12 on February 20th, Zhang Nan, head of Toyota, Japan, expressed his views on electric vehicles. He believes that at present, electric vehicles are over-hyped, and decision makers have not considered the carbon emissions generated by power generation and the cost of electric vehicle transformation.
There is no doubt that Akio Toyoda's view is related to Japan's plan to completely ban the sale of fuel vehicles, and even he is anxious about this decision, so he stood up and expressed this view. However, a careful analysis of Akio Toyoda's words makes sense.
We should know that at present, most of Japan's TV universities come from thermal power generation, which is mainly coal, coal gangue and gas. Once the sale of fuel vehicles was banned in Japan, the number of pure electric vehicles increased rapidly, which led to an increase in the demand for electric energy, a natural increase in the amount of coal and natural gas burned, and a more serious carbon dioxide emission during the combustion process.
In addition, the transition from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles cannot be achieved overnight, and this process will inevitably increase a lot of capital investment and infrastructure construction. Moreover, the design and manufacture of traditional fuel vehicles are more difficult. So more labor is needed. The electric vehicle has a single structure, and many jobs can be done by machines, so car companies naturally need to lay off employees on a large scale. If the sales of fuel vehicles are completely banned, millions of people will lose their jobs, which will cause social employment pressure and may lead to economic turmoil in severe cases.
In fact, it is not only Japan that prohibits the sale of fuel vehicles, but also any other country. Take China as an example, the main source of electricity is thermal power generation, which is not what everyone thinks. Of course, at present, the world is also actively using clean energy to generate electricity (wind power, water conservancy, solar energy and nuclear energy). If these clean energy sources can be used to generate electricity to meet demand, then the so-called increase in carbon emissions is self-defeating. But in the current situation, it is more difficult than developing electric vehicles.
Finally, the pollution caused by electric vehicles themselves is also controversial. You know, the core of electric vehicle is battery, and the traditional lead-acid battery will pollute the environment very much after it is scrapped. Many people think that if fuel vehicles are completely banned and replaced by electric vehicles, will it bring immeasurable environmental pollution after driving for ten years?
However, car companies have long considered this. At present, the batteries used in pure electric vehicles are mostly lithium batteries, which are pollution-free. Even after the car is scrapped, the battery can be recycled. So from a certain point of view, pure electric vehicles are indeed more environmentally friendly than fuel vehicles.
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Indeed, the current environmental problems are a severe test facing the world. Electric vehicles also have the function of energy saving and emission reduction, but there are still many problems to be solved due to the short development time and immature technology. If you are too anxious to replace the fuel car, it is more likely to have a negative impact!
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