Unlike electric vehicles, which draw electricity directly from a charging station, hydrogen fuel cell cars produce their own electricity. But besides electric cars, hydrogen fuel cell cars are the only real alternatives that are zero emissions. You may have heard of some other alternative fuels to gasoline, such as biofuels or compressed natural gas. Also, since EVs don’t have a motor, they have fewer parts to maintain and can provide drivers with up to 40% in savings on maintenance costs. As a result, consumers can save up to 60% on fuel costs when using an electric car over a combustion vehicle. In addition, powering a car with electricity is much less expensive than using gasoline because EVs convert energy to movement more efficiently than their fossil-fuel counterparts. Since these vehicles are fully electric, they will qualify for the full amount of most state and federal tax incentives. Driving ranges depend on battery size, but new EV models can go more than 300 miles on a single charge. That amount will only continue to drop as we increase the share of renewable energy in the electricity production mix. This means that there are zero tailpipe emissions, and though electricity production still relies somewhat on fossil fuels, these vehicles have less than half of the carbon emissions compared to gas-powered cars. Photo Credit: staff.Įlectric cars have no engine.
