Will all vehicles ever become electric because of global warming?

Question

Will all vehicles ever become electric because of global warming?

Answer 1

only if they can make a battery that is able to go 1000 miles before charge-wont happen-more so with the price tag being so high the common consumer will not be able to afford it

Answer 2

Not necessarily.  I wish to step outside the box: why do most of us need vehicles?  What if we had space-saving, efficient, less costly, safe, clean public transportation instead?

Answer 3

NO~!!!

Answer 4

I would say yes, but hybrids will probably be a transition vehicle until our electric grid is producing cleaner elecricity.

I am impressed with what Tesla and Phoenix Motor Cars have done with their electric vehicles.  It seems if Tesla can build a luxury sports car with outstanding performance and get 250 miles to a charge, then it should be possible to get better range per charge with less high performance cars using the same principles.

And Phoenix Motor Cars utility pickup and coming small SUV have a lithium titanate battery made by Altair that can be charged in 10 minutes with a new charger running on 440 volt juice.  The cars onboard charger can recharge it in 6 hours.  A network of charging stations for such vehicles would extend their range to having no limitations.  

And even as they are these vehicles are fine for in town vehicles for deliveries, shopping or whatever.  They would make good job trucks around farms and such.  The range would not be as much of a factor.  They Phoenix cars now have a range of 130 miles, but they intend to greatly increase that.



Fuel cells cars have a big potential but fuel cells will probably be commercialized for other applications first.  They are already commercially available for power plants, using natural gas which is already piped to many plants.

Scientific American had an article about a plan that has been developed to convert the U.S. to solar power in this century. Here's the link to the article.



http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-so...

According to them, we could provide 65% of the nation's electricity with solar energy by 2050. And about 95% by the end of the century. We can actually do better than that. They are being very conservative in their estimates. They're talking about starting to build solar plants in the southwest desert starting in 2020. We have already started. All it takes is the political will to do it.

   Then we could have all electric vehicles.  Until then they can certainly be part of the mix.

Answer 5

probaly not

Answer 6

electric cars aren't as environmentally friendly as they first seem... the electricity still has to come from somewhere and at the moment, it mostly comes from non-renewable environment damaging fossil fuels.

The same with Hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles... the hydrogen still has to be produced somehow and that takes energy. Where does this energy come from?

In my eyes, the problem cannot be solved until all electricity is gained from renewable sources (wind, sun etc)... only then will hybrids, all electric and fuel cell vehicles make sense.

Until then the best option is biofuels... at least then it's carbon neutral.

Answer 7

Right now the United States has to work on a few issues with every type of new way  to use cars instead of oil. For instance, hydrogen power cars are really pushing there way in through GE. Also, the idea of nanotechnology many units used together for energy, but it is costly. Solar panels have been around longer but they are very expensive to install however people have solar panels as roofs. There are electric motorcycles, but the wonder is, will this hurt my electric bill? I think for right now at least the hyrdogen car would be out first or some car using biodiesel fuel which you can make from vegetable oil, ethanol.

Answer 8

With advances in battery technology and increasing concern about global warming it may happen.

Answer 9

Probably, or at least the majority.  EVs reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly from gas cars, hybrids, and even plug-in hybrids even with the current (50%) coal power grid.  And we can always make the power grid greener.  Plus EV technology is advancing rapidly.

Available in California in October 2008, the Aptera typ-1e will cost about $27,000 with a top speed of 95 mph and range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Soon thereafter Aptera will introduce the typ-1h, a plug-in hybrid version of the typ-1e with a 40-60 mile range on purely electrical energy, and a range of over 600 miles total when in electric/gas hybrid mode, for around $30,000.  On a 120 mile trip, the typ-1h will get 300 miles per gallon.  The shorter the trip, the higher the efficiency.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Available in 2009, the ZAP Alias will cost $30,000, have a top speed of 100 mph, and a range of 100 miles per charge.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/el...

Soon thereafter the ZAP-X will be available at a cost of $60,000 with a top speed of 155 mph and a range of 350 miles per charge.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/el...

Available in late 2008 or early 2009, the Miles Javlon will cost $30,000 with a top speed of 80 mph and a range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.milesev.com/

Phoenix Motorcars will start selling their SUT to individuals in late 2008 or early 2009.  It will cost $45,000 and have a top speed of 100 mph with a range of 100+ miles per charge.

http://phoenixmotorcars.com/

Answer 10

Global what? never heard of it.

Answer 11

Becauce of Global Warming? NO.

Because there will be a market for them? Probably!

It all really depends on their viability and the distances you can drive in them. If you want one for commuter purposes that is fine as most striclty electric cars only go about 40-50 miles but that is without heat and or air conditioning running.

There is a new car called a Tesla that get almost 220 miles but the transmissions are breaking down early in testing so that is another problem to solve.  Most researchers are working with Lith-Ion batteries like in laptops and cell phones but the Ni-Hydride battery may have to be used but are more suseptible to heat.

We are still far from getting a good electric car and I am against ethonal cars 100%