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Future of Electric Cars

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July 28, 2017

Why in news?

  • Britain recently decided to outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars      and vans from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution.
  • French government also made a similar proposal to ban petrol and diesel cars, including hybrid vehicles that have an electric motor and a petrol or diesel engine.

What are the challenges?

  • In the UK, demand for diesel cars dropped 10% in the second quarter of this year.
  • People like the idea of reducing their carbon footprint, as well as electric cars’ fast acceleration and noiselessness.
  • But there are several challenges.
  • No more than 10% of those who consider an electric vehicle actually buy one.
  • There are the longer-term questions of whether the charging infrastructure will keep up with the number of vehicles, and availability of electrical grids.
  • Financial incentives can help by bringing electric-car prices close to those of traditional vehicles but they’re not enough for a breakthrough.
  • Only countries such as Norway, where the incentives make electric vehicles appreciably cheaper to buy and own, have seen significant uptake.
  • Governments are rightly hesitant to force something on consumers that doesn’t really work for them.

 

Source: Live Mint

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