Electric vehicles will require 40% less labor to build than current combustion vehicles, Farley told a conference in Detroit sponsored by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a civil rights group.
There are many variables involved in crashes, every situation is different, and the number of electric versus gas car crashes – for the purposes of investigation and research – is minuscule in comparison. Electric cars make up only a tiny portion of vehicles on the road today, and mass-produced EVs are just beginning to come into play. It may be years before there’s enough hard data to make valid comparisons yet. However, current data already points to EVs being safer.
Major global automakers are moving toward developing and producing electric vehicles but Iran does not show any inclination for producing these vehicles.
Being seen to be green is important, especially as air quality is such a hot political topic these days. It can make economic sense, too, with alternative fuel vehicles benefiting from incentives to buy, along with exemptions from road taxes, congestion charges and parking fees.
As one place after another makes moves to ban gasoline-powered vehicles in the next few decades—Norway, the Netherlands, the UK, India, China, California, Paris—it gets harder and harder to deny that the future is electric.
The European Commission will propose on Wednesday tougher carbon dioxide reduction targets for new cars and vans of 30 percent by 2030 and a crediting system to promote electric vehicles , EU sources said.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) produced to rescue the cities from pollution and now they become to be the main goal of automakers. Companies like Mercedes Benz have plans to cut the production of gasoline cars out in next few years.