Electricity Cars
Alternative Car Fuels
With the price of crude oil rocketing and the worry of a so called environmental meltdown, most people are motivated in some way to take an interest in an alternative way to power their conventional cars instead of petrol, diesel and gasoline. It has become very expensive to run your car on petrol and diesel which is putting many people in some financial problems due to the cost of living being so high at the moment. Also many people are very worried about the state of the environment, reducing their carbon footprint and being greener all round has become common place for millions of people around the world. One way a person can reduce the cost of running their vehicle and reduce their carbon footprint is to switch to alternative fuel to power their car. There are many different types of alternative car fuels out there and some can be quite confusion so we’ll try and clear it a little bit for you.
Bio Fuels
The simplest way to describe what bio fuels are is to think of them as recently dead biological materials such as plants. The materials which are used to make bio fuels are renewable and example of which are vegetable oils. It is claimed that many diesel vehicles have already the capacity to run on vegetable oil which can be sourced from numerous locations such as chip shops or even the supermarket. Special fuel injection pumps can be fitted to a vehicle if it does not already have the ability to run on vegetable oil. You will need to spend some money however to purchase a car which convert your car. Vegetable oil as a fuel is considered to be carbon neutral, therefore you will significantly reduce the amount of emissions released into the environment, and obviously it is much cheaper than standard car fuels.
Natural Gas
By running your car on natural gas you will be releasing around 70% less emissions whilst driving compared to driving your car using conventional fuels such as petrol and diesel. The car must be specially converted in order to be able to run on natural gas, which could prove to be very expensive, but in the long run you will find out it has been worthwhile.
Electricity
Cars are currently in production which claim to run purely on electricity, this would mean no or very little emissions into the environment, however they do need to be plugged into a power source to charge and they also have a very low top speed so only really suitable if you are a slow driver or live in a town or city. A variation of the electricity vehicle would be a hybrid vehicle which can run on a combination of petrol or diesel and electricity; these cars are already in high demand and have proven to be very good to the environment and quite reliable.
Looking for an alternative fuel for you car is the way forward if you are looking for cheaper running costs and are worried about the environment. There is so much information out there so it is important to carry out your own research and weigh up the options available to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
electricity cars?
does someone know more about this kind of cars... i heard the idea recently and i am curious
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You mean "Electric car" right? In other words "Battery operated". In reality Electric cars have been around longer than gas powered cars. When automobiles first started being sold in America the majority of cars on the road were Electric. Back in the 1900s. People wanted a car where they didn't get gassed out and where it was safer. Gas powered cars at the time had the engine underneath the drivers seat and it wasn't uncommon to hear of the engine exploding and causing injury to the vehicles occupants.Electric cars were produced for LEASE only in the United States as the "EV1" built by General Motors. Toyota also offered an electric car for LEASE only. After which no more were made back in the Mid to Late 1990's.
It is still possible to get an electric car now days. There are small firms across the country who will take an ordinary car like a Ford Ranger and convert it into an electric vehicle by removing the gas engine and installing an electric motor in it's place. The battery pack would go on the back of the truck. They would have a "Range" of about 60 miles. They can go as fast as 80 mph. Included is an Air conditioner and a heater but if you use them the Range of the car goes down significantly.
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Electricity cars?
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2000: Ford offers the Th!nk City EV, it's version of the Pivco, in California
2001: CARB upholds the ZEV Mandate of between 4,000 and 15,000 EVs starting in 2003. Dr. Andy Frank and his UC Davis Team Fate produce demonstration plug-in hybrid vehicles.
2002: EAA launches the 1st annual Chapter's meeting in Washington, D.C. Toyota RAV4-EV -2-year supply sold out in 8 months.
2003: ZEV Mandate weakened to allow ZEV credits for non-ZEVs. Only requires 250 fuel-cell vehicles by 2009. Toyota stops production of the RAV4-EV; Honda stops lease renewals of the EV-Plus; GM does the same for the EV-1..AC Propulsion’s tZero earns highest grade at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum
2004: The Ford Ranger EV and Th!nk are saved from the crushers. Unfortunately, the GM EV1 could not be saved from the crusher. CalCars demonstrates modifications to a Toyota Prius to enable plug-in capabilities.
2005: Commuter Cars’ Tango begins shipments in fall of 2005. Myers Motors introduces the MM NmG (formerly the Corbin Sparrow). DontCrush.com saves EVs from the crusher — including the Th!nk City, Ranger EV, RAV4-EV. The EAA launches a Plug-In Hybrid Special Interest Group. Hybrid sales are through the roof. EDrive Systems brings their plug-in hybrid to the EVS-21 Auto Conference in Monaco. Launch of PlugInAmerica, a coalition of EV drivers, clean air and energy independence advocates working to promote the use of plug-in vehicles.
2006: The Wrightspeed X1 demonstrates ability to go from 0 to 60 mph in about three seconds, and has a range of 100 miles in "normal" city driving. President Bush describes plug-in hybrids ,the cars are considered an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional internal combustion vehicles
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QUESTION:
How to produce electricity for electric cars?
1. List and discuss your best guess of a mix of sources of fuels or other means to produce the electricity needed for the electric cars by 2013.2. What are the environmental impacts/pollution of making electricity by the methods suggested above.
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hundreds of small rodents running on small wheels
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Which is more expensive oil or electricity for cars?
electric cars would costs lot for electricity bills? Cars would use lots of electricity. Even TV, air conditioner will costs so much.-
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These would definitely raise your electric bill. However the manufactures of these electric vehicles claim they cost less to operate than something that runs on gasoline or diesel.However electric vehicles made using current technology won't replace our gasoline vehicles anytime soon.
The all electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf have to major problems. First is the limited range. They are good for short commutes but very impractical for longer trips. Second is the long recharge time. With a car if you run out of gas you can get a gallon of gas and add enough fuel in a short time to get you to a refueling station where you can add more fuel. Once at the refueling station you can fill an empty tank to full in a matter of minutes. Run out of electricity on the road with an all electric vehicle and you will need a tow. You can not just simply add a little electricity on the side of the road to get you home. Once you are at a place where you can recharge it takes hours instead of minutes to get enough charge to travel another 50 miles. About 10 years ago General Motors leased a fleet of all electric vehicles for a year or so. An interesting thing that was noticed by the drivers was the constant anxiety drivers had worrying if they had enough electricity to reach their destination.
Then there are the new plug-in electric hybrids like the Chevrolet Volt that is about to be sold soon. These solve the range problems of the all electric cars. The problem with these is their initial purchase price. Around ,000 compared to a similar sized Malibu which costs around ,000. That ,000 you just spent on this plug in hybrid could have bought a lot of gas. You will need to drive this car many years to save enough money on fuel to break even. For cars like this to make any real impact on the environment the manufacturers need to get the purchase price down to the same as a comparably sized gasoline vehicle and still have comparable features and performance. Once the initial excitement of this car wears off you will only have the tree huggers buying them thinking they are saving the world. Kind of like the early Prius owners who would ride around with their nose up in the air thinking they were better than everyone else. For a vehicle like this to make any real difference it needs to be cheap enough that anyone could buy them so enough of them replace a significant amount of gasoline only cars.
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Where do cars get electricity for their power adapters?
Well I'm wondering where does it get it's electricity. Does the gasolines energy running the car transform into electric energy?-
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All the power created inside an automobile (except for the stored power in a brand new battery) comes from the engine, or, in the case of some hybrids, the braking system. All of that power comes from gasoline, and the engine uses that gasoline to convert the energy in the gasoline in to motion as well as electrical power to run all the instruments and things like the radio and power windows.
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QUESTION:
where in cold sassy tree does it have quotes about telephones, cars, and electricity in homes?
i need to find quotes from the book Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns, that talk about 3 new inventions which are the telephone, cars, and electricity in homes.. please help me because i can't find any quotes at all!-
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Chapter One
Lots of people in Cold Sassy had a TELEPHONE, including us. Grandpa didn't. He had one at the store so he could phone orders to the wholesale house in Athens, but he was too stingy to pay for one at home. (p.2)Chapter 5
Practically everybody got ELECTRICITY except Grandpa (p. 30)Chapter 39
Papa drove up in the CADILLAC (p. 270)
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