06/05/2022
Do electric vehicles have a bright future?
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You might be wondering: what about electric power now that vehicle chip tuning has virtually become a branch of the automotive business and internal combustion engines can be found everywhere except bread knives. Unless they come up with a weird means of "lowering" the price of a vehicle, such as Renault's Renault ZOE, the electric car appears to be far cheaper to operate (you need to rent the batteries from Renault, the rest of the car costs up to 43000AUD; in general, it is a brilliant idea how to sell a semi-Clio dearly). However, if we consider that a car's average "lifespan" is up to 15 years, an increase in purchase costs is rarely offset by fuel savings. Furthermore, even Renault diagnostic stations do not have charging outlets for ZOEs (several stations heroically offer one hour of free battery charge). Nothing is more frustrating than a lack of infrastructure. Unlike gasoline, which is readily available, electrical power is incredibly difficult to transport in a jerrycan.
Fuel-powered automobiles, on the other hand, contaminate the environment; electric cars, on the other hand, appear to be less harmful. Electric vehicles do not cause zero pollution (they require lubricants, gear oils, and other components that must be replaced or at the very least produced), but they clearly win in this category. Do they, or do they not? All eco-cars require power, which is provided by power and CHP facilities that primarily use...coal.
Because electric cars "burn" coal, they are essentially the same as the first steam-powered vehicles.
The difference is that those old creatures converted energy from coal into work via heat, but the electric car use a longer chain and incorporates factors such as the repercussions of energy transfer (and hence, additional losses). When I plug a ZOE and a Nissan Leaf into the wall, I hear a power plant manager yell, "Terry, shovel more coal into the boiler, because a Mr Hipster wants to drive ecologically and needs to recharge his ecological lithium-yttrium-manganese-half-of-periodic-table-of-elements batteries that, when recycled, ain't going to pollute anything!"
It's not that I'm opposed to electric vehicles. I can see the appeal of constructing avant-garde structures such as the Audi A3 e-tron. Hybrid vehicles are also a viable option. However, inventions such as the Renault ZOE and Nissan Leaf have yet to prove to be the automotive industry's future.
Although concepts for electric supercars, such as the Tesla S or Tesla Roadster, are exciting, an electric car with a range of less than 500 kilometers will not be as practical as a gasoline-powered automobile today.
PS: V-tech is currently researching the ECU software for the Nissan Leaf (MEV01). An electric car's chip tweaking is possible! True, it entails increasing motor power while consuming more energy (but power in an engine car can also cost a lot when you speed up carelessly, as chip tuning reduces the fuel consumption only with moderate driving style and when it is properly made). It is possible to add 10 kilometers to a Nissan Leaf, and it is possible to customize how much power is provided and how the gas pedal responds in Eco mode. So, is it possible that this is the future after all?