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Electric Cars Are Better Than Gas Powered Cars

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Electric cars are better than gas powered cars. Electric cars are being made to stop the uses of non renewable energy sources and to help the environment. Although electric cars are better for the environment people don't buy them because they are expensive and are not as good as gas powered car.

Electric cars are better than gas power cars. Electric cars are constantly improving and their makers are constantly innovating to improve their cars whereas gas powered cars have stayed relatively the same. Because of the the electric cars improvements the will soon be better than gas powered cars and cleaner.

When driving electric cars use battery power to run the motors. This means that it does not burn fossil fuels making it a zero carbon emissions vehicle. The car does however use electricity from the local power grid which is usually powered by fossil fuels. According to Edwin Thomas “Even using electricity from coal, an electric car is 4 percent more efficient than a gasoline burning version of the same car.” …show more content…

Within the next 10 to 15 year we could have a battery that could go to nearly 500 miles according to the Energy Department “…Li-Air (lithium-air) batteries are better than the Li-Ion batteries used in most EVs today because they breathe in air from the atmosphere for use as an active material in the battery, which greatly decreases its weight. Li-Air batteries also store nearly 700% as much energy as traditional Li-Ion batteries. A lighter battery would improve the range of EVs

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