Electric cars return to favor
From the previous article, we learned that electric cars are not as innovative as it may seem. They moved along the roads before the vast majority of us appeared in the world.
Why then, are we only now observing their dynamic development?
There are several reasons for this, of course. Of course, it is necessary to mention:
- greater public awareness of ecology and the effects of environmental pollution. The introduction of increasingly stringent emission standards and regulations on harmful substances standards forces vehicle manufacturers to look for alternative solutions, because they will pay huge financial penalties, as in the case of Volkswagen, for not respecting them. It is a huge driving force for global automotive concerns and allows for the development of pro-ecological drives that certainly include electric motors. In addition to automotive manufacturers, this behavior is also propagated by the state administration, which sees a huge problem of smog containing poisonous nitrogen oxides NO2, because it is generated mostly by diesel vehicles and by burning coal in stoves.
- increasingly different estimates of oil stocks in the world are appearing. The last data is quite divergent in this topic, because they talk about the period from 30 to 70 years, but as you can see, the problem may affect the next few decades, and certainly covers the present twenty-first century.
- since the first half of the last century there has been a huge technological development in the sector of cells and batteries, which are currently used to power electric vehicles. The most powerful battery installed in the Tesla S car is 100 kWh and the average range is 570 kilometers and the Tesla Supercharger loaders have a power of 120 kW. With the premiere of the new Tesla Semi truck engine with the 644kWh battery, the new generation of 1000 kW Tesla Megacharger loaders has been announced. The graphene battery technology announced by Fisker presented in the Fisker eMotion also deserves attention in this area. By using a battery with a solid electrolyte, it can be very quickly charged. The crystalline structure of the material allows for super-fast movement of ions between the positive and negative electrodes, which will allow according to the manufacturer's declaration for charging within 1 to 9 minutes with a range of over 600 kilometers.