Analytical Current Events

One of the major problems with the automobile industry is the undending amount of pollution it has caused. With millions and millions of cars in our world the amount of pollution created even everyday is eye opening. A big emphasis of our society in recent years has been to go green with everything, trying to save our world by: preventing pollution, saving remaining natural resources, and recycling. Hundreds of companies have changed the basis of their product(s) to fit this new trend. The auto industry has finally began addapting to this new push by the creation of hybrid and electric cars. These cars are made to reduce their pollution put out and also reduce their intake of natural resources required to run. However, there are many problems with the new electric cars that must be fixed in order for them to take over as the main form of transportation. For example, they have a very long recharge time for such a low range. The completely electric cars usually have around a 20 hour recharge time while having less than 300 miles of time. The recharge time must be reduced, and the cars must have a much larger range in order to be completely functioning for people. Atlanta is one city that has taken on the challenge of using these cars by introducing around 200 recharge stations within the area. These charges are much cheaper than refueling for gas. Another large problem is that cars now can be almost completely recycled and all the parts may be reused. The same goes for these electric cars except for their batteries. The batteries required for these cars to run are highly acidic and provide a large problem for auto makers. A safe solution of disposing of these batteries must be found in order to have a safe transition to this industry without creating more harm to our enviroment. If these cars are able to take off and completely replace the gas running car we will be on the first massive step to maintaining our world and saving many of its natural resources.