurs price hikes. It also leads to rolling blackouts. We have a lot of liquid fuel infrastructure already in place. The easiest solution is to grow something like algae or cyanobacteria on non arable land for fatty acids and then use a portion of our natural gas production for methanol and then combine the two and synthesize biodiesel. That way you can utilize current automotive technology and fuel distribution infrastructure with very limited retrofitting. You just gradually faze out gas vehicles in the market to match biodiesel production. If microorganisms are used for the production on non arable land it doesn’t impact food prices. Being that only 10% of biodiesel is methanol it doesn’t stress natural gas markets too rapidly.
Now, no. Like any new technology, it's always the early adopters that essentially subsidize the R&D so that the price can be brought down to where it's affordable for most of the population. Eventually, yes. And they're not perfect, the mining for the battery components can be filthy, there is a lack of charging infrastructure so far, etc. But that will change with time. It has to. And if you don't think the oil companies don't already have plans for this, think again. They're not just going to quietly go away. I remember, maybe 20 years ago, when the first oil companies started referring to themselves as "energy" companies. The writing is on the wall. But, as with most anything throughout history, it'll change because it has to. Even without subsidies, if the cost remains high, someone with a bright idea will come along to drive the cost so far down that they will become more affordable. No company that ever succeeded said "Well, we just won't even attempt to sell to a huge segment of consumers because it's really really hard." It's only a matter of time. Tesla is already offering parts of their technology free of charge to potential competitors. When the last time that happened in a capitalist economy?
It'll happen gradually. The more that come out the more that will go on the second hand market making it possible for people who can't afford to buy brand new to get their hands on one. Eventually it will be the new norm. Their battery life will improve.
Currently it costs about $21 a month to charge an electric vehicle if you're driving an average of 540 miles a month.
Just like anything when it first comes out their sky high-priced your computers are sky-high when he first came out anything new that is an unknown is a high price I do believe that they will all go down at least I hope you do because we're probably getting close to being out of fuel and every other thing that we abused on this planet
That is a very possible thing that can happen, competition and as the new electric cars become older, their prices will come down. You already mentioned that the other things will be solved just through time.
At the Ford Dealership closest to my house, they currently have a 2020 Mach E Mustang for sale at $20K. That's cheaper than my Current Eco Boost Mustang which my year and model and is for sale at 29K. Both cars being used. So it is already happening now and will continue to happen and become cheaper
Environmentally a disaster.
Lithium mines and battery disposal will be a bigger issue than the challenges that oil bring. Plus you need coal to charge the batteries.
Short sighted ignorant fools.
We're all going to pay for this shortsighted feel-good checking the block.
Short answer: yes.
longer answer, yes... maybe...
The individual car would cost about the same in production, as the models are about 90%~95% identical, only difference is the engine and fuel "tank".
But i would guess the difference in manufacturing costs is minimal, mostly because the higher demand in Lithium will increase the pricing.
Maintenance will be less pricey for the electric car, as less moving parts mean, less wear. But the electric car would need replacement of batteries every now and than, as the Li-ion batteries do loose capacity over time.
So in that regard its also pretty close.
Costs for fuel is the most difficult part, as gasoline prices will go up more and more, and electricity will depend on demand and how its generated.
The car would be feasible, but the long cord to supply the electricity would be expensive as hell and be messy in traffic.
Just kidding. There are already many models of electric cars that work fine. We even have at least one bus in our city that is electric and it is recharged from a wind turbine. Extremely versatile, plenty of power for using as a bus, cheap to recharge.
There are many malls and major stores that have recharging stations in their parking lots that are free to use. I believe they are improving solutions about the used batteries, which is the main important comsideration.
To be economically feasible for the long term, either the lithium ion batteries need to be capable of being recycled relatively cheaply or a cheaper power storage technology needs to be developed. Lithium ore is not in abundance. Eventually its price will be even higher than it is currently.
Also, rapid charge technology development is a must. When traveling, I typically drive 600 miles a day with one fuel stop. There is no electric vehicle with that range and current recharge technology requires several hours. About 300 miles on a charge is max, so my trip will take twice as long.
It is and always has been. You also actually CAN build your own electric car from any old car, and there are more electric sockets in a street than petrol stations in most cities. The cost per mile of electric is lower than any fuel.
What you're deluded about is the trickle down economics. You want profit making fuel car companies to make loss making electric cars. It is never going to happen on the sort of scale Western governments are blabing about. Mainly as it's just never going to be profitable on a large scale to go full electric.
Eventually, years in the future, the electric vehicle will become economically feasible. Before that happens, though, there is a huge infrastructure that has to be created... charging stations, more electric power production, more electric power transmission and distribution. And a massive change of technology and jobs from the oil industry (refineries, gas stations).
And battery technology still needs a quantum leap in efficiency and energy storage.
Interestingly, the first "automobiles" invented were electric. It was only when gasoline was found to be a useful fuel (previously, it was discarded because petroleum was mostly refined for kerosene lamps and heaters) that gas-power vehicles became more common.
Not when ALL of the "collateral damage" is added in, no.
Solar farms may provide (almost) "free" electricity, but it has to be stored for gloomy days. Also cost in materials and alleged pollution to build the photovoltaics in the first place, install them, dispose of them after use, cost of bringing ALL of these farms "on grid", not to mention thousands of charging stations, the (not so) incidental loss of time when people just stand around watching their car recharge while at a rest stop on a trip, etc. You would STILL have to have gas boilers and atomic piles to generate juice for those peak days. As for wind power, the same costs apply. And every time we drive past a certain windfarm, at LEAST 10% of the windmills are sitting there, lifeless, generating zero, zilch, nada, zip, null set, etc of electron flow.
I don't think so because you still have to burn fossil fuels to MAKE electricity!
We have the tech to make cars that run on water! Why not do that? The run-off is steam which you can capture and, once it turns back into water, pour it back into the tank and use it again! But, too many people and economies rely on oil! So, we're not allowed to have this!
I doubt very many of those issues will ever be intentionally solved! Maybe diminished, a bit but, we've had the tech for a few decades now to build computers that will NEVER break or stop working!! But, they don't want us to have this because that means, we won't be buying a new one every few years!! It's like that with everything!
Depends on your cost of energy and the cost of gas. They could be cheaper. If you own a home and get solar It is cheaper. That's a huge upfront investment and having to need a home.
The major downside we're electric cars is still if you're going on a road trip you have to basically plan every 300 miles to stop for like an hour to charge. It's on the high end as well if you buy extra mileage and batteries for your car. And basically if you don't own a home with solar either it will cost more electricity or be very inconvenient to charge.
I'm digging my feet in on this one with or without reason. I just don't want an electric car.
Have you looked at your electric bill lately. To fully charge a car overnight it needs a 50 amp, 240 volt circuit. You won't be buying gas but you'll be seeing your electric bill go up considerably.
However, though clean, electric cars will stress the power grid. Hundreds of millions of drivers in the US alone. Just think if we ALL plugged in our cars tomorrow. We'd brown out the nation.
So a new infrastructure in power plants has to be created too. Unless we are all on solar home power and this offsets car usage. It's a challenge.
Nope. they cost more to produce and to buy. They will put owners in the top tier of their electricity bill KWH and cost people more for that too. They also pollute more because in reality they are powered by coal.
The majority of the country can't be supported by solar or wind power. Even California has brownouts now because the power grid can't handle current demands. There is no way it could handle millions of electric vehicles. Plus the majority of people can't afford them.
It's not going to happen. The push for EVs is being pushed by the same people who have in plain English proclaimed that they want personally owned vehicles to be a luxury reserved for the wealthy and elite.
It would be far more economically feasible to get behind a net-zero carbon emitting fuel alternative for combustion engines, such as what Siemens and Porsche are collaborating on.
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