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The Impact Of Electric Powered Vehicles On The US Economy

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Some of the biggest issues consumers face with operating their vehicles today is the increasing cost of operating and maintenance. People are looking at the alternative options that would lower the cost for the operation of their vehicles and would allow them to gain more economic stability, by looking at the benefits for the consumers, manufacture and its benefit on the U. S. To achieve this electric cars must be more accessible.

The Benefits Of Electric Powered Vehicles On The U.S. Economy:
Using electric vehicles for the US would allow for the cost of importing and protecting oil reserves to be reduced. According to Sarah Hodgdon the director of conservation for the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization, stated “Look at what …show more content…

When, the consumer can save on the cost of fuel they can put that money back into their local economies. Therefore, increasing the benefits of electric powered vehicles on the US. By educating are public on the benefits of electric vehicles, The speed with which consumers become informed about ownership will have a significant impact on how rapidly this market expands. The more cars that are electric powered the less dependent the US must be on Oil and fossil fuels. All these factors lead to benefit that help the consumer & US to live a better economic environment. Jonathan M. Gitlin an automotive editor at Ars Technica argues “that a significant majority of American car drivers could trade their traditional automobile for a battery electric vehicle (BEV) with only minimal disruption to their lives.” (Gitlin) Many wouldn't be greatly affected with their day to day life by switching to the electric powered vehicles. “The vast majority of American drivers could switch to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) tomorrow and carry on with their lives unaffected, according to a new study in Nature Energy. What’s more, those BEVs need not be a $100,000 Tesla, either. That’s the conclusion from a team at MIT and the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico that looked at the potential for BEV adoption in the US in light of current driving patterns. Perhaps most interestingly, the study found that claim to be true for various cities with distinct geography” Many people don't like a change in their day to day life, If everything is going well why would there be a need to change, It would be simply pointless, Thus by making the process of switching to an electric powered vehicle as effortless so it can appeal to most of the people that resist change but once they see the change they will never want to return to the

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