The Electric Vehicle: Good or Bad? By Elizabeth Andrews English 102: Writing Research Paper Instructor: David McCarthy Outline 1. Introduction Paragraph and thesis 2. History of Electric Vehicles a) 1890-1929: Early ideas b) 1930-1989: brought up due to shortages from WWII c) 1900-present: environmental issues‚ shortage on gasoline 3. Impact on environment and what needs to be done a) Power grids b) Impacts on
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MARKET ANALYSIS We are going to study two principal segments in the Spanish car industry that are related with the Tesla Model S and will help us to determine our objectives. - Electric- power vehicles market - Luxury Sports car Market Electric- power vehicles market At present there are many signs that point to the need for a change in the technologies used for the transport and mobility of people all over the world. These signs are: - the negative side
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What are electric cars and how do they help our environment? An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors‚ using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device. Electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating strong and smooth acceleration. They are also around three times as efficient as cars with an internal combustion engine. The first practical electric cars were produced in the 1880s. Electric cars were popular
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Memorandum To: Whom It May Concern From: Yiying “Rachel” Cao Date: 3/6/2013 Subject: Analysis of who killed the electric car Background The problem In 1990s‚ California was threatened by smog problem‚ and black cloud appeared in the sky. Air pollution problem resulted in the development of lung cancer and associated diseases in people. The gasoline car was one of the main factors that released carbon dioxide to the atmosphere‚ which lead to global warming. Facing the risk of devastation
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Everything has a trade-off and opportunity cost. Electric cars are no exception. The first thing that caught my attention was the mileage. In the article and video‚ Rick Peters’ electric car only goes 25 miles per hour. You cannot get very far with that‚ especially since the farthest you can go in it is 30 miles per charge. I drive a Toyota Camry‚ and I drive 9.2 miles every day to school. It takes me 12-15 minutes to drive to school. If you ignore the speed limit on the roads (it is 55 mph)‚ it
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Ms. Haynes 2nd Period May 21‚ 2012 Electric Cars There is a big debate about the future of the auto industry. The new big topic is electric cars. Ads emphasize how much less pollution these cars put out‚ but the truth is that many people do not realize the downside of these cars. For instance‚ did you know that average battery cost for electric cars is between $18‚000 and $20‚000? Also‚ these cars produce significant more amounts of sulfur dioxide compared to traditional internal combustion
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Who Killed the Electric Car? is presented as a whodone- it mystery. Staying true to this genre‚ the film opens with necessary background information‚ describes the crime committed‚ answering all of the what‚ where‚ and when questions‚ and then in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gathers the suspects for close scrutiny‚ coming to a conclusion on the guilt or innocence of each. Opening with a bit of automotive history that establishes the electric car as a competitive alternative to the
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introduced the EV-1 electric car in California and Arizona. Hundreds of the electric cars were soon on the road. Then they all disappeared. The mystery behind their disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Electric vehicles had many advantages over their competitors in the early 1900s. They did not have the vibration‚ smell‚ and noise associated with gasoline cars. Changing gears on gasoline cars was the most difficult part of driving‚ while electric vehicles did not
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production side emissions of electric cars with this graph. Here we see the higher amount of emissions per electric car‚ although this can naturally be compensated during the lower emissions during the life-cycle of this car. To note that in case the battery has to be replaced during the life-time of the vehicle‚ the amount will increase to 12‚5t of CO2 per car‚ so more than the double of a gasoline car. 2.2 Source of energy. Here we get to one of the biggest problems of electrics cars: the way we charge
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inhumanity of the death penalty‚ including the barbaric methods and public spectacle of the act prior to William Kemmler‚ and most importantly‚ the safety and efficacy of direct current versus alternating current in the eventually preferred method of the electric chair. Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse‚ along with a few others‚ were the players who manipulated how the public‚ and therefore the lawmakers‚ felt about this social policy. As it is today‚ the death penalty was a big debate issue in the
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