{"id":2031,"date":"2019-01-08T09:25:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2020-04-26T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T00:40:02","slug":"electric-cars-charging-forward-as-viable-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/electric-cars\/electric-cars-charging-forward-as-viable-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Cars Charging Forward as Viable Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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Driving an electric car is one of the most\nconvenient ways that someone can go green and help the environment. If everyone\ndrove electric vehicles, then the global carbon emissions would decrease\ndramatically. Now, as per\nCNBC<\/a>, electric vehicles will grow from 3 million to\n125 million by 2030. In 2017 alone, there was a significant rise in electric\ncar usage as it increased by over 50% compared to 2016.
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\nThese stats show that people are willing to move to electric vehicles, but\nthere\u2019s still one stumbling block in the way; the traditional world. What I\nmean by this is that the world is still built in a way that doesn\u2019t really\naccommodate electric cars. You will see many petrol stations all over the\ncountry, but hardly any electrical charging ports in comparison. Yes, things\nare improving, but the world still must adapt, and here are a few ideas how:
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Different Charging Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a topic that\u2019s been discussed on this\nblog before – granted, the article in question was a very long time ago.\nRegardless, there needs to be more charging\nmethods<\/a> for electric vehicles.\nAs of right now, the primary method is to plug your car into a dedicated\ncharging port. People are already exploring the idea of wireless charging,\nwhich means you can park over a sensor that charges your car from the ground\nup. This type of technology already works with smartphones and tablet devices,\nso it can definitely be translated to the electric car world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portable chargers will also be welcomed as they\nlet you charge a vehicle at your own convenience whenever you want. Naturally,\nthere\u2019s the question of how portable a portable charger can be. But, think of\nit this way, there\u2019s already the technology out there to supply small\ngenerators that can fit in the trunk of a car and be used to power a home when\nthere are blackouts. So, surely it\u2019s relatively easy to adapt this to electric\nvehicles so you can have a portable charger that can be stored in your car and\ntaken out when you need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we could see more solar-powered\ncharging<\/a> methods as well. This\ncan blend with the portable charger idea as they can have solar panels that\npower the charger when it\u2019s outside. As a result, you get clean energy to power\na clean car!
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\nWith more charging options available, it gets rid of the main restriction that\nprevents people from getting electric cars. There won\u2019t be the fear of your\nbattery running out when you\u2019re nowhere near a charging port.
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Charging Stations In Parking Lots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, parking lot technology has\nimproved a lot without most people even noticing it. A lot of parking lots get help from\nParking Logix<\/a> and other companies\nthat provide platforms to track open spaces, count how many cars are in a lot,\nand so on. A lot of this is done via sensors in the lots, which proves that you\ncan use pretty high-tech stuff in there. What I propose is that it becomes\nmandatory to reserve some spots in every parking lot for electric charging\nstations. Drivers can plug their car in to charge while they go shopping, and\nit will help make these vehicles more accessible and convenient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, it shouldn\u2019t be a hard thing to do, and\nit\u2019s already beginning to come out in some places. The great thing about this\nidea is that it can be scaled as electric vehicles become more and more common\nin modern life. By 2030, if we reach that proposed target of 125 milion cars,\nthen we should have full-scale car parks where all the spots have charging stations\nfor electric cars.
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\nThe wireless charging pad idea would work perfectly here as they can be built\ninto the parking spots and can charge while you shop or work! What this does is\nit just boosts the number of charging stations for electric car owners all over\nthe world.
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More Dedicated Electric Vehicle Experts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t take much to find a mechanic near you\nthat will help service a petrol\/diesel car. But, how many genuine electric\nvehicle experts are there? These cars are easier to\nservice, but they still need\nregular checks and problems can occur. As such, there needs to be an emphasis\non training mechanics to learn about electric vehicles, even to the point where\nspecialist garages can open that only deal with electric cars. This makes\nmaintenance easier for drivers, which encourages more people to go electric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, it can be hard for some people to get\ntheir car serviced as a lot of traditional mechanics simply haven\u2019t worked with\nthem before. So, there\u2019s a lack of trust that this person can handle your\nvehicle and deal with your problems. Or, from their perspective, they may lack\nthe confidence needed to carry out the work and would prefer not to do it. With\nmore experts, we eliminate this issues as there are people who can handle\nelectric cars and work with them without any problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Does The World Need To Adapt?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the world can adapt to the growth of electric\ncars, then this will make everything much better for everyone. Talk to someone\nthat doesn\u2019t drive an electric vehicle and ask them why they don\u2019t. Most of the\ntime, people say similar things. They say that these cars can\u2019t\ntravel long distances<\/a> as they run out of\ncharge and there are a lack of stations to use. They say that there\u2019s nowhere\nto get the car serviced other than going direct to the manufacturer, which\ncould be inconvenient to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, if the world adapts to the demand\nand starts catering to electric drivers, then things improve. There\u2019s no longer\nthe issue with charging stations as there can be some in parking lots along\nwith alternative charging methods like portable generators. As mechanics train\nin the art of servicing these cars, then maintenance is easier as well. All in\nall, it can encourage the world to go green and start driving CO2 free cars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Driving an electric car is one of the most convenient ways that someone can go green and help the environment. If everyone drove electric vehicles, then the global carbon emissions would decrease dramatically. Now, as per CNBC, electric vehicles will grow from 3 million to 125 million by 2030. In 2017 alone, there was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-cars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}