Green Car History
If you think back ten years you will know there was no one interested in this brand new idea. Although there were only ever two cars made like this at the start and neither of them saw many purchases the companies saw the potential and you can see the benefits now.
But while a hybrid might emit significantly less CO2 than a car of comparable size, it’s a long way from emitting no carbon dioxide at all, which is why they are merely stepping stones towards the truly zero-emission car.
The big problem is that although a lot of these cars feature hydrogen powered fuel cells and the battery powered electric motor they all face some upgrades before they will compete with the normal cars.
More promising is the electric car. Fuel cell vehicles are really coming along and with the right funding they could actually start to take over from the normal cars as many people are strong believers in saving the environment.
The main problem when you are thinking of an electric car is actually the distance it is able to travel, it can only go for around 100 miles compared to 300 on a normal car it isnt that brilliant.
In fact, 80 to 100 miles is more than enough for most daily commutes, but a recharge time of several hours makes long journeys impractical. Which is why General Motors’ “range-extending” Vauxhall Ampera (aka the Chevrolet Volt) offers a promising compromise when it goes on sale in 2012.
For the first 40 miles it runs on electricity alone – more than enough for most commutes – but for longer journeys an on-board petrol engine recharges the battery to provide a range of more than 300 miles at 40g/km of CO2, or under half what the Prius produces.
The ease of recharging it, and pure electric cars, is likely to be improved by policies intended to encourage electric car ownership. The government at the moment will actually help you out by giving around £5000 but the mayor of London wants to make the city one of the leaders in the electric car.
However until such a green car comes out that is actually worth going after something a bit less greener so why not look into the Cheap Audi or of course a Audi R8
Failing this you could even look into getting Used Cars however it is really up to you on what you do on this but I would say the best thing to do is just wait and see if things are actually going to get worse before you do anything.
