We all know electric cars and other electric vehicles (mopeds, motorcycles) help reduce the carbon footprint by a great margin. However, implementing the change is not exactly easy. We need more charging stations placed strategically on national roads and highways, and in cities. There are several cities including Bucharest which are lacking in terms of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, hence the reason why many people avoid them.
If there was a charging station placed at every 50km's in every country, many people would look forward to buying an electric vehicle knowing they won't run into problems with the autonomy. Just like there are gas stations every 10kms. Another solution would be to put electric charging stations into each gas station, so that owners of electric vehicles can benefit. In exchange, gas stations would get a fee especially for the fast charging so everyone would be happy.
However, that solves only half of the problem. If most people have an electric vehicle and are able to charge and use it properly, there remains another issue: the origins of electricity. Although many don't know it, in several countries electricity is produced mostly by burning fossil fuels. However, this process generates a lot of waste and carbon in the atmosphere.
We must ensure that most of the electricity that we use (at least 70-80%) comes from renewable energy sources. These include solar power and wind power. If we can make sure that most gas stations have solar panels in their vicinity, then we will have clear renewable energy for our electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles also have the added benefit of removing noise pollution, besides eliminating CO2 emissions. Therefore, I think it is of great importance that they are introduced at large scale. However, most electric car owners complain about the fact that they don't have enough stations to recharge their electric vehicles. By introducing more stations as explained in my project and making sure they work accordingly through regular maintenance, then we will have success in eliminating climate change.
One last thing that we must check is to ensure that electric car vehicles don't spend too much time at the charging stations especially if they finished their charging cycle. For this to be done we will make use of intelligent cards that have the owner's phone and a system that automatically sends text message when charging is complete. If the car is not removed from the charger within 30 minutes, penalties will occur.
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