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1. What Type Of Electric Vehicle Shall I Buy

2. My current car is twelve years old and I am
considering going all electric with my next vehicle.

3. I say all electric, because my current car is a hybrid
that has a small combustion engine as well as battery
assist.

4. I bought my current car in 2004 and it is a Honda
Insight.

5. It still gets over fifty miles to the gallon.

6. It may well be the best vehicle that I have ever
owned.

7. It is for sure the most environmentally friendly
vehicle that I have ever owned and I feel really good
about that.

8. As cutting edge as all
electric vehicles may
seem, the truth of the
matter is that the first
electric vehicle was
invented in 1832 by
Robert Anderson, with
the introduction of his
electric carriage powered
by non-rechargeable

9. Obviously, in the years since, the technology for
electric vehicles has come a very long way.

10. When someone is considering purchasing an
electric vehicle for their personal use, there are
actually several different types to choose from.

11. My Honda Insight is what is known as a hybrid
electric vehicle or HEV.

12. HEVs operate with both a gasoline engine and an
electric motor.

13. The battery for the electric motor is recharged as I
drive, by harnessing the kinetic energy that is created
when the vehicle is in motion.

14. There is a gauge on my dashboard that shows the
amount of kinetic energy that is being captured when
the vehicle is decelerating.

15. The battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is exactly what its
name infers, a vehicle that operates entirely through
the use of a battery and an electric drive train.

16. The batteries for these vehicles are recharged both
by plugging them into an external source of electricity
and by the same harnessing of kinetic energy that the
battery in my current car captures.

17. Then there are the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or
PHEVs.

18. These vehicles are powered primarily through
plugging them into the power grid.

19. They do, however, also come with a small internal
combustion engine that kicks in to replace the electric
drive train when the battery is low and more power is
needed.

20. And then there is the fuel-cell electric vehicle.

21. The fuel-cell electric vehicle creates electricity from
oxygen and hydrogen.

22. The result is a water only emission vehicle.

23. These types of vehicles are still in the developmental
stage, but the technology and the impact that it can
have on reducing greenhouse gases looks very
promising.

24. I have more research to do,
but I am looking forward to
the purchase of my next
environmentally friendly, low
or no fuel cost, electric
vehicle.