The Advancement Of The Automotive Industry
Leon Prikhodovskiy
ENVS: Professor Boone
12/05/2013
Which Are Better: Electric or Hybrid? In today’s economy not everyone can afford fifty to a hundred dollars here and there, every week or two. In our constant innovation and search for developing better and more efficient ways has finally led us to options. New technology has helped us further advance the automotive industry, but hastily neglected the environment. In order to help out with the carelessness of the environment; automotative companies have began creating more powerful and proficient electric and hybrid vehicles. With the prices in gas being so high, people have begun to look at alternative fueled vehicles such as electric and hybrid cars. In the last ten to fifteen years’ prices have dropped considerably for electric and hybrid cars. Today electric cars can be purchased in the $10,000 to $15,000 price range for very basic entry models, and hybrids can be purchased for $30,000 TO $45,000 all depending on the model you desire (Electric Car Costs vs. Gasoline Cars vs. Hybrids). Electric and hybrid cars both use technology that is designed to decrease the use of gasoline fuel for powering car engines. Electric cars are totally electric, meaning that they must be plugged in and charged, and that the range of the car is only as far as the charge. Hybrid cars use a mixture of gas and electric power to create a gas efficient partially electric car with a less limited range. In order to help preserve our environment necessary changes have been made to vehicles such as: making them electric, and hybrid. I strongly believe that hybrid vehicles would suit people in today’s society better, and benefit all more efficiently. Transportation is very important to our every day lives. Throughout history, many evolutions and changes have been made in transportation technology, and it continues growing at a rapid pace. At first, people used horses and horse trailers as their main transportation. Then in the
ENVS: Professor Boone
12/05/2013
Which Are Better: Electric or Hybrid? In today’s economy not everyone can afford fifty to a hundred dollars here and there, every week or two. In our constant innovation and search for developing better and more efficient ways has finally led us to options. New technology has helped us further advance the automotive industry, but hastily neglected the environment. In order to help out with the carelessness of the environment; automotative companies have began creating more powerful and proficient electric and hybrid vehicles. With the prices in gas being so high, people have begun to look at alternative fueled vehicles such as electric and hybrid cars. In the last ten to fifteen years’ prices have dropped considerably for electric and hybrid cars. Today electric cars can be purchased in the $10,000 to $15,000 price range for very basic entry models, and hybrids can be purchased for $30,000 TO $45,000 all depending on the model you desire (Electric Car Costs vs. Gasoline Cars vs. Hybrids). Electric and hybrid cars both use technology that is designed to decrease the use of gasoline fuel for powering car engines. Electric cars are totally electric, meaning that they must be plugged in and charged, and that the range of the car is only as far as the charge. Hybrid cars use a mixture of gas and electric power to create a gas efficient partially electric car with a less limited range. In order to help preserve our environment necessary changes have been made to vehicles such as: making them electric, and hybrid. I strongly believe that hybrid vehicles would suit people in today’s society better, and benefit all more efficiently. Transportation is very important to our every day lives. Throughout history, many evolutions and changes have been made in transportation technology, and it continues growing at a rapid pace. At first, people used horses and horse trailers as their main transportation. Then in the