Power Information Fluency 

Electric Cars 

Dear Justin Trudeau, 

I am writing this letter to express my findings on electric cars. First, history. There had been a lot of inventors in Hungary, Netherlands, and the United States toying with the concept of a battery-powered vehicle, and some even made small scale electric cars. Robert Anderson, a British inventor, developed the first electric carriage, around the same time. In 1890, a man named William Morrison, a chemist who lived in Iowa made a six-passenger vehicle capable of a top speed of 14 miles per hour, and for them, that was huge. Now, that was just seen as the start of electricity and wondering what it could do, but electric cars weren’t a major thing until the 21st century. The first major turning point was the starting of Toyota Prius. Released in Japan in 1997, this car became the world’s first mass-produced electric car. The average amount for a car in 2019 is $33,000, for some people that too much and they cannot afford it. Electric cars are average $40,000. But, for them to be fully charged, it’s only $2.64. The average amount it is to fill a tank of gas for a 15-gallon car is $57.75. For a 75 L, its $120! For each time you fill it up all the way, but most people don’t have enough money at one time to just buy an electric car. Direct outflows are radiated through the tailpipe, through vanishing from the fuel framework, and during the energizing procedure. Direct outflows incorporate brown haze framing poisons, (for example, nitrogen oxides), different contaminations unsafe to human wellbeing, and ozone harming substances (GHGs), principally carbon dioxide. Every single electric vehicle produces zero direct outflows, which explicitly improves air quality. Module half and half electric vehicles, which have a gas motor notwithstanding an electric engine, produce evaporative discharges from the fuel framework just as tailpipe emanations while working on gas. Regardless they produce fewer tailpipe emanations in any event while depending on fuel.  What I’m trying to get at is that electric cars are more expensive, if we put more money towards the science behind it, we could make it cheaper and more suitable for people. 

 

 

 

 

 

Ask: What are the questions you are trying to answer?

well, when I was thinking about what questions I should ask, I thought about what I wondered, like “how the engines were made” and “how much is an electric car.” I also thought about if the questions was worth asking or putting in like “what is an electric car” and “what is the best electric car.”, but some main questions I had were:

  1. How did the idea of an electric car for us? 
  1. How does the engine start? 
  1. How was the engine made? 
  1. What is the engine made of? 
  1. How do you charge an electric car? 
  1. How much is it to charge your car?

Acquire: how did you try to answer your questions?

I tried to answer my questions with lots of examples and proof, and also with a good mindset so I can get stuff done.

Analyze: did you find relevant information and how did you cite your sources?

I had a lot of trouble finding time to do this, but when I did, i would type my questions in and go down to find a website that wasn’t an ad, and try to find information from several websites.

Assess: how did the process go?

honestly, i had a very hard time find time to go to websites, read it all, and try to find the same info on other websites. and, I didn’t really enjoy the topic I chose, I just thought it tould be interesting. it was very hard to keep track of everything because I had 3 other projects due on Monday, and I got as much done as I could. other then that, it was ok.

 

I got most of my info from a website called https://www.energy.gov/, and it has a lot of info about electricity, and science, and the earth, and just really big stuff.