Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, and PHEVs:-The New Era Alternative Fuel Vehicles.

April 4, 2023March 11, 2023 by vikas.sinha21

Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Electric vehicles, Hybrids, and PHEVs

An alternative fuel vehicle runs on alternative fuels rather than traditional fuels like gasoline i.e. petrol or diesel. Alternative fuel vehicles are new technology vehicles like electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and solar-powered vehicles.

What are the Hybrids, Plug-In Hybrids, and Electric Vehicles?

The hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles use less gas than traditional gasoline fuel vehicles, while the battery electric vehicles uses no fuel at all.

This is the new era of electric and hybrid vehicles as the global state governments are announcing various plans to ban the sale of gasoline (petrol & diesel) powered vehicles by 2035. This restriction is in favor to support the clean and green environment globally and even the economic growth of the nation as well as the individuals.

Hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles use electric motors and gasoline engines. Pure battery electric vehicles remove the gasoline engine altogether and are based on the large battery packs used to give the power to the electric motor for the propulsion of the vehicles.

Today we can find hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in hybrid vehicles(PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs or EVs) in almost every vehicle segment and almost in all major car manufacturers globally.

Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Equipped with Engines, Motors, and Small Batteries.

Electric Vehicles,Hybrids, and PHEVs: The New Era Alternative Fuel Vehicles.

Hybrid Electric Car — **Hybrid Electric** Vehicles

The most common alternative fuel vehicles are gas and electric hybrid vehicles. These hybrid vehicles use both the gasoline engine and the electric motor for their propulsions. Hybrid cars carry a small battery pack that is charged by the vehicles’ gasoline engines and by converting the car’s motion to energy when coasting or braking.

Regenerative braking is the process of capturing energy from the motion of the electrified vehicle itself. A traditional hybrid car is self-charging. And hybrid vehicles do not get electricity from any external source, as it is in the case of other electric vehicles.

From last, more than 20 years’ hybrid vehicles are widely available in the U.S. In 1997, Toyota Prius was the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle.

These hybrid electric vehicles have continued to grow in popularity with some 50 models currently available for sale. During the braking, stops, and starts of the vehicles, the battery in gas-electric hybrids is charged from the engine.

Plug-In Hybrids Electric Vehicles: Equipped with Engines, Motors, and bigger Batteries.

Plug-in Hybrid Schematic Presentation — **Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Schematic Presentation**

Another type of hybrid vehicle is the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). The difference between a PHEV and a traditional hybrid is the ability of the plug-in to charge its battery from an external source, such as a household outlet, home charging station, or public EV charging station.

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have much bigger battery packs and can move considerably longer miles on electricity itself than any non-plug-in hybrids. Some PHEVs range even more than 30 miles on electricity only. When the battery pack starts weakening, the vehicle’s internal combustion engine starts working seamlessly. Thus hybrid cars operate with the two power inputs working together as and when required.

E.g.: Toyota Prius Prime 2022, Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe 2023, and Chrysler Pacifica 2022 are based on the hybrid system to increase efficiency.

Battery–Electric Cars– Equipped with Electric Motors and Bigger Massive Batteries.

Battery electric vehicles i.e. BEVs or EVs is an electric motor-propelled vehicle. In BEVs, there is no I.C.E (internal combustion engine), the vehicle is powered only by electric motors. These electric motors are run through the massive larger battery packs installed below the floor of the vehicle.

The B.E.Vs are charged either through external charging sources or by the regenerative energy from the coasting or braking of the car itself. There is no exhaust emission tailpipe as the BEVs don’t burn any gas and hence creating zero emission.

E.g.: Nissan leaf 2023, Tesla Model 3, 2022, Ford F-150 lightning, Mercedes-Benz EQS 2022, and Volkswagen ID.4,2022. Many other EVs are available in the market many more are upcoming.

Charging of the alternative fuel vehicles:

Charging Facts:

electric vehicle charging level1-120v — **EV charger images are courtesy of Con Edison**

electric vehicle charging level2-240v — **EV charger images are courtesy of Con Edison**

Charging Options	Level 1 (120V)	Level 2 (240V)	Direct-current (DC) Fast Charging
How the Charge ports looks like on the vehicle?
How fast do they charge?	About 5 miles per 1 hour of charging.	About 25 miles per 1 hour of charging.	100 – 200 plus miles per 30 minutes of charging.
Where can I find them?	In our house/garage Possibly at your apartment/condo and workplace. No need to install anything; most automakers provide charger cords with vehicle purchase.	In our house/garage (You will need additional equipment) Possibly at your apartment/condo and workplace. At public charging stations.	At public charging stations. Limited availability, though becoming more common.

Charging: The Hybrids:

Hybrid vehicle charging is done through their gasoline engines, regenerative braking & the energy recovered from coasting or sliding of the wheels. In hybrid vehicles, the charging is done internally, with no need to connect to an external charging source. Charging in the hybrid is an automatic operation and the driver is not required to do anything to perform it.

Charging: The Plug-in Hybrids:

The basic difference between traditional hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles is the ability of the plug-in vehicles to receive an external electric source to charge the battery. PHEVs can be charged with a Level 2 household charging system or with public charging stations.

Plug-in hybrid vehicles can also charge batteries from the vehicle’s gas engine and the regenerative braking functions. Simultaneously gasoline is needed to fuel the internal combustion engine of the PHEVs.

A typical type of plug-in electric vehicle requires only a couple of hours to fully charge its batteries from level 2 charging stations.

These vehicles cannot be charged from common public DC fast charging stations.

Charging: The Battery-Electric Vehicles:

Battery-electric vehicles are required to charge their batteries from external charging sources.

The electric charging power may be from the Level 1 household 120V outlet, from a level 2; 240V home & public power station, or from a DC fast-charging public station.

Mostly the Battery –Electric drivers use to charge their vehicles overnight at home only. They also try to charge their vehicles in the middle of the night when the electricity is at its cheapest rate.

For longer trips, the battery-electric drivers use to take advantage of public DC fast chargers.

The Three charging standards in the US for fast charging are:

CHAdeMO: An aging standard only used by one EV model currently on sale.
SAE Combo: The most commonly used type of fast-charging plug.
Supercharger: The fast-charging network of Tesla’s proprietary.

Fuel Economy and the Range of the vehicles:

Hybrids Fuel economy & Range:

Hybrid vehicles have excellent fuel economy and a very less tailpipe emissions as compared to conventional gasoline-powered vehicles. The hybrid vehicles can go over 300 miles with the full capacity of the tank.

For example, the 2022 model Toyota RAV4 with all-wheel drive is the best hybrid in its segment.

Plug-in Hybrids Fuel economy & Range:

The plug-in hybrids have better fuel economy than regular gasoline vehicles and hybrids.

The plug-in hybrids have two ratings for their fuel economy. One is the no external charging like the traditional hybrids and another one is the charging from external sources.

The MPGe (miles per gallon) is the special rating system, developed by the EPA for the fuel economy comparison between PHEVs and the BEVs to other vehicles.

For example, the gasoline-powered all-wheel drive 2022, Toyota RAV4 has a combined City & highway fuel economy EPA rating is 29mpg. The 2022 model Toyota RAV4 hybrid combined rating climbs to 40mpg. And a very rare model 2022, Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid SUV, EPA ratings go up to 94MPGe.

Battery-Electric Vehicle’s Fuel economy & Range:

Battery-electric vehicle buyers mostly care about the range an electric car can drive on a single charge. The EPA publishes MPGe figures as well as certified mileage figures.

The BEVs available in the market are in the range of 100 to 500 miles. The lower-end car with respect to mileage range is the 2022 Model Mazda MX-30 and 2023 model, mini Electric Hardtop cars. The longest-range electric vehicle is the 2022 model Lucid Air Dream, which can go more than 500 miles with a single charge range.

The most available electric vehicles in the marketplace can go between range of 200 to 300 miles on a single charge.

Cost of the Vehicles:

The cost of hybrid vehicles:

Mostly hybrid vehicles are priced a few dollars more than their equivalent gas-powered 2022 segment vehicles. The hybrid model of 2022, the Ford F-150 Platinum pickup is just $2500 higher than the standard V8 engine model vehicle. The 2022, model, Toyota Corolla LE is priced at around $20875, and the price of the 2022, Toyota Corolla Hybrid L.E is at $24050.

The actual cost difference comes from the payback with the fuel savings. Most hybrids get remarkable mileage in city driving as they also get regenerative charging of their batteries. If most of the driving is done in urban areas, a fairly quick price difference is recovered. And on highway driving, it takes longer to get any savings.

The cost of Plug-in hybrid vehicles:

The plug-in hybrid vehicles are equipped with large battery packs and the powertrain of these vehicles is very sophisticated, hence these are significantly more expensive than gasoline-powered vehicles or hybrid vehicles.

The 2022 model Chrysler Pacifica Touring L is priced at $41125, whereas the same model hybrid car, the 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Touring L is priced at $49000.

The cost difference can be recovered reasonably quickly if the plug-in vehicles are consistently charged with cheaper options than gas electricity. During larger weekend adventures, money can be saved by commuting with PHEV on electricity alone, rather than using a gas engine.

You can recover the cost difference reasonably quickly if you consistently charge your plug-in hybrid with cheaper-than-gas electricity. In essence, you can save money by commuting with a PHEV on electricity alone, then using the gas engine during longer weekend adventures.

The cost of Battery-Electric vehicles:

Battery electric vehicles are costlier than any equivalent gasoline-powered vehicle.

The 2022 model Hyundai Kona costs $21990, while the base price of the battery-powered same model 2022, Hyundai Kona Electric is $34000.

The Volvo XC40 of the 2022 model costs $36350 and the same model battery electric Volvo XC40 is priced at $53550.

The Price difference between traditional gasoline vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles can be recovered through the federal, state, and local incentives offered by the respective governments.
The maximum savings comes from the cheaper price of electricity while charging at home.

Tax Credit and other Incentives on Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Battery–Electric Vehicles:

Rebate & benefits on Hybrid vehicles:

In the present scenario, only plug-in vehicles are eligible to receive federal tax credits and incentives. Initially, some early buyers of hybrid vehicles get the benefits of tax rebates but now the traditional gas hybrid electric vehicles are not under the special federal tax benefit schemes.

As in the case of hybrids, they don’t use much gas power and even don’t pay as much tax as in the case of pure traditional gasoline vehicles. So higher registration fees are imposed to recover the revenue loss by the governing bodies.

Rebate & benefits on Plug-in Hybrid vehicles:

Significant federal, state, local, and utility buying incentives are applied for many plug-in hybrid vehicles. The available federal tax credits are about from $3500 to $7500 and mostly these incentives are only for the buyers and not for the lesser of the electric vehicles.

At the beginning of the year 2023, federal tax credit eligibility depends on the size of the vehicles’ battery pack, the cost of the vehicles, your earnings and income, the place of manufacturing, and even the source of the components used in the battery pack.

The Plug-in electric vehicle drivers also get special incentives like carpool lane access.

The PHEVs buyers also have to pay the higher registration fee as the hybrid vehicle owners just as the penalty imposed by some states and the governing bodies.

Rebate & benefits on Battery-Electric vehicles:

The incentives from the federal government, state government, local authorities, and utility companies are very much applicable to many new and even used electric vehicles.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, has changed the federal electric vehicle incentives intensely.

Electric vehicle buyers also have to pay the higher registration fee as they do for hybrids and PHEVs.

Emissions from the Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and the Battery-Electric Hybrid Vehicles:

Emissions from Battery-Electric Vehicles

According to the report of the U.S. Department of Energy Hybrid vehicles produces an average of approx. 46% less carbon dioxide emission yearly.

The tailpipes of the hybrids emit greenhouse gases but not much as it is by the only gasoline-run vehicles.

When the hybrids operate in electric mode, the tailpipes don’t emit any pollutants at all.

Emissions from Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles:

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Plug-in hybrid vehicle releases greenhouse gases when it runs on gasoline engines and they don’t produce any emission from their tailpipe while running in electric mode.

Even plug-in hybrid electric vehicles create indirect emissions also as the electricity these vehicles are using is coming from external sources.

And these energy suppliers like coal plants, wind & solar plants, are producing pollutant gas during their production.

Emissions from Battery-Electric Vehicles:

Pure battery-electric vehicles do not produce greenhouse gases directly and there is no exhaust tailpipe. But the electric energy required to recharge the batteries of these BEVs is generated from some power plants, and they creates a carbon footprint.

The electric energy to charge the batteries of BEVs may come either from coal which is generally considered a dirty form of natural gas or the energy and is producing greenhouse gases when burned.

Also, the energy may come from hydroelectric, solar, or wind power sources which create green energy. This is still not very perfect, as in hydroelectric energy sources, the dams interrupt the migration of fishes and the windmills kill the raptors.

Conclusion:

The alternative fuel vehicle is the need and demand of the present and the future. As fossil fuels are depleting day by day and also the carbon emission is the threat to the environment, switching to the electric vehicles is the necessity.

The battery electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles are the demand of the new era automotive sectors.

Governments are providing various rebates and Tax relaxation to promote alternative fuels and battery electric vehicles.

Savings You can Make buying an electric vehicle in 2023.

March 24, 2023February 21, 2023 by vikas.sinha21

EV Savings in 2023

An electric car can save you up to $7,000 a year. And as generally, most people keep a car at least for five years before replacing it, so they can save up to approx $35000 over five (05) years.

And most of these savings are from lower fuel costs, as gasoline is an expensive source of fuel and its price is going increasing day by day. And this sky-high increasing gas price is putting a major impact on a person’s monetary part and the economy.

By opting electric vehicle, it will reduce your total running costs. If you charge the battery at its full, it only costs nearly $10 to $15 to run your car.

A glimpse of saving by Electric Car:

If you charge your electric car through solar panels, it will save approx. $4,500 in fuel.
A federal electric vehicle incentive will save $ 7500 on the purchase of your electric car.
The electric vehicle maintenance costs will also be very minimum and this will save you approx. $1000 per annum.
And in five years of using an electric vehicle can save up to $35000.

Savings in Fuel:

An electric vehicle can save up to $1150 to $4500 yearly:

By switching to an electric car you can see a great benefit in terms of fuel savings. Comparatively, a very less amount is required to pay to charge your electric vehicle battery rather than buying fuel for gas cars. An electric vehicle runs on electric motors connected to large onboard batteries, which can be charged with electricity.

The electric motors associated with electric cars are very efficient and allow cars to move at very minimal energy. Running the car with electric motors costs just 4-5 cents per mile as compared to an average of approx. 13 cents per mile in gasoline-assisted cars.

When you accumulate the car mileage over time, these fuel savings start to add up. If you drive your car at an average running and also charge your car with grid power, you can normally save an amount of $1500 to $2000 annually.

Again if you drive your car long distances and charge with a comparatively cheap battery-charging power source like solar panels. The savings will be much higher. We can give an example of the Californians who drive 520 miles per week and save approximately $4500 per annum on fuel costs as they charge their electric vehicle with home solar panels.

Few things that can affect your level of fuel savings:

Driven Miles: The running cost of an electric vehicle has a lower cost per mile, so the greater the running mileage of the car will give greater savings. As a thumb rule, with an electric vehicle, you will save $1000 for every 5000 miles driven.
Style of Driving: The efficient driving methods will give you the most out of each charge. Driving with a lead foot will reduce EV mileage by up to 40%, which can cost you over $100 in monthly savings.
Fuel economy of car: Opting for an EV with a high MPGe (Miles per Gallon equivalent) rating means you can drive further with the same amount of energy. The highly efficient 2022 Tesla Model 3, with an MPGe of 132, can save you $200 more per year than a typical EV with an MPGe of 100.
The use of regenerative braking: Regenerative braking boosts the efficiency of electric cars in stop-and-go traffic conditions. If you mostly drive in a busy place like a city or inner suburbs, you can save an additional sum of $50 annually.
The cost of the alternatives- gasoline: Now this isn’t something you can control, but gas prices also have an impact on your fuel savings. If fuel prices rise 10% from current rates, you will save another $400 per year. On the other side when gas prices go down, your savings will fall.

The electric battery charging costs at its lower side are the most important for fuel savings:

**Tesla superchargers can change up battery of your electric car quickly**

A huge impact on fuel saving is the way you charge your electric vehicle. The charging cost of the electric vehicle battery is directly proportional to the fuel costs.

### The three main methods to charge an electric vehicle and their comparative costings.

Charging Type	Cost of Electricity	Cost to fully Charge an Electric Vehicle
Public Charging Station	$0.28- $0.69 per kWh	Up to $40
Grid power at home	$0.10 – $0.40 per kWh	Up to $23
Solar power at home	$0.05- 0.11 per kWh	Up to $6.50

kWh- Kilowatt-hour

Data Source: Solar Powered Electric Vehicles- Consumer Guide

The home Charging option for your electric vehicle will always be your economical way of EV charging options:

Using a home charger connected to grid power will certainly reduce the cost and it will be usually around 15 to 20 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while this can vary a bit by the utility. If you charge with home solar panels, you will pay even less-as little as 5 cents per kWh.

Comparatively, commercial charging can be very expensive, especially if done at DC fast charging station. Tesla’s supercharger network charges up to $0.58 per kWh, and others provide charge even more than that.

Because of these cost differences, the choice of charging option significantly impacts your savings. A switch to charging from a public charging station to a home solar panels charging system will save you an annual amount of $2500 in fuel.

The charging of your electric vehicle is even more convenient at cheaper costs. At the home charging station of level 2, charge your electric vehicle at its full by parking your car overnight in the garage.

Incentives and rebates on Electric Vehicle:

There is a location-based incentive or rebate on the purchase of an electric vehicle. Based on your locality, you can save $7500 plus as an incentive:

All taxpayers have the right to avail of a rebate of $7500 on the purchase of electric vehicles. And hence he or she may be able to get thousands of dollars more rebates based on the locality. If a person qualifies, he/she may be able to bang a discount of large amount on the purchase of an electric vehicle.

Check the nationwide incentive, available:

The State electric vehicle incentive of $7500:

The federal EV incentive is a tax credit. When you purchase an electric vehicle you can apply to receive $7500 back via your tax return.

In the year 2008, the incentive scheme was initiated by the federal government to attract and encourage EV car buyers. And definitely, thousands of interested buyers qualify for this and get benefited.

Lower Maintenance Costs:

A person can save up to $400 to $1000 annually for lower maintenance costs:

The servicing and maintenance of electric vehicles are much easier than gasoline vehicles. Electric motors can operate without the lubricating oils required by combustion engines; hence, no periodic oil change is required for maintenance.

Electric vehicles required fewer fluids overall as they are built with fewer moving parts. That is why electric vehicles need to be serviced and repaired a lot less frequently than internal combustion engine vehicles. Hence the upkeep of electric vehicles is very cheaper.

A comparative study by the U.S. DOE (Department of Energy), proves that Electric vehicles are 40% cheaper to maintain than gas vehicles. While the average cost to maintain a gas car is 10.1 cents per mile and for an electric vehicle it is only 6.1 cents per mile. Hence it is easy to estimate your maintenance costs and savings annually.

If you drive 25000 miles a year, you would spend $ 2525 for the upkeep of a gas vehicle; in the case of electric cars, it is just $1525. And in total there is a saving of $ 1000 per annum.Certainly the Electric vehicles savings are very considerable

Continuous minimum use of an EV for at least five years:

An analysis of savings with the electric car is as below :

Saving Factors	Yearly Savings	5-Year savings
Fuel Cost	$4500	$22500
Incentives *	$1500 **	$7500
Maintenance	$1000	$5000
Total	$7000	$35000

Note: * only includes nationally available electric vehicles incentive

** This yearly incentive is earned by multiplying over a period of five (05) years of ownership.

The above tabular chart shows that you save much more with electric vehicle options and that comes to nearly $ 35000 over a period of five running years of your vehicle.

The Top 5 Brands of 2023, coming with Electric Cars.

April 4, 2023February 7, 2023 by vikas.sinha21

Electric Cars:

Focusing on the upcoming Electric Car market, let us check which carmakers are doing a better job than others.

Google claims that ninety-two percent (92%) of vehicle clients do online studies earlier than making a purchase. They research:

Lifestyle Fit
Price Range
Features
Comparisons
Video

Sixty-five percent (65%) of people watch “test drive” videos earlier than their car purchase. But still selecting a good car is a challenge. It is very difficult to determine while buying the first electric cars because many people don’t own one earlier and consequently don’t understand what to expect. Luckily, a few automakers, like Tesla and Kia, build pinnacle electric-powered motors and stand for quality. So, in case you are curious about the pinnacle electric-powered automobile manufacturers or the excellent electric-powered motors in 2023, check out a few extra alternatives herewith…

These are the best Electric car models for the year 2023 ahead:

1. Tesla Electric Car:

According to Consumer Reports surveys, Tesla is building very dependable EVs. Respondents consider the Tesla Model 3, the second most dependable automobile on the market, following the 2022 Kia EV6. But it’s now no longer simply Consumer Reports’ outcomes that display Tesla as a dominating pressure within side the EV industry. Even sales show that Tesla dominates the market. Statista factors in the direction of Kelley Blue Book’s data, indicating that Tesla stays the best-selling EV brand in the United States. Elon Musk’s EV emblem bought 191,451 units of the Tesla Model Y and 156,357 units of the Model 3 within side the U.S. during the first 9 months of 2022. The 0.33 best-selling EV became the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which sold the handiest 28,089 units, while the fourth most famous car version became once more a Tesla – the Model S – with 23,464 units.

-> Tesla Still Dominates the U.S. EV Market:

With all the negative headlines surrounding Tesla and its increasingly controversial CEO Elon Musk in recent weeks, it’s easy to forget that the company’s cars are still very popular. While it’s too early to say whether Musk’s Twitter takeover and the turbulences that came with it will have a significant negative impact on demand for Tesla’s cars, its current position as the maker of the most popular electric cars in the United States and many parts of the world is clear.

According to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book, four of the six best-selling electric cars in the U.S. in the first nine months of 2022 were Tesla, with the company’s most popular Model Y and Model 3 towering head and shoulders above the competition. In total, Tesla captured roughly two-thirds of the EV market in the first three quarters of 2022 and full year delivery figure don’t indicate any significant changes in the fourth quarter.

2. Kia Electric Car:

Consumer Reports survey emphasizes that the 2022 Kia EV6 is the best electric vehicle on the market. Meanwhile, sales data from January to September 2022 shows that Kia sold 17,564 units of the Kia EV6. This means that Kia’s popular EV6 is the 8th most-sold vehicle in the U.S. Needless to say that Kia has other popular EV models that are a hit with consumers, like the Kia Soul and the Seltos.

Kia recently announced that its corporate strategy involves creating a wave of new electric vehicles, including six bespoke EVs, by 2027. But, for now, the South Korean carmaker intends to ensure that its first bespoke production electric car, the EV6, is a success.

The all-new Kia EV6 is one of the best electric SUVs on the market, with an impressive 310 miles of driving range on a full charge. Apart from being a promising glimpse into Kia’s all-electric future, it has all the features that can rival highly rated EVs like the Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai IONIQ 5. While the car has a beautiful design, we have updated this article to include powertrain and pricing information for the Kia EV6.

Kia will badge each model as EV followed by a number corresponding to its size. The new EV6 will be a mid-sized crossover, but if that type of body does not correspond with your taste, then the good news is that the South Korean automaker has left room for compact SUVs, saloons, and larger SUVs in the future.

3. Nissan Electric Car:

The Nissan Leaf is one of the most iconic EVs in the market. Thus, it’s no surprise that Consumer Reports respondents have voted this compact five-door hatchback the third most reliable electric vehicle. The Nissan Leaf has remained a mainstay on the market for more than a decade and has overcome previous problems with battery deterioration and AEB issues.

Imagine a fully electric EV with enough range for a road trip that you can buy for around $30,000. It may sound unrealistic with the current market, but things are about to take a different turn in 2023. The technology has improved tremendously, pushing the price of electric cars ever closer to parity with ICE vehicles.

4. Lucid:

In 2022, the US News & World Report crowned the Lucid Air as the Best Luxury Electric Vehicle. Meanwhile, the 2022 Lucid Air also received high marks from Edmunds for its driving dynamics, roomy cockpit, and ability to draw attention on the road.

1,050 horsepower, 921 lb-ft of torque, and a 0-60 mph time of just 2.4 seconds. No, we are not talking about a purpose-built track monster. Instead, these are the specifications of the Grand Touring Performance edition of the all-electric luxury sedan, the Lucid Air.

Now while these numbers may seem quite impressive on paper, especially for a luxury sedan, wouldn’t you be interested in knowing how well they translate into the real world?

This is precisely what Ben Collins, a professional race car driver and the man behind the helmet of The Stig, set out to do at the recently concluded Goodwood Festival of speed with a real Lucid Air electric sedan.

The Lucid Air is a solid first effort from a brand-new automaker. It’s insanely quick, spacious, and turns heads like a supercar. But it’s far from perfect. We had some significant issues with our test car’s technology features and advanced driver aids. Overall fit and finish were disappointing too. The Air has the potential to improve over time, but it’ll need some refinement if it’s going to be anything other than the EV range king.

2022 Lucid Air Review

Pros:

Excellent real-world range
Supercar-like acceleration
Comfortable and smooth day-to-day driving
Spacious cabin with lots of storage

Cons:

Braking and handling aren’t up to class standards
Laggy and cumbersome in-car tech
Fit and finish needs some work

What’s new?

All-new luxury EV sedan
505 miles of Edmunds-tested range
Lucid is a startup American automaker
2022 model kicks off the first-generation Air

First impressions are supposed to be memorable, and the 2022 Lucid Air is certainly making one. This is the debut luxury sedan from Lucid Motors, an all-new American manufacturer of electric vehicles. Besides offering the expected pampering features of a luxury sedan, it also happens to boast more range than any other EV on sale and a power equivalent to what would happen if you stuffed two beefy V8 engines under the hood.

Does it have your attention yet?

5. BMW:

This German automaker consistently ranks among the top global automakers. So there is no surprise that it is also one of the best electric car brands. And in 2022, Top Gear gave top honors to two of BMW’s electric vehicles. As such, Top Gear crowned the BMW iX as the Best Luxury EV. While the BMW i4 took the title for Best Electric Executive.

Top Gear has created its specific annual awards for the best electric vehicles on the market. As electric cars become increasingly popular, it’s important to learn which one is best. More specifically, what they’re best at, to help inform buyers of which EVs they should be looking at.

This year’s Top Gear’s Electric Awards, were given to both of BMW’s EVs; the BMW iX and i4.

During a recent test, the BMW iX took home Top Gear’s Best Luxury EV award, for being an even better luxury EV than the Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan. If a car can knock off what is essentially an S-Class in a luxury test, it’s a damn fine luxury car. The iX’s blend of superb interior, pillow ride, and tech that’s helpful but not too in your face makes it the best luxury EV you can buy right now, according to TG.

Good News for Electric Vehicles Future Market, Tesla cuts prices on new models in the U.S.

April 6, 2023January 25, 2023 by vikas.sinha21

According to the official website, Tesla has made significant cuts to the prices of new electric vehicles models in the U.S.

Elon Musk of Tesla has declared a price cut on its bestselling Model Y, along with its Model X, the SUV, and Model S, the luxury sedan.

Why it was necessary to cut the price for Electric Vehicles?

The price cut comes as Tesla experiences a declining market share. And analysts say that the firm is facing serious demand problems for its electric vehicles.

The worst-ever annual drop was in the year 2022. This year the company saw an approximate 65% plunge in its stock.
The price cuts in Germany, China, and other Asian countries, add to the worries of a demand slowdown for Tesla.
Investors are already casting doubt on Musk’s leadership abilities, considering the cases with Twitter.
Some investors have suggested price cuts could be welcome amongst the growing competition. The higher volumes could reduce production costs and make up for the smaller margins.
Even the growing competition could push the company into a pricing war with other EV startups.

The US carmaker expanded its sales by 40% during 2022 to 1.3m. And the U.S. is the world’s largest manufacturer of pure battery electric cars. However, investors are worrying that the sale growth will be limited by economic slowdowns in some of its key markets.

Carmakers around the arena are ramping up the manufacturing of electrical automobiles to conform with bans on internal combustion engines. And this law will come into implementation within UK and Europe by the end of this decade.

Tesla faces competition from new electric-powered vehicle manufacturers such as Lucid, Fisker, and Polestar in addition to well-established car manufacturers like Volkswagen, General Motors, and Hyundai.

After a duration, while the delivery of new cars outstripped demand due to coronavirus pandemic-associated delivery chain disruption, carmakers’ attention is turning to the opportunity of falling demand.

The investors’ enthusiasm was at its height in 2020. And this contributed to the plunge in Tesla’s inventory market valuation. Tesla’s marketplace value has fallen by more than two-thirds. The market value of Tesla comes down to $400bn from more than $1.2tn in November 2021.

A Tesla spokesperson stated the agency had seen “a normalization of a number of the price inflation” after “a turbulent year of deliver chain disruptions”, which allowed it to reduce costs for customers.

According to the Guinness World Record report, the fall in cost and the market demand of Tesla replaced Elon Musk, its CEO, and foremost shareholder, from the top list sector’s richest person.

Tax Credit and Price Cut Benefits:

The price changes and the federal tax credit of $7,500 may attract buyers to many electric vehicle models.

“With a tax credit of $7,500, U.S. people will also get the added benefit of a price drop of $13,000. That means the delivery of EV before Mid-March, you may get more than a $20k cheaper rate for your vehicle.”

Tesla has cut the prices of its cars in the US and Europe by up to a fifth as it contends with slowing demand and increased competition.

The concerns over demand have contributed to the plunge in Tesla’s stock market value since the height of investor enthusiasm in 2021. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

The cost of the starting Model 3 saloon car with the rear-wheel drive model, dropped from £5,500 to £42,990. The other Model Y crossover dropped to £44,990. Also, the maximum cut was £8,000 to £59,990 for the most expensive performance model.

In the United States, a 20% price drop is applicable as US tax credits for entry-level models. This will come from $65,990 to $52,990 (£43,526). And a tax Credit reduction of $3,000 for the Model 3.

Dan Ives, an analyst at US funding financial institution Wedbush, stated that the United States and European cost cuts were “eye-popping”. He told that an “EV charge war” among producers become now underway.

However, he said it was the “right & appropriate strategic poker move by Elon Musk”. And this cuts may increase the deliveries by between 12% and 15%.

“Globally tesla is now moving aggressively with marginal flexibility to gain further market share in this EV arms race,”

The CEO of car website Electrifying.com, Ginny Buckley stated that Tesla buyers who took delivery in recent months would be “less than impressed by the move, which could ultimately undermine confidence in the company”.

She also added, “ Carmakers will usually carefully manage prices and incentives to avoid crashing used values and upsetting customers”.

Conclusion:

The electric vehicles market is growing rapidly and customers are now aware to go for a green, clean, and sustainable environment. For this, alternative fuel vehicles are a good choice to save nature, and even a very economical effort.

And automobile giants like Tesla are offering price cuts in their many car models to attract people and to compete in the present market.

The Future Electric Vehicles:-Toyota makes a three-strategy to supply EVs.

April 3, 2023December 14, 2022 by vikas.sinha21

Toyota Electric Vehicles:

Toyota has been slow to pivot to electric vehicles, preferring instead to concentrate on hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles. But now the global market is making clear that battery EVs are the future, and Toyota is lining up a viable battery EV supply chain.

The ocean liner that is Toyota Motor is slowly turning around, pivoting from a sustainability emphasis on hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to align with the global market in embracing battery-only electric cars.

That strategy first emerged last October, when Toyota acknowledged that it was considering a “reboot” of its $30 billion EV plan. The company then announced it was creating a working group that would report on whether it could improve its existing EV platforms, or come up with whole new architectures.

That report is due early next year and, in the meantime, Toyota put the development of some 30 EV projects on hold. Back in December of 2021, Toyota unveiled some 16 EV prototypes, including a pickup, the Compact Cruiser EV (a take on the FJ Cruiser, apparently), a Lexus-branded EV sports car, and more. But these were mostly just mockups, and further development on them awaits the new plan.

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On Monday, Reuters reported that Toyota was planning – early next year – to communicate a new EV strategy to its suppliers. Some kind of supplier summit will take place this coming February. In a bland statement, Toyota said that it is “always actively discussing and working with key (suppliers and partners) on a variety of topics” to reach carbon neutrality.

Some automaker latecomers are now avidly pursuing electrification – Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis (very slow to plug in under previous management) said it plans to introduce 75 electric models between now and 2030. Toyota’s announced plan is for 70 “electrified” models globally by 2025, but only 15 of those will be battery electrics.

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Toyota introduced its first battery electric SUV with a tongue twister name, bZ4X. Its starting price is $42,000 with a range of up to 252 miles. The company announced, the Lexus RZ 450e, another EV crossover, early in 2023.

At the time of the bZ4X’s launch, the company told that “Toyota envisions a future in which carbon neutrality is achieved through a portfolio of products with advanced, alternative-fuel and zero-emission powertrain technologies.”

Going forward, that’s probably not good enough. Toyota will need battery electric entries across its broad product line, including competitive EV sedans and pickup trucks. A bold plan to get Americans hooked on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles hasn’t worked. As EV sales accelerate in California – the biggest American electric vehicle market – Toyota is only selling a couple hundred Mirai fuel-cell vehicles there. The total for 2021 was 2,629. The Los Angeles area is the only part of the U.S. with a viable hydrogen network.

There has been talking of a battery version of the Crown sedan, but that’s another plan now on hold as Toyota pivots its strategy. The Crown, a large luxury sedan, has been off the American market since 1972, though it has gone through 15 iterations in Japan. Tellingly, Toyota has only talked about a plug-in hybrid version of the Crown for the U.S. Since delivering the Prius to the U.S. in 2004, Toyota has led the world in hybrid technology. But experts believe hybridization, including the plug-in hybrid version, is a transitional technology that becomes increasingly unnecessary as battery car range increases.

The signs are there that Toyota is realizing it has to be more aggressive in the EV space, and that it needs to ensure it has the platforms to be competitive across its product line.

Volvo exhibits new $80,000 electric powered SUV

April 4, 2023November 9, 2022 by vikas.sinha21

Important Points:

Volvo Cars plan to solely promote all Electric Powered automobiles through 2030 kicked off Wednesday with the display of the EX90 – the primary in a lineup of EVs for the Swedish automaker.
The business enterprise stated that auto manufacturing is predicted to start within of the auto is predicted to start with inside the U.S. in the subsequent year, with manufacturing in China to follow.
The automobile marks the advent of Luminar Technologies’ lidar gadget as general equipment.

Electric Powered Volvo EX90 — **Volvo EX90**

Volvo’s plans to solely promote all Electric Powered motors i.e electric vehicles with the aid of using 2030 kicked off Wednesday with the monitor of its EX90 – the primary in a brand new lineup of EVs for the Swedish automaker. The carmaker is looking at the seven-seat SUV its new flagship vehicle, beginning at simply under $80,000. The agency stated manufacturing of the automobile is predicted to start in the U.S. subsequent 12 months in South Carolina, with manufacturing in China to follow. U.S. client deliveries are scheduled to start in early 2024, Volvo stated.

The EX90 resembles Volvo Cars’ contemporary lineup of motors. On a complete charge, the automobile is predicted to attain as many as three hundred miles of range, in keeping with the agency. The indoors is modern and minimalistic – a fashion made famous with the aid of using Tesla – with a big screen and small motive force records cluster in the back of the steerage wheel. The automobile additionally marks the creation of Luminar Technologies’ lidar gadget as the preferred system in a commercially constructed vehicle.

Many inside the carpenter praise consider lidar as the subsequent technology of protection generation and a step toward greater highly-computerized or self-sufficient motors. Lidars, or mild detection and varying systems, can experience the environment and assist motors to keep away from obstacles. They use mild to create high-decision pics that offer a greater correct view of the environment than cameras or radar alone. All EX90s will come preferred with a lidar sensor and associated software program from Florida-primarily based Luminar.

Electric Vehicles: The History & Future of the EVs.

April 4, 2023November 8, 2022 by vikas.sinha21

Electric Vehicle:

An electric-powered automobile or electric vehicle is an automobile that makes use of one or greater electric-powered vehicles for propulsion. It may be powered with the aid of using a collector system, with energy from extravehicular sources, or it could be powered autonomously with the aid of using a battery (every so often charged with the aid of using solar panels, or with the aid of using changing gasoline to energy the use of gasoline cells or a generator).

EVs include, however, aren’t confined to, street and rail motors, floor and underwater vessels, electric-powered planes, and electric-powered spacecraft.

EVs first got here into life within side the overdue nineteenth century, while energy became a few of the desired strategies for motor automobile propulsion, supplying a stage of consolation and simplicity of operation that couldn’t be finished with the aid of using the fuel motors of the time.

Internal combustion engines have been the dominant propulsion technique for motors and vans for approximately a hundred years, however, electric-powered energy remained common in different automobile types, which include trains and smaller motors of all types.

In the twenty-first century, EVs have visible a resurgence because of technological developments, extended attention on renewable power, and the capability discount of transportation’s effect on weather change, air pollution, and different environmental issues. Project Drawdown describes electric-powered motors as one of the hundred quality modern answers for addressing weather change.

Government incentives to growth adoption have been first delivered within side the overdue 2000s, along with within side the United States and the European Union, main to a developing marketplace for the motors within side the 2010s.

Increasing public hobby and attention and structural incentives, which include the ones being constructed into the inexperienced recuperation from the COVID-19 pandemic, are predicted to substantially grow the electrical automobile marketplace. During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns have decreased the number of greenhouse gases from fuel or diesel motors.

The International Energy Agency stated in 2021 that governments ought to do greater to satisfy whether goals, along with rules for heavy electric-powered motors. Electric automobile income may also grow from 2% of the world proportion in 2016 to 30% with the aid of using 2030. As of July 2022, international EV marketplace length became $280 billion and it’s far predicted to develop to $1 trillion with the aid of using 2026 Much of this boom is predicted in markets like North America, Europe, and China; a 2020 literature assessment cautioned that boom in the use of electrical 4-wheeled motors seems economically not likely in growing economies, however, that electric powered 2-wheeler boom is There are greater 2 and three wheels EVs than every other type.

History of an Electric vehicle:

Electric purpose energy began out in 1827, while Hungarian priest Ányos Jedlik constructed the primary crude however feasible electric powered motor, which used a stator, rotor, and commutator; and the subsequent yr he used it to energy a small car. In 1835, professor Sibrandus Stratingh of the University of Groningen, with inside the Netherlands, constructed a small-scale electric powered car, and someday among 1832 and 1839, Robert Anderson of Scotland invented the primary crude electric powered carriage, powered via way of means of non-rechargeable number one cells.

American blacksmith and inventor Thomas Davenport constructed a toy electric powered locomotive, powered via way of means of a primitive electric powered motor, in 1835. In 1838, a Scotsman named Robert Davidson constructed an electric powered locomotive that attained a velocity of 4 miles in line with hour (6 km/h). In England, a patent become granted in 1840 for the usage of rails as conductors of electrical current, and comparable American patents had been issued to Lilley and Colten in 1847.

The first heavily produced electric powered motors seemed in America with inside the early 1900s. In 1902, the Studebaker Automobile Company entered the car enterprise with electric powered motors, eleven though it additionally entered the fuel motors marketplace in 1904. However, with the appearance of reasonably-priced meeting line vehicles via way of means of Ford Motor Company, the recognition of electrical vehicles declined extensively.

Due to loss of energy grids and the restrictions of garage batteries at that time, electric powered vehicles did now no longer advantage a lot recognition; however, electric powered trains received colossal recognition because of their economies and manageable speeds. By the twentieth century, electric powered rail shipping have become not unusual because of advances with inside the improvement of electrical locomotives.

Over time their general-cause business use decreased to expert roles as platform vehicles, forklift vehicles, ambulances, tow tractors, and concrete shipping motors, together with the long-lasting British milk float. For the maximum of the twentieth century, the United Kingdom become the world’s biggest consumer of electrical avenue motors. Electrified trains had been used for coal shipping because the vehicles did now no longer use the precious oxygen inside the mines. Switzerland’s loss of herbal fossil assets pressured the fast electrification of its rail network. One of the earliest rechargeable batteries – the nickel-iron battery – become preferred via way of means of Edison to be used in electric-powered vehicles.

EVs had been most of the earliest vehicles, and earlier than the preeminence of light, effective inner combustion engines (ICEs), electric-powered vehicles held many car land velocity and distance data within the early 1900s. They had been produced via way of means of Baker Electric, Columbia Electric, Detroit Electric, and others, and at one factor in records outsold fuel-powered motors.

In 1900, 28 percent of the vehicles on the street with inside the US had been electrically powered. EVs had been so famous that even President Woodrow Wilson and his mystery provider dealers toured Washington, D.C., of their Mil burn Electrics, which included 60–70 miles (100–one hundred ten km) in line with charge.

Most manufacturers of passenger vehicles opted for fuel vehicles within the first decade of the twentieth century, however, electric-powered vehicles had been a longtime area of interest properly into the 1920s. A range of trends contributed to a decline in the recognition of electrical vehicles. Improved avenue infrastructure required an extra variety than that supplied via way of means of electric powered vehicles, and the invention of huge reserves of petroleum in Texas, Oklahoma, and California brought about the huge availability of low-priced fuel/petrol, making inner combustion-powered vehicles less expensive to function over lengthy distances.

Electric motors had been now no longer seldom advertised as women’s luxurious vehicles, which might also additionally have been a stigma among male consumers. Also, inner combustion-powered vehicles have become ever-simpler to function was to the discovery of the electrical starter via way of means of Charles Kettering in 1912, which removed the want for a hand crank for beginning a fuel engine, and the noise emitted via way of means of ICE vehicles have become an extra bearable way to the usage of the muffler, which Hiram Percy Maxim had invented in 1897.

As roads had progressed out of doors city areas, the electrical car variety couldn’t compete with the ICE. Finally, the initiation of mass manufacturing of fuel-powered motors via way of means of Henry Ford in 1913 decreased extensively the value of fuel vehicles in comparison to electric-powered vehicles. In the 1930s, National City Lines, which become a partnership of General Motors, Firestone, and Standard Oil of California bought many electric-powered tram networks throughout the United States to dismantle them and update them with GM buses. The partnership become convicted of conspiring to monopolize the sale of gadgets and resources to its subsidiary companies, however, had been acquitted of conspiring to monopolize the supply of transportation services.

Electric Vehicles: The History & Future of the EVs

It is typically feasible to equip any sort of car with an electric powered electricity-train.

Ground vehicles

Pure-electric powered motors

A pure-electric powered car or all-electric powered car is powered completely thru electric powered cars. The power might also additionally come from a battery (battery electric powered car), sun panel (sun car) or gas mobileular (gas mobileular car).

Hybrid EVs:

This segment is an excerpt from Hybrid electric powered car. A hybrid electric powered car (HEV) is a kind of hybrid car that mixes a traditional inner combustion engine (ICE) device with an electric powered propulsion device (hybrid car drivetrain). The presence of the electrical powertrain is supposed to reap both higher gas financial system than a traditional car or higher performance.

There is a number of HEV sorts and the diploma to which every feature as an electric powered car (EV) additionally varies. The maximum not unusual place shape of HEV is the hybrid electric powered automobile, despite the fact that hybrid electric powered vans (pickups and tractors), buses, boats and plane additionally exist. Modern HEVs employ efficiency-enhancing technology which includes regenerative brakes which convert the car’s kinetic power to electric powered power that is saved in a battery or super capacitor. Some styles of HEV use an inner combustion engine to show an electrical generator, which both recharges the car’s batteries or at once powers its electric powered pressure cars; this aggregate is called a motor–generator. Many HEVs lessen idle emissions with the aid of using shutting down the engine at idle and restarting it whilst needed; that is called a start-forestall device.

A hybrid-electric powered produces decrease tailpipe emissions than a comparably sized gas automobile for the reason that hybrid’s gas engine is generally smaller than that of a gas-powered car. If the engine isn’t always used to pressure the automobile at once, it is able to be geared to run at most efficiency, in addition enhancing gas financial system.

There are distinct approaches that a hybrid electric-powered car can integrate the electricity from an electric-powered motor and the inner combustion engine. The maximum, not unusual place kind is a parallel hybrid that connects the engine and the electrical motor to the wheels thru mechanical coupling. In this scenario, the electrical motor and the engine can pressure the wheels at once. Series hybrids simplest use the electrical motor to pressure the wheels and may frequently be known as prolonged-variety electric powered motors (EREVs) or variety-prolonged electric powered motors (REEVs). There also are series-parallel hybrids wherein the car may be powered with the aid of using the engine running alone, the electrical motor on its own, or with the aid of using each running together; that is designed so that the engine can run at its premiere variety as frequently as feasible.

Plug-in electric powered car:

Plug-in hybrid and Electric automobile A plug-in electric powered car (PEV) is any motor car that may be recharged from any outside supply of power, which includes wall sockets, and the power saved with inside the Rechargeable battery packs drives or contributes to pressure the wheels. PEV is a subcategory of electrical motors that consists of battery electric powered motors (BEVs), plug-in hybrid motors, (PHEVs), and electric powered car conversions of hybrid electric powered motors and traditional inner combustion engine motors.

Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles — Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid

Range-prolonged electric powered car

A variety–prolonged electric powered car (REEV) is a car powered with the aid of using an electric powered motor and a plug-in battery. An auxiliary combustion engine is used simplest to complement battery charging and now no longer because the number one supply of electricity. On- and off-street EVs An electric powered powertrain utilized by Power Vehicle Innovation for vans or buses. On-street electric powered motors consist of electric powered cars, electric powered trolleybuses, electric powered buses, battery electric powered buses, electric powered vans, electric powered bicycles, electric powered bikes and scooters, non-public transporters, community electric powered motors, golfing carts, milk floats, and forklifts. Off-street motors consist of electrified all-terrain motors and tractors.

Rail borne EVs:

Railway electrification device A streetcar (or tram) drawing contemporary from a unmarried overhead cord thru a pantograph The constant nature of a rail line makes it notably smooth to electricity EVs thru everlasting overhead strains or electrified 1/3 rails, putting off the want for heavy onboard batteries. Electric locomotives, electric powered a couple of units, electric powered trams (additionally referred to as streetcars or trolleys), electric powered mild rail systems, and electric powered fast transit are all in not unusual place use today, particularly in Europe and Asia. Since electric powered trains do now no longer want to hold a heavy inner combustion engine or huge batteries, they could have excellent electricity-to-weight ratios. This lets in excessive pace trains which includes France’s double-deck TGVs to function at speeds of 320 km/h (two hundred mph) or better, and electric powered locomotives to have a miles better electricity output than diesel locomotives.

In addition, they’ve better short-time period surge electricity for immediate acceleration, and the use of regenerative brakes can positioned braking electricity lower back into the electric grid as opposed to losing it. Maglev trains also are almost continually EVs. There also are battery electric powered passenger trains working on non-electrified rail strains.

Space rover motors

Rover (area exploration) Manned and unmanned motors had been used to discover the Moon and different planets with inside the Solar System. On the remaining 3 missions of the Apollo application in 1971 and 1972, astronauts drove silver-oxide battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicles distances as much as 35.7 kilometers (22.2 mi) at the lunar surface. Unmanned, sun-powered rovers have explored the Moon and Mars.

Airborne EVs

Electric plane Mars helicopter Ingenuity Since the beginnings of aviation, electric powered electricity for plane has obtained an extraordinary deal of experimentation. Currently, flying electric powered plane consist of manned and unmanned aerial motors. Seaborne EVs See additionally: Submarine Propulsion, Ship Propulsion systems, and electric powered boat Ocean volt SD8.6 electric powered sail drive motor Electric boats have been famous across the flip of the twentieth century. Interest in quiet and probably renewable marine transportation has gradually multiplied for the reason that past due twentieth century, as sun cells have given motorboats the countless variety of sailboats.

Electric cars can and feature additionally been utilized in sailboats in place of conventional diesel engines. Electric ferries function routinely. Submarines use batteries (charged with the aid of using diesel or gas engines on the surface), nuclear electricity, gas cells, or Stirling engines to run electric-powered motor-pushed propellers. Electrically powered spacecraft Main article: Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion Electric electricity has a protracted record of use in spacecraft. The electricity assets used for spacecraft are batteries, solar panels, and nuclear electricity. Current techniques of propelling a spacecraft with power consist of the arc jet rocket, the electrostatic ion thruster, the Hall-impact thruster, and Field Emission Electric Propulsion