Definitely the deterioration of the environment by our activities on the planet are increasingly notorious and force us to explore more environmentally friendly alternatives that allow us to reduce the pollutants we dump indiscriminately on the planet. The way we transport ourselves is one of them, our combustion cars are the second biggest cause of pollution in the world.
In this order developed vehicle manufacturers have seen a quick solution to reduce emissions by mobility in electrical actions, through vehicles powered by one or more electric motors that use the energy stored in the battery for travel .
They are quiet and non-polluting, they just need a special cable and charger to charge the battery. Currently the world’s powers have paid special attention to boosting the growth of vehicle use of this nature and in Europe there are places where it is forbidden to drive motor vehicles that burn fossil fuels and generate pollution, recently the president of the United States Joe Biden is signing an executive order in the White House Gardens with a new goal: that half of the vehicles produced in the country by 2030 be electric. With this decree, the president seeks to kill two birds with one stone, on the one hand, to deal with the climate crisis and, on the other, to overcome China, a power that leads the sector in the manufacture of electric vehicles.
Our country on July 23, 2020 made the official launch of the National Strategic Plan for Electric Mobility, which aims to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels to improve the quality and sustainability of the environment in the Dominican Republic.
The plan presented by INTRAN arises after the formation of the working table on alternative energy transport, in coordination with the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), as in response to the country’s commitment to the declaration and call for action in Paris, France, on electric mobility and climate change (COP21), in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% greenhouse (GEH), in the year 2030.
With this plan it is expected that by 2030 the country will have more than 60,000 electric vehicles.
This has a positive impact on the national economy, as it is expected that for the year in question, the country could save $ 289 million in liquid fuel acquisition cost. This cost is equivalent to a 5% reduction in the total cost of the stage without the participation of electric vehicles.
To achieve the goals of the National Strategic Plan for Electric Mobility, a series of initiatives have been initiated by both the public and private sectors that are committed to the future, including the participation of EVERGO, which is the most sophisticated charger platform. for electric vehicles in our country and seeking to achieve full coverage of our territory with its network of chargers so that those who have already taken this significant sustainable step have certainty to go where they want.
EVERGO has managed to join forces with companies and institutions to install their electric charging machines and we recently saw President Luis Abinader with his executives inaugurate one of these terminals in the La Drassana car park developed by the PARQUEATE RD trust. Hopefully such initiatives will continue to emerge, public-private partnerships that allow more companies and institutions to opt for policies to encourage sustainable mobility.
Even with all these goodness and benefits there are people who raise some concerns like, Is it profitable to switch to an electric car? What will be the environmental liabilities generated by your batteries out of their useful life ?, Is an electric car safe ?, Do we have enough raw material to manufacture so many batteries ?, etc.
For the most part there are already answers to these and other questions such as the savings in an electro vehicle is significant as it does not require as many expenses for maintenance, oil change etc. Whereas when comparing fuel expenses with expenses of electrical charges the saving that in the smaller of the cases we could have is of 6 to 1 (If monthly your conventional car spends 6 thousand pesos of fuel in electrical charge would be only thousand) .
In As to the environmental liability and if we have enough raw material for the batteries we must point out that the batteries have a useful life depending on their type of between 25 to 50 years according to studies of recognized entities such as the Swedish Institute of ‘Environmental research and many parts of the battery are recycled while the parts that are not, are doing scientific research to find ways to get them back into the production chain.
As for whether we have materials for so many batteries we can mention for example Lithium which one of the main used in for the manufacture of batteries which is found in large quantities and countries such as Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, United States, Australia have reserves of millions of tons. And to this we must add the scientific efforts to incorporate other materials of greater abundance such as aluminum to make batteries.
The safety of an electric vehicle is considered exactly the same or greater than conventional cars with the variable that requiring fewer components in the electric vehicle has more room for safety and comfort components.
The electric vehicle industry is growing rapidly. By 2030, more than 68 million such actions are expected to circulate in the world. The penetration of this transport in the market lies, in large part, in the multiple advantages that these offer. They protect the environment, They are not noisy, They are economical, They offer comfortable driving, They are safe and need little maintenance which makes them an ideal choice for a better future.