10 Interesting Facts About Electric Vehicles That You May Not Know
Electric vehicles aren’t a part of fiction anymore. They have already become a part of the reality.
But how much do you really know about them? Check out these ten quick facts.
Fact 1
The electric car market is growing faster than you can even imagine.
The global EV market was valued at USD 103,342 million in 2016, and now it is projected to reach almost USD 350,963 by 2023. Amazing; isn’t it?
Fact 2
Some of the EVs can even bring muscle cars to shame.
Since all EV engines work through non-combustion means, most of the electric cars showcase 100 torque at 0 rpm. Some of the most powerful vehicles in the world don’t even come close to that.
Fact 3
As far as energy-efficiency is concerned, electric vehicles are simply unparalleled by anything else.
Up to 80% of the energy in the battery is transferred directly to the vehicle to power up the engine, whereas in case of gasoline-powered vehicles, the number’s as low as 14 to 26 at the very most.
Fact 4
Electric cars don’t emit tailpipe pollutants, unlike gasoline-powered cars.
Fact 5
The most expensive part of an EV is its battery. But with more and more technological advancements, they are getting cheaper by the minute.
For e.g.,
A hundred-mile range battery used to cost roundabout 25,000 GBP in 2009. Now it costs as low as 13,000 GBP!
Fact 6
Electric vehicles do come with a huge range of options. It’s not that you are stuck with only a single shape, type, and size.
Fact 7
Very soon you will be able to use your electric vehicles as a backup power generator in case of an emergency.
Fact 8
Electric vehicles can definitely be pricier than their traditional counterparts.
Fact 9
•Electric vehicles are relatively safer to drive than their gasoline counterparts.
•EVs have low maintenance costs.
•EVs are quiet create minimum noise pollution.
•EVs don’t pollute the environment as much as gasoline-powered vehicles do.
Fact 10
Currently, we have around 43 EV models in the market, and this number continues to rise with each passing year.
A few of these models are:
•Audi A3 e-tron
•Audi Q7 e-tron
•BMW 225xe, 330e, 530e, 740e, X5 xDrive40e
•Mercedes B250e, C350e, E350e, GLC350e, GLE550e, S550e
•Volvo S60 T8, V60 T8, XC90 T8:
•BMW i3
•BMW i8
•Chevy Bolt
•Chevy Volt
•Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
•Fiat 500e
•Ford C-Max Energi
•Ford Focus Electric
•Ford Fusion Energi
•Kia Soul EV
•Tesla Model S
•Tesla Model X
•Tesla Model 3
•Mitsubishi i-MiEV
•Mitsubishi Outlander,
•Volkswagen Passat GTE
•Volkswagen e-Golf & Golf GTE
•Toyota Prius Prime
•Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid and Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid
For more information on EV facts and stats, refer to the infographic below:
Source- Visually [Made by Plates4Less]
Fact Sources:
https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/electric-vehicle-market
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/electric-car-facts_n_5696129.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/five-facts-on-electric-cars-85247
https://energy.gov/articles/top-10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-electric-vehicles
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/03/43-electric-cars-on-the-market/
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-0-100-kmh-acceleration-electric-car
Comments
I can’t understand why electric cars are ugly.
How are they ugly? Most electric cars now are just the “normal” model with an electric engine.
Most of these facts are right but electric cars how they are now can only be a temporary solution for our problem because the production of batteries is really, really bad for our environment and the production of electricity is also not eco friendly (with some exceptions). So we need to find a way to make different batteries or find a completely new fuel for our cars.
Yeah people thought the same thing about gasoline powered cars
Fact 11
Tesla’s produktion of car batteries releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving.
Was it really necessary to include #4?
Did he/she just say it reached a speed of 0-100 in 1.5 seconds. This dumb bish just confused speed with acceleration. Also, most of these facts were already well known.