Every Child's Desire - Electric Vehicles

I don't know about everyone else but if you just ask the children they'll tell you they're entirely for electric vehicles. It doesn't matter what sort either. Build all the vehicles electric! After all, electric vehicles are captivating and easy to apply not mention light on the pocketbook when it comes to buying gas.

What's The Attraction?

Perhaps it's the fact that electric vehicles run in an astounding and mysterious silent way. That's got the bellowing, gut pounding internal combustion noises beaten hands down. Silence, it seems, is linked with thinking - at least conscious thinking takes place in the silence. Issues of reality and style and form and dreaming are all part of this silent phenomenon.

Some Food For Thought

If every child desires electric vehicles, perhaps that's the place to begin marketing them. Awhile back, my wife and I helped move a Barbie Jeep. It's an electric powered child sized vehicle and is too heavy for just one person to lift. Nonetheless, the toy is very popular and we both considered climbing in and take it for a whirl. It's amusing, adventurous, and even parents love it.

Balancing Safety and Weight

Back in the real world, one of the major undecided electric vehicle issues that remain is that of weight vs. safety. Numerous models of Italian, Swiss and Chinese ones already exist on the market but few models meet U.S. requirements for highway safety. The problem is that electric vehicles are made light for efficiency sake. The required battery storage brings a lot of weight but not where it counts.

Chrysler presented an electric vehicle in California back in 2000 that was in reality a glorified, weather resistant golf cart. There was more marketing hoopla than genuine interest but the giant automaker did meet its EPA mileage goals that year.

Slower speeds linked with around town driving are more suitable for electric vehicles. Maybe with new, lighter electrical storage technologies we'll see heavier ones that can practically meet rigorous safety requirements, but it hasn't occurred yet.

All the same, the draw for electric vehicles continues. Considering the state of the world we will probably see some kind of renewable energy vehicle successfully enter the marketplace in the close future. Whether it will be an electric car or one powered by fuel cell, the concluding vote is still out.

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