An electric motor, added to gasoline cars, is much better: 1. You could still drive electric, if a charger is build into the hybrid vehicles. 2. The gasoline engine, are more fuel economical, when added an electric motor. Even used on gasoline, only. 3. The electric motor, improves power of engine, and makes the car better to accelerate.
If you charge the car each day, then the first kilometers, are free of gasoline. And up to about 25km are easy to reach with normal batteries - more, as technology improves and gets cheaper. Most people could use it, without using much gasoline, if they remember to charge each day - but even, if they forgot to charge it, they run on gasoline.
It is more reliable, since it have two engines, and if one is dead, the other, could drive it for some distance.
Hydbrid cars, are going to be very popular, and they are going to be as cheap as normal gasoline cars in few years. I will not say, the electric car is killed. But it is now a hybrid vehicle. You may need to pay extra, for the electric charger. But, compared to the gasoline, it seem very cheap. Next year, more hybrids comes up, with a cost, lower than you do expect.
If we compare an electric car, with hybrid cars, the electric only have one advance. But hybrid cars, have all advances. Also, the batteries could be much smaller, and only chosen to the normal use. The car, is more reliable because of two motors. It could use gasoline, and drive longer. And if using gasoline, and electric, at same time, you get higher acceleration, and ability to reach higher speed, in short time. The gasoline motor, could be smaller, batteries could be smaller, total cost, lower.
If you charge the car each day, then the first kilometers, are free of gasoline. And up to about 25km are easy to reach with normal batteries - more, as technology improves and gets cheaper. Most people could use it, without using much gasoline, if they remember to charge each day - but even, if they forgot to charge it, they run on gasoline.
It is more reliable, since it have two engines, and if one is dead, the other, could drive it for some distance.
Hydbrid cars, are going to be very popular, and they are going to be as cheap as normal gasoline cars in few years. I will not say, the electric car is killed. But it is now a hybrid vehicle. You may need to pay extra, for the electric charger. But, compared to the gasoline, it seem very cheap. Next year, more hybrids comes up, with a cost, lower than you do expect.
If we compare an electric car, with hybrid cars, the electric only have one advance. But hybrid cars, have all advances. Also, the batteries could be much smaller, and only chosen to the normal use. The car, is more reliable because of two motors. It could use gasoline, and drive longer. And if using gasoline, and electric, at same time, you get higher acceleration, and ability to reach higher speed, in short time. The gasoline motor, could be smaller, batteries could be smaller, total cost, lower.