It's electrifying! So stop, jump in, buckle your set belt, and get ready for a new automobile. Electric automobiles have been around since the early 1900's. For those who are not familiar with the electric automobile: "An electric vehicle consist of a battery that provides energy, an electric motor that drives the wheels, and a controller that regulates the energy flow to the motor" (Brant 5). Electric vehicles can improve our future in a number of ways, but scientist are finding it very hard to get these cars on the road. This problem brings up four important questions for research: What is the estimated cost of the electric automobile? What are the benefits of the electric automobile? What are the disadvantages of the electric automobile? What are the opinions and views of people who own an electric automobile? I feel that these cars are two costly, they have a number of benefits but society looks at the disadvantages over the benefits, and the only people who are really worried about the effect of electric automobiles on our future are the ones who own them.
             Automobile companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing and improving electric automobiles each year. The more they have to pay, the more the consumer is going to pay. "The EV1- the product of the California mandate and a $345 million investment by GM- carries 1,175 pounds of lead acid batteries. In part because of the cost of the battery, the EV1's now are on the market lease for as much as $34,000 over three years" (Dunn 3). The next advance is expected to come from Honda. This ex-quizzed car, "Will be equipped with nickel-meat-hydride batteries which give it a range of 125 miles-but at substantial cost: the batteries alone go for an eye-popping $43,995" (Dunn 3). People are not going to be willing to pay $500 a month to lease this car, because they can purchase a Honda now for as low as $15,000-$20,00...