Cost, ener­gy and health savvy elec­tric vehi­cles are on the rise. Sev­er­al auto­mo­tive man­u­fac­tur­ers are intro­duc­ing more and more elec­tric car mod­els, which are increas­ing­ly becom­ing cost-effi­­cient. Fos­sil fuel burn­ing cars cost bil­lions. The world is not only pay­ing for the direct costs of burn­ing fos­sil fuels, but also los­ing on the cli­mate and health fronts. These costs are expect­ed to increase if the switch to EVs doesn’t hap­pen soon. Per­haps, this is why pas­sen­ger cars are now adopt­ing the elec­tric designs which were once lim­it­ed to lux­u­ry vehi­cles. EVs are becom­ing main­stream, poten­tial­ly sav­ing us from the dead­ly pol­lu­tion and cli­mate change dis­as­ters.

Stricter Reg­u­la­tions Are Behind The Increas­ing Investment

Sev­er­al coun­tries are tak­ing a strict approach towards fos­­sil-fuel based vehi­cles. Emis­sions restric­tions, for exam­ple, put in place by the Unit­ed States Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency has gen­er­at­ed inter­est in local car man­u­fac­tur­ers to invest more in elec­tric vehi­cles. Fur­ther tight­en­ing of these reg­u­la­tions may give the boost this sec­tor needs to reach their 54.5 mpg fuel econ­o­my tar­get by 2050, as report­ed in 2012. Plug-in ver­sions of rou­tine, com­muter cars will allow an increas­ing num­ber of pas­sen­gers to opt for cost and ener­­gy-effi­­cient EVs. In 2015, 462,000 new elec­tric cars were bought, a sharp 59% increase from the sales in 2014. In their report, the Argonne Nation­al Lab­o­ra­to­ry indi­cates EVs will account for 58% of light vehi­cle by 2030. Non-hybrid gas cars may con­sti­tute less than 1/4th of the mar­ket by then.

What’s Sup­port­ing The Boom Further ?

Ener­gy effi­cien­cy and the use of renew­able ener­gy sources are main fac­tors for adop­tion of these vehi­cles. How­ev­er, the sales can be fur­ther sup­ple­ment­ed with gov­ern­ment inter­ven­tion. Pro­lif­er­a­tion of charg­ing sta­tions and their spread across the coun­try­side will enable com­muters to opt for EVs. Build­ing prop­er infra­struc­ture and offer­ing tax cred­its can also influ­ence the sales, help­ing peo­ple choose these ener­­gy-effi­­cient vehi­cles over gaso­line pow­ered ones. One of the most promi­nent changes can be reduc­tion of cost. Lithi­um bat­ter­ies tra­di­tion­al­ly used in hybrid vehi­cles are extreme­ly cost­ly. While the costs are decreas­ing for these bat­ter­ies, alter­na­tives in form of super­ca­pac­i­tors offer a bet­ter solu­tion. Super­ca­pac­i­tors, also called elec­tri­cal dou­ble lay­er capac­i­tors, are becom­ing more effi­cient. With the right elec­trolyte com­po­si­tion, capac­i­tance much high­er than what’s achieved with Lithi­um bat­ter­ies can be gained. The sales are no doubt grow­ing and will see a high­er trend if super­ca­pac­i­tors become main­stream for elec­tric vehi­cles. They will be more effi­cient and cheap­er, and even more envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly since most use graphene elec­trodes. All eyes are on EVs for now. Every year, new­er and cheap­er mod­els are com­ing on the road. Sev­er­al man­u­fac­tur­ers are look­ing to switch to mass pro­duc­tion. Are you in the race too ? If yes, you’ll find our elec­trolyte solu­tions to be a good start­ing point. We offer high­est qual­i­ty elec­trolytes for most appli­ca­tions. Here are three that you can order right away !  Con­tact us for more infor­ma­tion and orders.