Electric Vehicles As An Emerging Technology

• Published date: 08 June 2021
• Subject Matter: Intellectual Property, Energy and Natural Resources, Oil, Gas & Electricity, Patent
• Law Firm: Singh & Associates
• Author: Mr Tushar Kohli

INTRODUCTION

Advancements in technology play a vital role in people's life as they create advantages that make human life easier and simpler. The research and development in the field of vehicle manufacturing, structural design and innovation make for ease and comfort. However, traditional combustion vehicles have some inherent disadvantages also. The gases emitted by these vehicles adversely impact both human life and the natural environment. The toxic gases like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are emitted by the vehicles due to the combustion of conventional driving fuel like petroleum and diesel, which result in negative impacts on environment and life and also harm the protective ozone layer of the earth which also leads to global warming. The growing human population constantly raises the demand for energy and technologies, resulting in more production and increased use of vehicles, further deteriorating the environment and drastically depleting the conventional driving fuel reserves, leading to fuel price rises which in turn negatively impacts economies.

The rising costs of the conventional driving fuel and the resultant negative impacts on the environment has led the innovators to search for alternatives - and electric vehicles have emerged as the most viable alternative. Though electric vehicles were first introduced way back in 1829, but in the 1900s, electric vehicles were replaced by preference for petroleum-fueled internal combustion engines (ICEs) due to factors like abundance of traditional fuel, non-awareness about environmental impacts and preference of individuals. But now, rising pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, rising and unpredictable fuel prices have revived people's interest in electric vehicles. The electric vehicle provides a number of benefits over the conventional driving fuel like lower running cost, less maintenance cost, reduced emission of pollutant gases etc.

HISTORY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• 1829 - 1891 - The first electric vehicle introduced in the public domain on a miniscule scale by Thomas Parker. Later, Robert Anderson launched the first crude electric vehicle (powered by non-rechargeable primary battery cell) in Scotland. After that William Morrison launched first successful electric vehicle in the United States.
• 1899 - 1901 - Thomas A. Edison began to work on improving battery characteristics to give direction to the research and development of the electric vehicles.
• 1908 - 1912 - Model T produced by Henry Ford's...