At
the turn between 2010 and 2011, articulates a flurry of media reports,
such as electric vehicles (EVs or straight) saw a major breakthrough in
2010, with commercial models with great success (Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus
and Chevrolet Volt) published. In Britain, the government began in January 2011 to 01 Provide subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles driver.
There are several reasons for the success of electric vehicles. First, a better, wider charging infrastructure is built, which helps alleviate what has become known as "range anxiety 'in EV speak., The arrival of the home chargers is also another great incentive to EV adoption. Efficient battery technology also provides better performance and thus increasing the attractiveness of electric vehicles.
According to Pike Research analyst John Gartner, by the end of 2011 there will be another 50,000 EVs in America. There will be new models from manufacturers such as thinking, Coda, Mitsubishi, Mini, Toyota and Chevrolet. This shows that the major auto players are now also EVs in the center of their development strategies.
A company that invested heavily to make electric vehicles a mainstream reality is General Electric (GE). In the second half of 2010, the technology giant announced it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015, effectively converting its fleet to electricity. In 2010, GE researchers announced a dual battery system for hybrid transit bus, the battery was able to reduce by 20 percent. It mixes a sodium battery, and a lithium battery, the combination of acceleration in passenger EVs with electricity storage that large industrial batteries can provide.
On the negative side, critics say EVs are as green as the source of electricity that is fed into them, and if they derive their power from fuel or coal power, then they are not really green. This is a real concern, but some people would argue that even if recharged with power coming from dirty sources, electric cars still win compared to average vehicles and adjust the cleanest hybrids. Even in the worst case, the use of electric vehicles leads to a net positive emissions trade-off. The conclusion drawn was carried out by a study of electrification coalition and takes into account the entire life cycle of several types of cars and different types of gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury.
Another critical piece came from a recent study by the University of Oxford who would argue that mass adoption of electric vehicles in countries with a dirty power supply units and not alleviate global warming worse, carried out as supporters claim. In countries such as China and India, electric vehicles, CO2 emissions would increase, according to the study.
The jury is still out on this one and it seems that an EV environmental friendliness depends on the energy mix in the region where it is used. But what is a fact is that 2010 marks a turning point for electric vehicles, with a growing interest on the part of industry and the public, in addition to strengthening public support. 2011 is very likely that an upward trend for vehicles that are operated with power tools.
