Athens among the top three cities in the world for electric car performance

Η Athens is among the three cities in the world where battery one electric car attributes very well.

This is because batteries in electric cars are greatly affected by environmental factors. The cold reduces battery performance, with their capacity decreasing significantly. Research has shown that environmental factors can influence and create large deviations of up to 25% in batteries of hybrid car plug-in.

According to research conducted by the Idaho National Laboratory, one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy, it was found that Athens is on the map of cities where electric cars have the greatest range.

The research conducted by the laboratory in several cities around the world was carried out using a Tesla Model 3, which was driven under the same conditions, in the same specific manner, and at the same energy level in various cities around the world.

In Athens, researchers found that the model traveled 351 kilometers, revealing that it is clearly due to environmental parameters, but also to the average temperature of the city, which is 17.5 C. The same number of kilometers were traveled in Los Angeles, a US state that had 425,300 registered electric vehicle users last year, while exactly the same distance (351 km) covered the Tesla Model 3 in Sydney, Australia's largest city, where the average temperature is at 18 C.

The top five cities that make the most of an electric motor are rounded out by the city of Mexico where the model had autonomy 346 kilometers and an average annual temperature of 16 °C, as well as Lisbon, where the range was 349 kilometers.

Today, there are serious concerns in the EU about emissions from construction electric vehicles and their use. Research shows that over the lifetime of an electric car, there is a reduction in emissions compared to a diesel engine.

Many governments around the world see the electric vehicles as an opportunity to reduce emissions and achieve the goal of net zero carbon.

From the US to the UK, countries are beginning to ban cars with old euros in favor of an electric revolution. World leaders hope that this significant change in transportation will help the planet, in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Road transport in Europe are responsible for 1/5 of carbon emissions, with cars being a significant part of the problem. On the other hand, sales of electric cars increased by 43% worldwide in 2020, despite the pandemic, while from this year onwards more than 200 plug-in models will be available for release on the roads of the European Union.