Are Electric Cars the Future? (2024)

Electric cars are the future of automobiles. In fact, it’s already underway. Mainly becauseelectric vehicles(EVs)are better for the environmentby producing fewer emissions overall. Thereforefrom 2024,every newDS Automobilesmodel willveavailableexculsivelywith a 100% electric powertrain.

Ifyou haven’t made the jump to EV yet, you may be driving one sooner than you think. We’ll be answering common questions around the future of automobiles, and the benefits of electric cars.

Why are electric cars important for our future?

Electric cars do not produceany emissions when they’re running, thanks to electric vehicles having no combustion engine, unlike petrol or diesel. Emissions from cars seriously impact our climate, causing climate change and air pollution. Not only will electric cars benefit our atmosphere, but our health, too.

This huge advantage of electric cars is why the UK government have decided toban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in 2030. This ban is part of the government’s commitment to achieve net zero emissions in the UK by 2050.

Of course, EVs still need electricity to be charged, which in some parts of the world is generated by burning fossil fuels. There is also the issue of how the electric vehicles are manufactured–makingthe lithium-ion batteries uses large amounts of energy.However,eventaking into accountthe battery production and the electricity source,EVs in the UK have much lower carbon emissionsthan conventional cars.You can find out more abouthow green are electric vehiclesin our guide.

What year will everyone be driving electric cars?

What about Hydrogen cars?

Thanks to the UK's small land mass, it's less work to adopt a widescale charging infrastructure here thaninlarger countries. Plus, add in the fact that a typical car journey in the UK is 8.5 miles and will bemore thancoveredin most EVselectric range,you can see the UK is well-equipped for an EV future.Not to mention that consumers in the UK “are often quick to embrace new technologies”, says Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Likewise, Rachel Maclean MPunder-secretaryof state for transport, stated Brits are “very keen to buy cleaner cars”.

But, if we are all going to be driving EVs soon, there’s no doubt the UK still needs more chargers. However, this will soon change with thegovernment has recently pledged £20 million for councils to spend on street chargers in residential areas.What’s more, the UK is already changing, since last year there’s been a 30% increase in public charging points, amounting to 27,224 devices.

It’s clear the future will be electric, and the UK is certainly prepared. Will you be making the change too? Why not check outourelectric and hybrid huband find more about our fully electricDS 3 E-TENSE, or our latest plug-in hybrid DS 4 E-TENSE.