What is a green energy? How do electric cars contribute to green energy? These are few questions that have a lot of answers. Green energy consumption is on the rise and so is green energy consumption. Electric cars are an alternative to fossil fuel powered vehicles. Let’s take a dive in the future of electric cars and how they contribute to green energy.
Electric cars are one of the fastest growing areas of the auto industry.
In fact, there are over 400 models of electric cars on the market today and they have been selling at an increasing rate. In 2018 alone, sales increased by over 50%. In addition to this impressive growth rate, there were over 100 million new registrations in 2018 alone–a record high for any previous year!
Electric cars are gaining popularity as more people realize how much money they can save by driving an EV versus gas-powered vehicles. For example, if you drive 10k miles per year (about average), your annual fuel cost will be around $1,000-$2k depending on how much gas costs where you live; however if you switch over to driving an EV instead then most people end up saving anywhere between $3k-$6k per year due to lower maintenance costs and reduced maintenance intervals because EVs don’t require engine oil changes like regular cars do.[4]
Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are still only a small fraction of total car sales, but they’re growing fast.
In fact, BEVs are expected to grow faster than other types of electric vehicles–and they have a higher range than plug-in hybrids.
The main reason for this is that BEVs don’t have an internal combustion engine or transmission and therefore have lower weight and less complexity than their hybrid counterparts. This means they can be cheaper to produce while still offering comparable performance and comfort levels with much greater fuel efficiency than traditional gas-powered cars.
Auto manufacturers have taken notice, offering more electric options every year.
In fact, you can now buy an electric car from almost any major manufacturer in the world. They’ve also started to offer hybrid models that run on both gas and electricity (plug-in hybrids). And if you’re interested in reducing emissions even further, many automakers have begun introducing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (or FCVs).
In addition to these types of cars with internal combustion engines that run on fossil fuels being phased out entirely by governments around the world by 2040–including in China by 2030–you’ll still find plenty of choices when buying a new car:
Most people who own electric cars have them for environmental reasons.
They want to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and help reduce the need for fossil fuels. The future of electric cars is looking bright as well!
A shift from gas-powered vehicles to electric cars would have a huge impact on our energy consumption and carbon footprint.
The carbon footprint of electric cars is lower than gas-powered ones, but it’s not zero. An EPA study found that the average EV emits about 25% less CO2 per mile than its conventional counterpart, but there are some caveats to this figure:
First, it’s only true if you use coal power to charge your car. If you’re using renewable energy sources like solar or wind power instead (which will be more common as time goes on), then your emissions may be lower than those of traditional vehicles–but they won’t necessarily be zero.
Second, even if we were getting all our electricity from clean energy sources like wind and solar farms today, there are still other environmental impacts associated with manufacturing batteries for electric cars that need to be considered before declaring them “cleaner” than their fossil fuel-powered counterparts.
Electric cars aren’t anywhere near being a significant part of our transportation system yet; currently only about 1% of Americans drive electrically powered vehicles (EVs). However, sales have been growing rapidly over the past few years; between 2014 and 2015 alone sales jumped by 54%.
But even this shift isn’t enough to solve our problems with climate change, pollution, and resource depletion.
Even this shift isn’t enough to solve our problems with climate change, pollution, and resource depletion. We need to look at other options too. That’s why we’re also focusing on renewable energy sources like solar power and wind turbines. These technologies are still developing and not as accessible as electric cars yet–but they show great promise for the future!
And then there’s lifestyle changes: What can we do about how much energy we use? If everyone reduced their carbon footprint by half (or more), imagine how much better off our planet would be!
Electric cars are great for the environment but we need to look beyond them if we want real change
They’re just one part of a larger solution that includes renewable energy and energy storage technologies.
The best way to reduce carbon emissions is by using less energy–not more. And this means investing in renewable sources like solar power, wind turbines and geothermal plants; as well as battery technologies that can store excess electricity generated during off-peak hours so it can be used later when demand is high (or even sold back into the grid).
Bottom Line
The future of cars is bright, but we need to do more than just switch to electric. The world’s transportation system is the biggest contributor to climate change and pollution, and it needs a complete overhaul if we want to create a sustainable future.