In now days, many people were start to buy electric cars instead of petroleum based cars. However, because of the not-well-developed technologies, many tragedy happened. These alternative fuels may not be less damadging than petroleum, it may just be that that have npt been around long enough for their full consequences to be appreciated. Even it costs less pollution than petroleum cars, the environmental impact of powering vehicles will not disappeared. US government should not ban the petroleum based cars, because it is unnecessary, costly, and conflicts on storing extra energy for daily use.
Tesla is a brand of electric vehicle created by Elon Musks in 2003. Few days before, in April 8th, it has more than 325000 pre-orders which each of them cost $35000, same as the other petroleum cars. So why they are so expensive?
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Also, batteries to store and use electrical power are the most expensive single component of these cars, with the current cost of around $500 per kilowatt-hour. A Model S has around 60 kilowatt-hours of capacity, meaning that approximately $30,000, or 42.25%, of the sticker price is due to the battery packs. Since 2008, the cost of Tesla's battery packs has risen by 50%, and their storage capacity has increased by more than 60%. (Investopedia.com)Secondly, it takes four to eight hours to fully recharge the battery packs, such as Tesla 3, which needs to be chareged every 215miles. Is that possible for you to wait four or more hours when you are traveling with your