Are electric cars safe? All of our vehicles, including plug-in hybrid vehicles, are designed and engineered to meet the most stringent global safety standards.
What does kilowatt-hour mean?
- Kilowatt-hour is a measurement of how much energy can be stored in a battery. in a particular car.
- A larger capacity battery – more kWh – will provide greater range and/or performance.
- For a specific capacity, the actual range will vary depending on driving style and environmental conditions.
Can the electricity grid handle the increasing number of electric cars?
Auto manufacturers are working with governments and their energy suppliers to ensure that the increase in electric vehicle use does not cause problems in national electricity grids.
What is regenerative braking?
- Electric motors consume energy to provide movement.
- And when this movement is not required (for example when slowing down the car).
- It can use the braking force to reverse the movement of the motor and generate electric power.
- This is known as regenerative braking and the electrical energy generated can be returned to the battery.
- Under the right conditions, the range of an electric vehicle can increase by more than 10% by collecting renewable electric energy.
I don’t have a private corner space at home or work. Does this mean I can’t have an electric car?
- Not necessarily: It depends on a number of different factors.
- There is a growing network of public charging points that offer standard and express charging points.
- In the cities and on the main roads, there are many “journeys” and “destinations” charging points available for use.
What are Flight Charging Points?
- More fast charging equipment can be found at service stations or at electric vehicle charging stations designed to provide the maximum amount of charge possible in the shortest time.
- These are known as ‘flight charging points’.
What factors influence the scope?
- Running the cooling or heating system will drain the battery faster and reduce the electric vehicles (EV) range.
- The higher performance while driving will also reduce the battery charge faster, thus reducing the range of the electric vehicle.
Are there other advantages?
- A plug-in hybrid vehicle offers many of the benefits of an electric vehicle to customers who are not suited to the fully electric vehicle option.
- With an increased supply of electric power from renewable sources, electric vehicles offer more environmental benefits than conventional fuel-burning engines as well.
- This is becoming increasingly well known among governments around the world with a wide range of incentives available to reduce purchase costs and corporate vehicle taxes.
- This, along with lowering the operating costs of the electric vehicle, creates an attractive financial condition for a large number of people.
- Whereas, it operates as a conventional car with an internal combustion engine when needed.
