With the development of technologies and the growing need to take care of the environment, new models of vehicles started to appear. A non-professional may fail to see any differences, but electric cars are actually not the same as their gas predecessors and colleagues, and the similarities between them can be only spotted outside. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast these two types of personal transport.
First of all, the ways in which the two types of vehicles are similar are explored. The most evident similarity is that electric cars look exactly like gasoline-powered vehicles, although the former have no tail pipes (Idaho National Laboratory 1). Further, they are equipped the same way in relation to mirrors, wheels, seats, and other car parts. Electric and gas-powered vehicles serve a number of similar purposes and also do not differ in how their owners tune them. At the same time, there are many more aspects in which these two car types are not similar. For example, “the electric vehicle has one moving part, the motor, whereas the gasoline-powered vehicle has hundreds of moving parts” (Idaho National Laboratory 1). This fact also leads to another difference: electric cars are more reliable and require less frequent periodic maintenance, although they sometimes need their batteries replaced (Capparella). Additionally, the electric and gas vehicles varied efficiencies, as well as the costs of electricity and gasoline, allow noticing that driving gas-powered cars is more expensive. However, filling a gasoline transport is much easier than recharging an electric vehicle due to the lacking infrastructure.
To draw a conclusion, one may say that the number of differences between these two types of cars is greater than the number of similarities. Both electric and gas-powered means of transport have their own challenges and benefits, which means it is up to everyone to decide which type to prefer. Similar on the outside and entirely different on the inside, these vehicles still allow people to travel.
Works Cited
Capparella, Joey. “Electric Cars vs. Gas Cars: Everything You Need to Know.” Car and Driver, Web.
Idaho National Laboratory. “How Do Gasoline & Electric Vehicles Compare?” INL, Web.