Electric Cars, Way Of The Future Or Same Old Thing

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Electric Cars: Way of the Future or Same Old Thing? Electric automobiles are being touted as the way of the future. Automobile manufacturers are promising consumers a cheaper and more environmentally friendly form of transportation. Looking past the glitz and glamour set by the manufacturers, one can see that the future they are promising is not much of an improvement at all. Filled with environmental consequences, hidden costs, and increased consumption, electric automobiles at this point in time do not benefit the environment. Electric automobiles are supposedly superior to traditional cars, but they still release the same amount of pollution during their production process. Since the only main difference between regular and electric cars is a bigger battery and lack of a combustion engine, mostly the same parts are manufactured in production. Factory emissions still make up a large percentage of our country’s release of greenhouse gases; therefore electric vehicles are still contributing to pollution. The chemicals involved in creating the metals and internal parts of the automobile also do not differ between electric and traditional automobiles. Taking into account the fact that there have been numerous instances where chemicals would leak out of the factory and into the ground outside, electric cars are starting to lose their eco-friendliness. If electric vehicles really are environmentally friendly, their production process should be also. Additionally, electric automobiles require a new kind of battery that has yet to have its lifespan measured. Although lithium-ion batteries have been used for years now, the scaled-up versions in electric cars have yet to be properly tested and examined (Newman). There is still the possibility that due to the constant charging and recharging will lead to a drastically short lifespan of the automobiles battery, leading

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