Electric Vehicles are better than Gas Vehicles.

First Argument :Efficiency EV"s win on the efficiency front and they are improving. As stated by Forbes Magazine "EVs tend to win hand down in this category, primarily because the large natural gas-burning turbines at power plants remain far more efficient than the small ones squeezed into cars." Not to mention how much money you will save by not having to fill up at the gas station. "Assuming 15,000 miles driven per year, Plug-In America came up with an an annual fuel cost of $2,135. However, with an estimated average electricity rate of 12 cents per kWh, it pegged the annual electric car energy cost at just $540, meaning drivers could save $1,595 per year" http://ecomento.com... Second Argument: Strength. "Gas vehicles are heavy duty, electric"s are not." Again electric can compare to gas. I know shocking right? Even I thought "Oh darn gas has me beat here," I was happily proven wrong with some research. For this argument I present an ally in the battle for Electric Vehicles, Mr. Elon Musk. (Why He Is Amazing, please skip if this doesn"t interest you.) This guy is up there, like quoted by some as "Evolutionary," "The Next Henry Ford," and "As Intelligent as Isaac Newton." To back that up he is the Co-founder of Paypal, sold his part of the share (for billions) used his money to start and become the CEO of Space X, Solar City and Tesla Motors. Space X is much less expensive at making rockets and better at it than NASA and is going to have people living on mars in 20 years for only $500,000 a ticket! (Source Waitbutwhy.com). Solar City is saving people millions. Tesla is revolutionizing the auto industry. AND he started a project that is going to build a super fast train rail that can travel USA states in an hour "Hyperloop" (No sources, Hyperloop based on Waitbutwhy.com). If I had that many qualifications I wouldn"t be typing this. And hey Bill Nye the science guy supports this guy so that"s cool. Back to my post, this lovely man and his team from Tesla came out with the Model X. The Model X has a towing capacity of 3,500lbs and can even go up to 5,000lbs with specialty tires! As stated from http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com... An article titled "How much truck do you really need?" Estimates the most you"ll need for an average citizen is a towing capacity of about 1,685 lbs. The average towing capacity for most vehicles is about 2000 lbs. So while it doesn"t beat out gas vehicles an electric is all you need realistically to tow. Third Argument: The Cool Factor Cannot attach photos but Tesla has come out with luxury sport car electric vehicles. The Model S boasts Highest Safety Rating In US over any other car Autopilot: Automatic steering, speed, lane changing and parkingAll wheel drive dual motor (No sound) Zero to 100 kp/h in 3 seconds435 kilometer range before charge.Top Safety Pick Fourth Argument: Price At a pricy $50,000 the Model S is not cheap enough for you and me but Tesla predicts they will have another cheaper model produced within the next year at around $30,000, the extra incentive? The government federal tax credit (around $5,000 for the model X) $30,000-$5,000=$25,000 More than affordable. Still don"t believe? Refer to Argument One to see how much money you will save on gas. (Sources: Tesla Motors, Google search) for all arguments. Fifth Argument: Range and Reliability (The dreaded winter) "Your electric will be stranded and I"ll have to tow you out with a gas vehicle." An electric can tow me just fine. As for the range the Model S can go 435km! That is enough to take you from Ottawa to Toronto without a stop! (google maps). You will never have to stop at a gas station, why? You can charge your car at home! 30 minutes equals 80% charge. Too long of a charge time? Ask yourself, do you go farther than the distance from Ottawa to Toronto every day? Now to tackle the biggest problem. Winter. I dread winter, but the electric car doesn"t, it can still go 300km. 435km (Model S) -76km (given by cbc.ca) = about 300km, still plenty enough for the daily commute. Electric cars also do start in winter by the way. Sixth and Final Argument: Pollution Sorry this isn"t really an argument because electric vehicles win hands down. It"s important to note that electricity made by nonrenewable sources isn"t good for the environment, only electricity made by renewable sources produces no carbon emissions. Renewable sources include geothermal, hydro, wind, solar etc. Luckily these renewable sources are on the rise and shortly electric vehicles won"t be tied to C02 emissions at all, unlike gas vehicles that burn the fuel and cost CO2 when the fuel is made. The rise of the pollution contributes to global warming, which fuels natural disasters, which have been predicted to lead to a mass extinction if something is not done about it. So electric cars help save humanity, just saying. Don"t take this from just me, read this! "We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe." Elon Musk Which in turns points to where we would lower emissions, the answer is electric vehicles. "When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked." Elon Musk "The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical." Carlos Ghosn Obama the US president wants to put over 1 million electric cars on the road by the end of this year. (google search) As you can see most of the quotes are from Elon Musk, but that man is a genius. I"m sure you could find more support by just looking up arguments like I did. Closing notes. The book the "Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation" predicts that gas cars will be obsolete by 2030. I personally disagree; I think it may be around 2040-2050. But I"m no expert and they are. Now let"s see what that means for gas cars. Obsolete definition (google): adjective 1.= no longer produced or used; out of date. Wow. No longer produced or used. With Tesla changing the automotive industry other companies will simply have to go electric, your Ford, Chevy, Dodge and the like are already converting and coming out with electric vehicles and hybrids, it is only a matter of time. To thank? Tesla Motors and Elon Musk. Not only are electric vehicles better than gas vehicles they will make gas vehicles obsolete.