Essay on Electric Vehicles and Climate Change

Another year of depressing climate news. The Pacific Northwest has been scorched by record-breaking temperatures. California, Oregon, Washington, and nearby states were ravaged by wildfires.

Tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean strengthened quickly. In addition, flash floods wreaked havoc in Western Europe and China. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in August that human-caused climate change is sending the globe speeding down a path to more extreme weather events, and we’re running out of time to slow down.

If the world wants to avoid worsening and more frequent extreme weather occurrences, it must drastically decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and quickly. That requires switching to renewable energy sources and, more crucially, decarbonizing transportation, which accounts for nearly a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions.

However, the route to a cleaner future is long and winding, strewn with political and sociological stumbling blocks as well as scientific impediments. Perhaps this is why, in 2021, the electric car is already on the road and conquering many of these stumbling barriers.

Globally, Electric Vehicles sales increased by 160 percent in the first half of 2021, compared to the previous year. Even in 2020, when most automobile sales were down owing to the COVID-19 epidemic, electric vehicle sales were up 46 percent from the previous year.

Meanwhile, automakers ranging from General Motors to Volkswagen to Nissan have announced plans to introduce new electric vehicles over the next decade: GM has stated that it will be all-electric by 2035, while Honda has stated that it will be all-electric by 2040. Electric versions of Ford’s legendary Mustang and F-150 pickup truck have been unveiled.

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