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Electric Cars

 

Electric cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars, so they are an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles (especially in cities).  The gasoline engine is replaced by an electric motor that gets its power from a controller. The controller gets its power from an array of rechargeable batteries. The batteries weigh about 1,100 pounds (500 kg) and last three to four years.  The range of this car is about 50 miles (80 km) and it can go from 0 to 60 mph in 15 seconds.  It takes about 12 kilowatt-hours of electricity to charge the car after a 50-mile trip.

To compare the cost per mile of gasoline cars to this electric car, here's an example:  Electricity in North Carolina is about 8 cents per kilowatt-hour right now (4 cents if you use time-of-use billing and recharge at night). That means that for a full recharge, it costs $1 (or 50 cents with time-of-use billing). The cost per mile is therefore 2 cents per mile, or 1 cent with time-of-use. If gasoline costs $1.20 per gallon and a car gets 30 miles to the gallon, then the cost per mile is 4 cents per mile for gasoline.

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