Is using electricity feasible for running a car?

It was since the mid 1990s that the concept of using electric cars was introduced to the public. It was the use of such cars, and the idea of eliminating combustion engines that brought such appeal for the use of these cars.

However there are some drawbacks with these cars, where engineers have not actually been able to overcome the problems of limited range of usage of about 100 miles per charging, the lengthy recharge times that the cars use and its poor performance, when compared to gas and diesel powered vehicles.

In addition to this, there are other concerns pertaining to the use of electric cars like the storage and recycling of hundreds of lead acid battery pack that a car needs and also in finding the best source of electricity for charging these battery packs.

The electricity source is something of great concern as most of the energy in the US is supplied by coal fired utility plants. These plants produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide, the green house gas every year.

So in a bid to reduce exhaust emissions with electric cars, you only end up producing lots of green house bas when using electricity to recharge your cars. So until and unless this problem is resolved, it is a bit difficult to see mass produced electric cars.