How To Choose The Best Electric Car For Your Needs?

Find out all about EVs and how to select a great one!

What you'll learn

Get a basic understanding of the differences between gas cars and electric cars.

Understand how an electric car works and what is needed to own one.

Understand how to select the best electric car for your needs.

Understand how to determine the total cost of ownership for a car.

Peak oil and gas production. what does it mean, it's implications.

Requirements

No specific requirements except you are interested in getting an electric car.

Description

This course is for regular gas car owners who are wondering what the EV fuss is all about and are trying to decide whether or not they should get one. This course talks about why now is a good time to switch to an EV. It describes the North American EV market in general, who are the main players. It then goes into describing the main types of EVs and their major components. It explains how EVs are different than gas cars. What the advantages and disadvantages are. It helps you understand your driving needs and figure out your monthly car costs for both a gas car and an EV. It discusses safety, maintenance, range, charging speed, etc. All of this in easy-to-understand language. This is not an in-depth technical course about EVs.It is meant to be a practical course that gives you all the basic information you need to decide if buying an EV makes sense for you and how to select the best EV for your needs. It includes a copy of all the slides used in this course along with some useful on-line resources you can use to learn more about EVs. You can also ask the instructor questions as you progress through the course.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Why is now a good time to consider buying an electric car?

Lecture 2 Lecture 2: Why is now a good time to consider buying an electric car?

Section 3: Electric Car Market in North America

Lecture 3 Electric Car Market in North America

Section 4: Electric Cars

Lecture 4 Electric Cars

Section 5: Understanding your car driving needs

Lecture 5 Understanding your Car Driving Needs

Section 6: Budget and Total Cost of Ownership

Lecture 6 Budget and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Section 7: Safety

Lecture 7 EV Safety

Section 8: Range, Charging Speed, etc.

Lecture 8 Range, Charging Speed, etc.

Section 9: EV Maintenance and Warranty

Lecture 9 EV Maintenance and Warranty

Section 10: Conclusion

Lecture 10 Conclusion

People wondering if their next car should be electric.,People wanting to know about electric cars, advantages, disadvantages, etc.