What Is and Isn’t Inside an EV?
What is an EV? What are the obvious things that set an EV apart from the more conventional car that’s powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE)? And what is an EV like to maintain?
These are just a few of the good questions that might be rattling around in your mind as you consider the possibility of EV ownership. Let’s face it, most of us probably jump inside our cars and give little thought to what happens inside a car when we drive off.
EVs and Rare Earth Mining
Rare earth metals.
Where are all the earth’s rare metals mined? Are electric vehicles (EVs) really so environmentally sound and friendly?
EV Revolution
Let’s ditch fossil fuels and crude oil for a while, since some say that oil is considered environmentally unclean and unfit for burning. So, what about electric? Which of our earth’s finite resources are needed to make electric vehicles (EVs)? It will be Tanzania, Venezuela, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada or even Brazil who could be the providing the rest of the world with precious raw metals that the greener EV requires.
ICE to EV Conversions
Converting your favourite drive over to electricity seems like a reasonable alternative to buying a brand new EV with a massive price ticket now, doesn’t it? Flicking through the list of brand new EVs that you can currently buy in Australia soon has you eyeing up figures of well over $50 k. At the moment, the cheapest EV in Australia is the MG ZS EV with its $45k price tag. A bog standard Nissan LEAF comes with a drive away price of around $54k. How about a Tesla? Anywhere from $65–93k will get you into a Model 3. Converting an older classic car to full battery-electric power has coolness written all over it. The end result might even gain you a Greta Thunberg award!
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