Electric Vehicles: Pipe Dream or Product of the Future

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Case Analysis

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Table of Contents
Summary of the case................................................................................................. 2
Case questions........................................................................................................... 2
Question 1............................................................................................................... 2
Question 2............................................................................................................... 2
Advantages and disadvantages of electric vehicles.............................................2
Question 3............................................................................................................... 3
Question 4............................................................................................................... 3
Question 5............................................................................................................... 4
Question 6............................................................................................................... 4
Question 7............................................................................................................... 4
Work Cited.................................................................................................................. 6

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Summary of the case
The title of the chosen case is Electric Vehicles: Pipe Dream or Product of
the Future that was written by Clayton in the year 1999. This paper is based
on the electric vehicles in which the writer reviewed the concept behind the
electric vehicle and evaluated the pros and cons of electric vehicles. The
researcher provided a way to understand the future of electric vehicles by
analyzing the key characteristics of electric vehicles. This paper will review
the case of electric vehicles and identify the key points highlighted in the
selected papers.
Case questions
Question 1
From the case, it is found that refueling of batteries and cost both are major
obstacles highlighted in the paper that are preventing electric vehicles to go
mainstream. The implementation of electric vehicles requires advanced
systems and components which are more costly due to which consumers are
not able to adopt such devices. Refueling of batteries requires more power
and time and consumers require paying more money that may produce
complexity in the implementation of the electric vehicle. In recent years, the
utilization of electric vehicles has grown quickly as the transport companies
included batteries in the vehicles for performing operations that helped to
reduce the cost of petrol and managed complex conditions. According to
(Christensen, 100-200), electric vehicles provided a way to enhance the
level of acceleration and effectiveness of the vehicles due to which in past
years the rate of the electric vehicle has grown rapidly.