Are electric vehicles sustainable?

A product can be termed as sustainable if it successfully fulfils its purposes in a cost-effective manner for a long duration of time. To fight against pollutions and global warming, we need to reduce carbon footprints. Hence, zero-emission electric vehicles have been getting popular day by day. In India, services of battery operated rickshaw in Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and a few other states have set examples for an emission-free future already. 

Keep in mind that the issue of emission can’t be considered as the only factor to check sustainability. 

Cost-effective maintenance works, quality and longevity 

After buying an electric vehicle, you need to perform its maintenance works appropriately in a cost-effective manner. Thus, you can approach us at Jezza Motors, one of the most reputed Electric Rickshaw and Spare Parts Manufacturers, Exporters and Suppliers in India. Here, we use high-quality materials and the latest technologies so that our products last long and meet all of your requirements. Moreover, after buying any product from us, you will get opportunities to take the services of our experts and mechanics. 

Many other factors and issues have been generated recently and they indicate that electric vehicles are not fully sustainable. 

Battery manufacturing processes are not environment-friendly 

Electric vehicles run on rechargeable batteries and these batteries are manufactured using lithium, cobalt, manganese and a few other minerals. To mine these minerals, a huge amount of energy is required. Similarly, an electric vehicle manufacturing process requires twice the amount of energy than that of a conventional car. 

Though an electric car does not emit any smoke or excessive carbon, still its battery pack releases 73 to 98 grams of CO2 into the air per kilometer. 

If your nation or state does not have enough plants to produce renewable energy, then you have to charge your car battery with the power produced in conventional thermal power plants. 

Cost and demand 

Batteries of electric vehicles are too much expensive. If you try to buy a battery operated rickshaw in Bihar, you will find that each battery pack makes up to almost half the cost of the vehicle. Market analysts expect that the prices of batteries will increase by 20% within the next few years. 

The demand for electric vehicles is increasing slowly because current battery packs are not so much cost-effective. Moreover, the number of charging stations is very low in developing nations like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc. 

At present, each battery pack can’t be charged quickly. There is inadequate advancement in battery technology. These factors make batteries consume a lot of energy. 

At the conclusion, we must say that if you buy an electric vehicle from a reputed dealer after checking the necessary quality certifications and standards, you can understand the true meaning of sustainability.