GLOBAL carbon emissions brought about by transportation in 2020 was over 7.6 billion metric tons. In the same vein, carbon emission from automobiles in the same year was approximately 3 billion metric tons.

Conventional cars and vans that use petrol account for about 41 % of all automobile carbon emissions. With global warming eating up more and more of the planet, the need to develop electric vehicles (EVs) has become more important than ever. With EVs, there is absolutely no form of carbon or GreenHouse Gas emission.

Charging an EV 

As its name implies, EVs run on electricity making it convenient and easy to charge in developed nations. Most electric vehicles come along with their chargers. These chargers are mainly installed at home for convenience sake. Charging an electric vehicle simply refers to connecting your electric vehicle to an electrical outlet to give the battery power.

There are two levels of chargers, which are level 1 and level 2 chargers. Level 1 chargers are referred to as the chargers that come along with purchased cars. On estimate, it takes about 20 hours to charge 200 km worth of battery for your electric vehicle with a level one charger.

The level two chargers refer to chargers that are bought separately from the car. These charges are usually recommended because they help charge the EV at a much faster rate, which is 7 times faster than level 1 chargers.

How to find an EV charging station

Apart from your home, there are numerous places to charge your electrical vehicle called EV charging stations. Places that could serve as EV charging stations are anywhere installed with an EV charger for commercial use. These places could be attached to offices and hotels or could be public spaces, bus stations, parking lots, etcetera. Just as there are petrol stations dedicated to buying gas, there are EV charging stations designed to fuel cars with electricity.

There have been significant advances in the world of automobiles and the large-scale commercial use of EV vehicles is evidence of that. EVs are shaping up to be the automobiles of the future.