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Are Electric Vehicles more harmful to the Environment?

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November 4, 2022
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Tagged alternative, diesel, Electric Vehicles, Environment, fuel vehicles

Are Electric Vehicles more harmful to the Environment?

Electronic vehicles are an essential strategy in the immediate term to reduce local emissions and help improve local air quality.

Keywords:- Electric Vehicles, environment, maintenance, greenhouse, government, global warming, petrol, diesel, alternative, fuel vehicles

With the depletion of the earth’s ozone layer and the shortage of our oil supply becoming an issue, researchers developed electronic cars as an alternative to fuel vehicles.
As the growing pollution has become a serious concern, electric cars are quite a relief. And, according to the research, electric cars are better for the environment. Whereas, the fuel vehicle emits harmful gases like carbon due to petrol or diesel. But, electric vehicles produce fewer greenhouse gases and air pollution than petrol.

Introduction

All-electric vehicles, also referred to as battery electrical vehicles (BEVs), have an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine.
The vehicle uses a large traction battery pack to power the electric motor and must be plugged into a wall outlet or charging equipment, also called electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).

Why One Should Use Electric Vehicles?

Environment Friendly: Its environmental friendliness as compared to gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles.
Lower Running Costs: The running cost of an electric vehicle is much lower than an equivalent petrol or diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles use electricity to charge their batteries instead of using fossil fuels like petrol or diesel.
Low Maintenance Cost: Electric vehicles have very low maintenance costs because they don’t have as many moving parts as an internal combustion vehicle.
Zero Tailpipe Emissions: Driving an electric vehicle can help you reduce your carbon footprint because there will be zero tailpipe emissions.
Tax and Financial Benefits: Registration fees and road tax on purchasing electric vehicles are lesser than petrol or diesel vehicles. There are multiple policies and incentives offered by the government.
No Noise Pollution: Electric vehicles have the silent functioning capability as there is no engine under the hood. No engine means no noise.

Electrical Vehicle Incentives By Government

Purchase Incentives: Direct discount provided to the user on the cost of the electric vehicle
Coupons: Financial incentive where the amount is reimbursed later
Interest Subventions: Discount offered on the interest rate while availing loan
Road Tax Exemption: Road tax at the time of purchase is waived off
Registration Fee Exemption: One-time registration fee applicable on new vehicle purchase is waived off
Income Tax Benefit: Provided as a deduction on the tax amount payable by an individual to the government.
Scrapping Incentives: Provided upon de-registering old Petrol and Diesel Vehicles
Others: Incentives such as interest-free loans, top-up subsidies, special incentives on electric three-wheelers, etc. can also be availed Companies producing electric vehicles-
- Tesla
- Lucid Motor
- Zoox
- Aptiv
- Rivian
- NIO
- Nissan
- Volvo

But here is something new. The companies are not marketing electric cars as economically friendly as the batteries that are used to electric power vehicles are not really eco-friendly.
The disposal of these batteries also damages the environment to a great extent. This is because these batteries contain a large amount of plastic which is not really biodegradable. According to new research, Electric cars might pollute much more than petrol or diesel-powered cars.

Harmful Effects Of Electric Vehicles

Production Phase: The production phase of electric vehicles proved substantially more environmentally intensive, comparing it to how petrol and diesel cars are made.
Global Warming: The raw materials for making the car have to be mined, and the process of mining creates a lot of greenhouse gases. Then the raw materials have to be refined before they can be used, which again emits more greenhouse gas. The more greenhouse gas is emitted in the manufacturing process. The global warming potential from electric vehicle production is about twice that of conventional vehicles.
Toxic Minerals: Producing batteries and electric motors requires a lot of toxic minerals such as nickel, copper and aluminium.
Working: Electric vehicles consistently perform worse or on par with modern internal combustion engine vehicles, despite virtually zero direct emissions during operation.

Conclusion

Electronic vehicles are an essential strategy in the immediate term to reduce local emissions and help improve local air quality.
BUT Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars. Electric cars aren’t pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.

Author: Tanishka Ranjan

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Why Is There A Stark Hike In Petrol Price?

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September 22, 2022
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Tagged India, Petrol, Petrol price, Politics, Price hike

Why Is There A Stark Hike In Petrol Price?

Indians are now paying 3 digit figures per liter for fuel. Fuel prices have changed by 30% over the last year

keywords – Petrol prices, price hike, petrol, fuel, Tax Hike

Written By – Simran Chandel

Petrol prices went as high as Rs 115 Per Liter In Maharashtra!

Why are petrol and diesel prices in India so high?

As the world’s 3rd crude oil consumer in the world, crude oil fuels many Indian dreams. With a consistent rise in global fuel prices, abominable taxes on fuel (160%) and political for-profits, Indians are now paying 3 digit figures per liter for fuel. Fuel prices have changed by 30% over the last year:

Petrol Price in Indian Metro Cities & State Capitals on a given day

CITY	PRICE As On 29.03.2022	Price on 28.03.2022
New Delhi	₹ 100.21	₹ 99.41
Kolkata	₹ 109.68	₹ 108.85
Mumbai	₹ 115.04	₹ 114.19
Chennai	₹ 105.94	₹ 105.18
Gurgaon	₹ 100.58	₹ 99.79
Noida	₹ 100.24	₹ 99.22
Bangalore	₹ 105.62	₹ 104.78
Bhubaneswar	₹ 106.83	₹ 105.97
Chandigarh	₹ 99.63	₹ 98.85
Hyderabad	₹ 113.61	₹ 112.71
Jaipur	₹ 111.92	₹ 111.04
Lucknow	₹ 100.06	₹ 99.26
Patna	₹ 110.85	₹ 110.03
Trivandrum	₹ 111.22	₹ 110.65

Why are Indians paying so much for petrol and diesel?

As per , India imported 198.11 million tones of crude oil in 2020-2021 and produced 31 million tonnes of fuel. As India imports the majority (80%) of its fuel and has not found enough oil fields of its own, India pays an extreme price.

India imports most of its oil from a group of countries called the ‘OPEC +’ (i.e, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Russia, etc), which produces 40% of the world’s crude oil. As they have the power to dictate fuel supply and prices, their decision of limiting the global supply reduces supply in India, thus raising prices.

In 2020, OPEC nations like Iraq (47 mn), Saudi Arabia (38 mn), United Arab Emirates (22 mn), Kuwait (9.9 mn) along with USA (10.7 mn) helped India with fuel. As on October 21 this year, the cost of an oil barrel in the international market (WTI crude) touched Rs 39/litre, whereas in October 2020 the price was Rs 19/litre. So why are Indians paying Rs 111 for the same?

As per diesel as compared to the (20%), the UK (62%), Italy and Germany (65%). The abominable excise duty is 2/3rd of the cost, and the base price, dealer commission and freight form the rest.

Here is an approximate break-up (in Rs):

a)Base Price	39
b)Freight	0.34
c) Price Charged to Dealers = (a+b)	39.34
d) Excise Duty	40.17
e) Dealer Commission	4.68
f) VAT	25.35
g) Retail Selling Price	109.54

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