Now that petrol and diesel cars are being phased out, automakers have been forced to come up with new and innovative ideas to stop the motor industry from meeting a sudden end. Although many of the UK’s favourite vehicle manufacturers are already much closer to mastering electric cars and how they function, there are so many unanswered questions you want to know.
What Electric Cars Are
Electric cars are very much the same as your average petrol and diesel motor, the only difference being that EVs run (at least partially) on electricity and can’t function properly without. And electric motor, unlike conventional vehicles, use an electric motor which is powered by electricity from batteries or a single fuel cell – but not all work the same way. For example, a plug-in hybrid offers both petrol and diesel as well as the availability of an electric motor for source of power.
How They Work
To cut it short, electric cars use electricity stored in a battery pack to power an electric motor and thus, to turn the wheels of the car itself. Once depleted, the batteries are recharged using electricity from the grid, so either from a socket or a dedicated charging unit to be more exact. Thanks to not having to use petrol or diesel means that battery electric cars are much cheaper to fuel than conventional vehicles, therefore, they are becoming more popular each year.
How Are EVs Different?
When compared to your average conventional vehicle, electric cars are much kinder to the environment around us. For example, the Co2 levels emitted from battery electric vehicles are much less than those released from conventional cars, therefore they are completely different to the ones we’re used to. Also, since there are fewer parts to an electric car and it doesn’t have all the components of an engine, the cost of repairing it when serviced is much less than that of a conventional vehicle.
What Do EVs Mean for Petrol and Diesels?
In answer to that question, electric vehicles mean nothing for petrol and diesel cars as such. Diesel and petrol fuels will no longer be on sale from 2040. So, if anything, electric cars are the key to staying in the motor industry but more specifically, they are what we’re going to be reliant on in a few years’ time. Eventually, we’ll have to get used to them and what better time than the present?