All the talk about electric cars makes them sound efficient for our environment. Electric
cars are a good idea, but they present a host of problems that make them useless for most
consumers. The fact that most of these cars are only two-seaters eliminates families from driving
them, unless they have it as a second car. Electric cars are also incredibly unsafe. This is not the
car parents want to buy for their child's sixteenth birthday. Additional problematic concern for
electric cars are range anxiety. Road trips will never be the same for the consumer of the electric
car. Charge stations lack in popularity, so the only place one must fully charge their car, is at
home. Going on a road trip in an electric car would be a terrible …show more content…
There are also those times when people take wrong turns and end up going miles’ out of
their way trying to get back on track. Finding a gas station is a lot more likely than finding a
charge station. Electric cars are a good idea, they just have too many issues right now to be
considered practical. No one is against making the Earth a greener healthier place to live, electric
cars are not our answer yet. One of the biggest fights electric cars have going for them is the amount of money
everyone is supposed to save by not having to pay for gas anymore, but has anyone ever actually
thought about how many miles they would have to drive before they started to save money?
Louis Woodhill figured it out. With how much more expensive electric cars are than
regular gas powered vehicles, a person would have to drive one hundred and ninety-seven
thousand miles before they technically made any money off their car (Woodhill). If a person wants to buy a smart car, they should consider purchasing a plug-in hybrid.
This type of car, can be plugged in but they also have a small gas tank so that they can still get
around if they forgot to charge their car or if they need to make an emergency trip in the
cars are a good idea, but they present a host of problems that make them useless for most
consumers. The fact that most of these cars are only two-seaters eliminates families from driving
them, unless they have it as a second car. Electric cars are also incredibly unsafe. This is not the
car parents want to buy for their child's sixteenth birthday. Additional problematic concern for
electric cars are range anxiety. Road trips will never be the same for the consumer of the electric
car. Charge stations lack in popularity, so the only place one must fully charge their car, is at
home. Going on a road trip in an electric car would be a terrible …show more content…
There are also those times when people take wrong turns and end up going miles’ out of
their way trying to get back on track. Finding a gas station is a lot more likely than finding a
charge station. Electric cars are a good idea, they just have too many issues right now to be
considered practical. No one is against making the Earth a greener healthier place to live, electric
cars are not our answer yet. One of the biggest fights electric cars have going for them is the amount of money
everyone is supposed to save by not having to pay for gas anymore, but has anyone ever actually
thought about how many miles they would have to drive before they started to save money?
Louis Woodhill figured it out. With how much more expensive electric cars are than
regular gas powered vehicles, a person would have to drive one hundred and ninety-seven
thousand miles before they technically made any money off their car (Woodhill). If a person wants to buy a smart car, they should consider purchasing a plug-in hybrid.
This type of car, can be plugged in but they also have a small gas tank so that they can still get
around if they forgot to charge their car or if they need to make an emergency trip in the