The unstable price of crude oil in the world market has greatly affected the automobile industry that boasts itself of continuously improving the technology of car manufacturing.
Prospective car buyers now have to consider the long term effects of owning a car due to the increasing price of gasoline. This is the reason why most people are very much open to the idea of using the other means of transportation that are available to them rather than driving their own car. That’s how expensive it is to maintain a gasoline-powered vehicle nowadays.
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If we have sufficient money, we can go for a new hybrid or electric car. But, most of the people are economically uncomfortable or love their present car too much to part with it. In such a scenario, people can opt for other options that can allow them to keep their present car by electric conversion, which will give them the benefits of an electric car.
To do the electric car conversion, we have to get the electric conversion kit. These conversion kits can make a gasoline powered vehicles into an electric vehicles. There are two types of conversion kits in the market, the ones which replace the present mechanism and another is installed along with the present fuel system. An electric conversion is the modification of a conventional internal combustion engine driven vehicle to battery electric propulsion, creating a battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid. Today, one can go for either hybrid electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Hybrid electric vehicles are those using both electric motors and other types of engines; whereas plug in hybrids electric vehicles are those vehicles with batteries that can be charged externally.
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Range: how far can I drive and where can I recharge?
This is probably the biggest current drawback of electric vehicle technology. Not only are current electric vehicles limited by range, there is minimal current recharging infrastructure in place for high speed recharging of EV’s and batteries become prohibitively expensive when trying to increase the range of your vehicle. If you typically do a lot of long distance commuting, then an electric vehicle is perhaps not the best choice. EV’s are suited presently to the city as commuting distances are small and recharge points are more available.
The Tesla has a range of around 240 miles which is a significant distance, however comes at a fairly high price point around the $100,000 mark. Less expensive electric cars have a smaller range and top speed and are suited more to city driving. These are also more affordable and are much lighter vehicles. Many potential electric vehicle owners define this as their number one disadvantage of current electric car technology.
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