This article proves that there’s a huge gap when it comes to basic knowledge about electric cars. People tend to believe in made-up stories they heard, and due to a lack of knowledge, they create their own perceptions. Also, they believe EVs are dangerous for many reasons. Therefore, here in this article, we come up with compiled questions from Google search results for the most frequently asked EV questions.
All these take us to the days when first car owners have a person walk in front of their vehicle. Wave a flag to warn everyone around about the new, beast that comes straight from hell. And that thundering down the road at the mind-boggling speed of 5km/h.
The survey is done on 2000 people, it includes questions which are based on the basis of a more common myth about electric cars.
Can’t take an electric car to a car wash?
As per the survey done, One out of twenty-six people (3.9%) believes that it is dangerous and quite impossible to take an electric car through a car wash. And if it was true, we are not able to drive electric cars on rainy days. As these are more resilient when it comes in contact with water. While many Tesla car owners reveal their cars perform absolutely fine in emergency watercraft. Recently, Elon Musk also claims about their Cybertruck act as a floating boat.
Impossible to sit in an electric car when it is charging?
While One in Fourteen people about 7.2% has the notion that it’s impossible to sit in an electric car when it is placed for charging. Although, it’s also understandable that people are worried when they hear an electric car come with 800V systems. And this is not required any safety gloves, goggles, boots or tinfoil in order to safely charge your car. As all the electric components are insulated, also they have multiple levels of protection if anything malfunctions. Therefore, there’s nothing dangerous to anyone sitting inside when it is charging.
In the event of the worst, there’s only damage to the battery or the charging cable. Also, both the car and the charger will shut down automatically and there won’t be current flowing inside the car.
Are electric cars exploding or flames if anything worst happens?
Moving further, One out of 15 people have the misconception that electric cars explode on impact. However, we have seen many videos of electric cars catching up in flames. Absolutely, there’s no question about the same, as high-voltage batteries are dangerous. On the other hand, from what we have seen in the videos, automotive batteries are designed in such a way that they can withstand most accidents. And if anything happens then it first catches the flames not explode. This also gives enough space or time to safely walk away. Thus, this is the prevailing logic of the “EV on fire” videos out there. Therefore, the owner filmed their own car, by standing safely away from it.
Is no licence required to drive an electric car?
On the other hand, One out of Twenty Two people (4.6%) has their thought that you can drive an electric car without a driving licence. Whereas, the rule of thumb is, you have required a licence to drive any vehicle on the road. However, there’s an exception, as Spain and France are known for little/small cars classed officially as quadricycles. And it doesn’t require any car driving licence. Notably, Citrogen Ami falls into this category but it still needs a permit to drive.
