Adoption of electric vehicles with less air pollution and improved health.

Date: February 2, 2023

Source: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Sherilei Q. Fulong, 9-St.Ives
I picked this topic. Because I just noticed that I noticed that some people are
having a hard time keeping or having a healthy life because of all the pollution
and mostly air pollution. We all know that if we want a healthy long life we’ll
need a healthy environment and healthy air for us to breathe in every day.
Electronic vehicles can also help us improve our health somehow if we use these
electronics well they can help us improve our lifestyles like before. There are
some benefits of using an eclectic vehicle.
Driving an electric vehicle can help you reduce your carbon footprint because there
will be zero tailpipe emissions. You can reduce the environmental impact of
charging your vehicle further by choosing renewable energy options for home
electricity.
The running cost of an electric vehicle is much lower than an equivalent petrol or
diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles use electricity to charge their batteries instead
of using fossil fuels like petrol or diesel. Electric vehicles are more efficient,
and that combined with the electricity cost means that charging an electric vehicle
is cheaper than filling petrol or diesel for your travel requirements. Using
renewable energy sources can make the use of electric vehicles more eco-friendly.
The electricity cost can be reduced further if charging is done with the help of
renewable energy sources installed at home, such as solar panels.
Electric vehicles have very low maintenance costs because they don’t have as many
moving parts as an internal combustion vehicle. The servicing requirements for
electric vehicles are lesser than conventional petrol or diesel vehicles.
Therefore, the yearly cost of running an electric vehicle is significantly low.
Registration fees and road tax on purchasing electric vehicles are lesser than
petrol or diesel vehicles. There are multiple policies and incentives offered by
the government depending on which state you are in. To find out more about electric
vehicle incentives.
The availability of fossil fuels is limited, and their use is destroying our
planet. Toxic emissions from petrol and diesel vehicles lead to long-term, adverse
effects on public health. The emissions impact of electric vehicles is much lower
than petrol or diesel vehicles. From an efficiency perspective, electric vehicles
can convert around 60% of the electrical energy from the grid to power the wheels,
but petrol or diesel cars can only convert 17%-21% of the energy stored in the fuel
to the wheels. That is a waste of around 80%. Fully electric vehicles have zero
tailpipe emissions, but even when electricity production is taken into account,
petrol or diesel vehicles emit almost 3 times more carbon dioxide than the average
EV. To reduce the impact of charging electric vehicles, India is ambitious to
achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-
fossil fuel-based energy resources by the year 2030. Therefore, electric vehicles
are the way forward for Indian transport, and we must switch to them now.
Electric vehicles don’t have gears and are very convenient to drive. There are no
complicated controls, just accelerate, brake, and steer. When you want to charge
your vehicle, just plug it into a home or public charger. Electric vehicles are
also quiet, so they reduce noise pollution that traditional vehicles contribute to.
And more upsides of using Electric vehicles. If there's an upside then there’s
always a downside.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), an electric vehicle requires
six times the mineral inputs of a comparable internal combustion engine vehicle
(ICE). EV batteries are very heavy and are made with exotic, expensive, toxic, and
flammable materials.
That’s according to my research. And I think they have a point if there are full of
electronic vehicles in the world there’s probably going to have so many fire
incidents and that is one of the things we’re trying to prevent because it can
cause a lot of air pollution then we think and as an asthmatic person, I know how
hard it is to breathe because of all the pollution that’s happening already. And if
we only have electric vehicles then the people who are able to have these are rich
people cause as we know electronics are very expensive already so eclectic vehicles
are very expensive. Having less noise in our hometown is also very convincing cause
as we know our country has a lot of cars that are very loud which can be
distracting for people who work or even for students who are studying online cause
they can’t hear their teachers clearly from the noise. Some other companies can
have plenty of problems if they don’t need gas anymore like gas stations cause
that’s their entire meaning to give people fuel for their cars so if people don’t
need gas for their cars then gas stations can lose their purpose. If there is no
gasoline station we might get a wall connector where we can charge our electrical
vehicles outside which is convincing for gasoline stations if they lose their
purpose. And if we have Electric vehicles then we can just charge at home and we
can save more money. There are a lot of benefits and downsides to having electronic
vehicles. But the most important question. Can this really help us improve our
environment and health? Because I’m not sure about that myself. But I’m really
hoping that it can help us improve our society it’ll be a lot of help for
asthmatics and some of the people who have a problem with their lungs if our air
improves. And for people who what’s to have a long healthy life for themselves and
their loved ones.