Why Electric Vehicles are the Future of Transportation

Exploring the various factors which will make the future of our transportation electric.

Harold Finch
ILLUMINATION
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5 min readFeb 21, 2021

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There are over 1.2 billion vehicles that exist across the world today and nearly every single one of them runs in some form of gasoline or fossil fuel-based engines to power them.

We are quite familiar with gasoline and diesel-powered cars as they are an essential part of every person’s life in the developed nations and in developing nations mopeds and bikes are also an essential form of transportation. This has been the story for decades and might still continue for a few more years.

The age of electricity-based vehicles is increasing and the age of fossil fuel-powered vehicles is likely coming to an end a lot sooner than many of us will like to admit or acknowledge. Our society loves powerful cars and these have always been favorites for enthusiasts but we are seeing a transition as people are choosing electric vehicles and are considering them to be their next dream car.

This trend is because most of us understand that fossil fuel-powered vehicles are contributing substantially to the overall global climate crisis. The transportation industry, in general, is currently contributing around sixteen percent of all the world's…

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