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| | ==Electric Car Disadvantages== | | ==Electric Car Disadvantages== |
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| − | # Expensive initial cost.<ref>http://www.teslamotors.com/buy/buyshowroom.php</ref> | + | # Twice as much harmful emissions during the production of an electric car than a traditional car.<ref>https://www.defendershield.com/electric-cars-emf-radiation-could-your-tesla-be-bad-for-you</ref> |
| | + | # Expensive initial cost of an electric car.<ref>http://www.teslamotors.com/buy/buyshowroom.php</ref> |
| | # Even more expensive maintenance and repair costs, due to a more complicated design and heavier reliance on complex, costly semiconductor chips. | | # Even more expensive maintenance and repair costs, due to a more complicated design and heavier reliance on complex, costly semiconductor chips. |
| | # High exposure of passengers to EMF radiation due to reliance on electricity rather than combustion. | | # High exposure of passengers to EMF radiation due to reliance on electricity rather than combustion. |
| | # Relatively smaller range (the exception being extended range-EVs, which have gasoline generators on board, allowing these cars to have the same range as any other traditional gasoline powered car) <ref>http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car1.htm</ref> | | # Relatively smaller range (the exception being extended range-EVs, which have gasoline generators on board, allowing these cars to have the same range as any other traditional gasoline powered car) <ref>http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car1.htm</ref> |
| − | # Limited access to charing facilities (while homeowners can charge EVs with any standard 120 volt outlet or have a 240 volt charging system installed in their home, many city dwellers and those without the ability to charge their EVs at home will depend on recharging their EVs at public charging stations, of which there are currently very few) | + | # Limited access to charging facilities (while homeowners can charge EVs with any standard 120 volt outlet or have a 240 volt charging system installed in their home, many city dwellers and those without the ability to charge their EVs at home will depend on recharging their EVs at public charging stations, of which there are currently very few) |
| − | # Limited [[battery (electrical)|battery]] lifespan (like with any rechargeable battery, the maximum charge held by an EV's battery will eventually decline, requioring the replacement of this very expensive battery system; manufactures generally claim about a 10-year lifspan for their EV's batteries.) | + | # Limited [[battery (electrical)|battery]] lifespan (like with any rechargeable battery, the maximum charge held by an EV's battery will eventually decline, requiring the replacement of this very expensive battery system; manufactures generally claim about a 10-year lifespan for their EV's batteries.) |
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| | ==Hype vs. Facts== | | ==Hype vs. Facts== |