Electric car charging stations are a great way to drive an environmentally friendly car without sacrificing convenience or comfort. Not only will buying an electric car save money over time, but the extended range and ability to recharge them quickly makes it easy for people living in cities to use them as their daily drivers. Since most homeowners don’t want unsightly gas pumps cluttering up their lawns, installing one of these can make your home stand out from everyone else’s.
Here are five benefits of having an electric-car charging station:
- No more trips back and forth across town for those who live in the suburbs. Thanks to the extended driving range on electric cars, commuters living far away from their office can still have a place within walking distance to recharge their car for the return trip home.
- Extra convenience and comfort, especially in cold climates. Electric cars don’t need to be plugged in for a couple of hours overnight to get the maximum driving range the next day–they simply wake up and can go! Electric heating elements still work to keep drivers warm while they wait, so it’s like having your morning coffee without needing to spend half an hour setting everything up. In fact, if you install two charging stations, then both will benefit from this feature automatically–no additional technology required.
- A renewable energy source that doesn’t require fossil fuels or produces greenhouse gases is much better for the environment than gasoline-powered vehicles when you consider all stages of production from extraction through use and disposal.
- The future looks bright! More and more car manufacturers are releasing electric cars onto the market every year, so it’s only a matter of time before over half of new vehicles come in some form of the electric powertrain. Installing a charging station can be a good way to futureproof your home, especially if you live in an area where gasoline has been expensive or hard to find in recent years.
- Even if you already have a car, buying an electric car can save you money overall. Electric cars are cheaper to maintain, they don’t need oil changes or muffler replacements, and because there’s no combustion engine idling in them, they require far less gasoline–on average, about one-quarter as much fuel over the course of driving the same distance. As well as being better for the environment, higher gas prices are still likely in our future, even with recent drops in oil prices.
Since installing an electric car charging station is still a relatively new technology, it may not be compatible with your current vehicle, but ever since Tesla released their Model S, both BMW and Nissan have followed suit with affordable options that are 80% lighter than earlier models.
