Electric vehicles produce about 20% less heat than gas vehicles. As a result, areas with more electric cars could be up to 1 degree cooler. A study in Beijing found that switching more vehicles to electric could have lowered the city's temperature and reduced carbon emissions by over 11,000 tons per day. In addition to environmental benefits, electric vehicles also save consumers significant amounts of money on gas and offer tax credits.

1. As a driver who received their driver’s
license in the year of 2008 I remember the
high cost of gasoline, and wondered what if I
had a hybrid or electric car.

2. I thought to myself would I really be saving
money or doing anything really work while
for the environment.

3. Could there possible be some subtle benefits
that I wouldn’t notice.

4. It turns out one of the biggest environmental
benefits or driving an electric car versus a
gas car is that electric cars on average only
produce about 80% the amount of heat that
gas vehicles do.

5. This means that areas where electric vehicles
are driven can be cooler than other areas by
20%.

6. This has another benefit in that less money is
being used to actually cool the area where
electric cars are driven.

7. This is due to the fact that less gas emissions
are creating greenhouse gases to lock in heat
and drive up the temperature.

8. For example, in Beijing, China a study was
done to compare the difference in the in the
area due to people driving electric car versus
gas powered vehicles.

9. The study used the summertime of 2012 as
their data point.

10. The results of this study indicate that the
heat intensity of the island could potentially
be a degree lower.

11. Potentially this could have also cut the cities
carbons emissions by 11.779 tons per day.

12. Ultimately by driving electric cars instead of gas
vehicles global warming wouldn’t be stopped, but
it would definitely be slowed down while a more
permanent solution to the problem that effects
the globe daily is determined.

13. The environment isn’t the only one that
benefits from more people driving non gas
powered vehicles.

14. Consumers of the electric car also save a
huge sum of money.

15. The way people save money is the less
amount of money that has to be spent on
gas especially when the gas prices spike like
they have in the U.S. during the time frame
of 2007 – 2013.

16. Another benefit is the tax credit that
consumers can take the first year that they
have the vehicle.

17. A federal tax credit of $7,500 is available to
U.S.consumers of the electric vehicle.

18. The financial benefits don’t stop in the
United States either.

19. The financial benefits can be found around
the world.

20. For example, in Beijing, China, for the
summer of 2012 the city could have saved
up to 14.4 million kilowatt hours if more
people started driving electric cars instead of
gas cars.