Zhang 1 Yixiang Zhang Tamara Kuzmenkov English 101 June 2, 2020 Comparing Gas-Powered Cars and Electric Cars Electric cars have become increasingly popular in the past century. These cars use electric motors instead of conventional gasoline engines. Electric cars pollute less and utilize energy more efficiently than gas-powered vehicles; therefore, modern research is focusing on improving electric vehicles, such as increasing the storage capacity of the batteries. This essay seeks to identify the differences and similarities between the two types of cars focusing on their performance, price, and convenience. An electric car is a car that is primarily powered by electricity. The conventional gas- powered cars require diesel or gasoline to power the engines. These cars have gas tanks that store fuel and the engine converts the gas to the energy that powers the motor. Similarly, electric cars have batteries, or fuel cells that store and convert electricity to energy used to propel electric motors (What Are Electric Cars?). Four components present in electric cars distinguish it from the gas-powered cars (Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do All-Electric Cars Work?). The first is the charge port. Since electricity powers an electric car, there has to be a port to connect to an external power source when charging the battery. The second is an electric traction motor that propels the vehicle. The third is a traction battery pack. This battery serves the same purpose as the gas tank; thus, it stocks electric power to propel the motor. The forth is a direct current converter. This component converts the current to low voltage power that is needed to power the electric engine. Tamara Kuzmenkov 90000001730094 You need to watch the panapto session for this paper assignment and FOLLOW the instructions I give there. Your topic sentence must follow the patterns set forth by your thesis. So, this first paragraph must have a topic sentence about GAS POWERED cars and PRICE. That is what you have set forth in your thesis. Watch the panapto session. And ask me questions if you do not understand what I mean. Tamara Kuzmenkov 90000001730094 No, you cannot 'announce' what your essay will do. And this is NOT the thesis I approved. What I approved:"Both gas-powered cars and electric cars are now in use, but their price, performance and convenience may vary, which may influence people's decisions about which type to use." Zhang 2 Differences between gas-powered cars and electric cars The initial purchase price of an electric car is much higher than that of a gas-powered car. Consumers intending to own a vehicle have the option of buying or leasing. The initial cost of a car depends on an individual's disposable income and savings. Knez et al. noted that "When it comes to financial features, the most important thing seems to be the total price of the vehicle" (55). The difference in price between electr.

1. Zhang 1
Yixiang Zhang
Tamara Kuzmenkov
English 101
June 2, 2020
Comparing Gas-Powered Cars and Electric Cars
Electric cars have become increasingly popular in the past
century. These cars use
electric motors instead of conventional gasoline engines.
Electric cars pollute less and utilize
energy more efficiently than gas-powered vehicles; therefore,
modern research is focusing on
improving electric vehicles, such as increasing the storage
capacity of the batteries. This essay
seeks to identify the differences and similarities between the
two types of cars focusing on their
performance, price, and convenience.
An electric car is a car that is primarily powered by electricity.
The conventional gas-

2. powered cars require diesel or gasoline to power the engines.
These cars have gas tanks that store
fuel and the engine converts the gas to the energy that powers
the motor. Similarly, electric cars
have batteries, or fuel cells that store and convert electricity to
energy used to propel electric
motors (What Are Electric Cars?). Four components present in
electric cars distinguish it from
the gas-powered cars (Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do
All-Electric Cars Work?). The
first is the charge port. Since electricity powers an electric car,
there has to be a port to connect
to an external power source when charging the battery. The
second is an electric traction motor
that propels the vehicle. The third is a traction battery pack.
This battery serves the same purpose
as the gas tank; thus, it stocks electric power to propel the
motor. The forth is a direct current
converter. This component converts the current to low voltage
power that is needed to power the
electric engine.
Tamara Kuzmenkov
90000001730094
You need to watch the panapto session for this paper assignment

3. and FOLLOW the instructions I give there. Your topic sentence
must follow the patterns set forth by your thesis. So, this first
paragraph must have a topic sentence about GAS POWERED
cars and PRICE. That is what you have set forth in your thesis.
Watch the panapto session. And ask me questions if you do not
understand what I mean.
Tamara Kuzmenkov
90000001730094
No, you cannot 'announce' what your essay will do. And this is
NOT the thesis I approved. What I approved:"Both gas-
powered cars and electric cars are now in use, but their price,
performance and convenience may vary, which may influence
people's decisions about which type to use."
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Differences between gas-powered cars and electric cars
The initial purchase price of an electric car is much higher than
that of a gas-powered car.
Consumers intending to own a vehicle have the option of buying
or leasing. The initial cost of a
car depends on an individual's disposable income and savings.
Knez et al. noted that "When it
comes to financial features, the most important thing seems to
be the total price of the vehicle"
(55). The difference in price between electric and gas engine
cars is a significant factor in
influencing consumers' decisions. For instance, the electric

4. BMW i3 model costs approximately
$44,450 with a tax credit of $7,500 (Electric Vehicle Tax
Credits). A similar gas-powered BMW
125i released in the same year as the i3 model has a price of
approximately $30,000. The electric
car is more expensive.
Electricity is the primary energy source in electric cars, while
gasoline or diesel is the
primary source of energy in a gas-powered vehicle. The gas
moves from the gas tank into the
combustion chamber, where it combines with air. The resulting
mixture burns to release energy
that propels the engine and moves the vehicle. Gas-powered
cars can either use gasoline or
diesel. Both sources of energy require combustion, but the
difference is, in a diesel engine, the
pistons compress the air first then the valves allow the fuel into
the combustion chamber. In a
gasoline engine, the pistons compress the air and fuel together.
In an electric car, electricity is the
source of energy. The vehicle has a charging port that connects
to an external power source and
charges the traction battery pack. The electric cars can use an
inductive coupling charger or a

5. conductive coupling charger. Tie and Chee mentioned that "the
conductive charging method is
most widely used and it has two charging methods, namely on-
board and off-board methods"
(93). Most electric vehicle owners charge their batteries at
night, but diesel engine car owners
can fuel at any time.
Tamara Kuzmenkov
90000001730094
No, this is an MLA format assignment. You have not read the
instructions very carefully. YOu may not have headings and
subheadings in this paper. Please follow the instructions I give
in the panapto session.
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Also, since the traction battery stores all the power, electric
cars can accelerate much
faster than gasoline cars. The car can attain a high speed in a
short time when accelerating from a
stationary position. On the other hand, the gasoline engine car
needs to burn the gas in the air's
presence for it to move. The car takes longer to attain a high
speed; thus, it has a lower
acceleration.

6. Another difference is that electric cars use energy more
efficiently than gas-powered
vehicles. The direct current converter converts the electrical
power to energy at a more efficient
rate. Fueleconomy.Gov reports that "Conventional gasoline
vehicles only convert about 12% to
30% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels".
On the other hand, the electric
engine converts about seventy percent of the electric power into
energy. Another distinguishing
factor that differentiates the efficiency of energy consumption
in electric and gas engine cars is
the braking system. In a gas-powered car, the kinetic energy
generated when the car is in motion
is lost during braking. In an electric car, the regenerative
braking system stores the energy back
to the battery. One of the ways in which the braking system
operates is to "store the regenerative
braking energy as gravitational energy" (Tie & Chee, 92). The
conversion of energy and the
braking system in an electric car leads to more efficient energy
consumption.
Electric cars have lower maintenance costs than gas-powered
cars. The gas-powered

7. engines have parts such as pistons and combustion chambers
that are not present in an electric
engine. Car owners need to lubricate these parts to ensure they
are functioning efficiently. The
electric engine has fewer parts; therefore, the maintenance costs
are lower than in gas engine
cars. Propfe et al. reported that electric cars require fewer
maintenance services because they
have "no motor oil change and less brake wear due to energy
recuperation" (892). A gas-
powered engine requires periodic transmission fluid changes;
thus, the cars have higher
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maintenance costs. For electric cars, the most important
maintenance service is battery change,
which is rarely required. However, both electric and gasoline
engine cars require routine
maintenance services such as the change of tires.
Electric cars have fewer emissions than gas-powered cars.
Burning gasoline or diesel
produces energy to run vehicles, but it also produces
greenhouse gases. "Plug-in electrics are

8. responsible for about 30% fewer climate-changing greenhouse
gases than conventional gasoline-
powered cars" (Pappas, 164). Electric cars do not combust fuel;
therefore, they do not have
exhaust pipes. Carbon dioxide forms a more significant
percentage of the emissions from
burning fuel. "The substitution of a fuel car by an electric car
would decrease carbon dioxide
emissions by less than 6 tons over 15 years" (Prud 'Homme &
Martin, 10). The conversion of
electric power to energy does not have any emissions.
Gas-powered cars can travel longer distances than electric cars.
The average fuel tank
capacity of a mid-sized vehicle, such as a Toyota Camry, is
fifteen gallons. Considering the
average distance travelled with one gallon is twenty-five miles,
a full tank on a Toyota Camry
can travel 375 miles. This distance is considerable compared to
the Tesla Model 3 that can travel
220 miles after a full charge (Stewart). The gasoline engine is
much more convenient because it
covers a more significant distance. Also, a gasoline car is easier
to refill than an electric charge,

9. which takes time. Pearre et al. explained that electrical energy
has two drawbacks, "storing it is
more bulky and expensive, and refuelling is slow" (2). A
gasoline engine car can thus travel
longer than an electric vehicle, and it is easier to refuel.
Gas-powered and electric cars have several differences, but
there are similarities too. The
exterior design of vehicles seeks to reduce air resistance when
the vehicle is moving. Both types
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of cars have streamlined shapes that minimize resistance and
increase efficiency. Also, the
interior design of the vehicles is similar. Both types of cars
have common internal parts such as
pedals, steering wheel and seats.
The primary energy source in an electric car is electric power,
while the source of energy
in a gas-powered car is gasoline or diesel. The two types of cars
have different engines and
energy storage components. The battery in an electric car has a
similar role as the gas tank in a
gas-powered car. The technology used in electric cars is fairly

10. expensive; therefore, the purchase
price of these cars is higher than the gasoline-driven cars.
Electric cars have fewer parts; thus, the
maintenance cost is lower than in gas-powered cars. Electric
cars are limited in the distance
travelled because electrical energy is challenging to store in
bulk.
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