Managing Director
Barry Guay
8 Years Experience
info@example.com
(+44) 123 456 789
(+44) 152-567-987
66 Guild Street 512B, Great North Town.
Skills
Quality Service
85%
Public Point
65%
Charge Point
72%
Home Charging
60%
About Me
Electric vehicles have low running costs as they have less moving parts for maintaining and also very environmentally friendly as they use little or no fossil fuels (petrol or diesel). While some EVs used lead acid or nickel metal hydride batteries, the standard for modern battery electric vehicles is now considered to be lithium ion batteries as they have a greater longevity and are excellent at retaining energy, with a self discharge rate of just 5% per month.
Despite this improved efficiency, there are still challenges with these batteries as they can experience thermal runaway, which have, for example, caused fires or explosions in the tesla model S, although efforts have been made to improve the safety of these batteries.