User:Saihaj/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Electric car

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Nowadays Tesla motors is very famous for the lineup of their electric cars. Electric cars have lower overall emissions but there are a lot of environmental impacts that get ignored.

Evaluate the article
The article starts by explaining what an electric car is and gives a good comparison with combustion engine. "An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine(ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quieter, have no exhaust emissions, and lower emissions overall."It also discusses the rise in the worldwide sales of electric vehicles. Then it goes on covering reducing air pollution. But it lacks evidences of how much air pollution is reduced with electric cars.

Article is broken down into various sections


 * Terminology
 * History
 * Economics
 * Environmental Aspects
 * Performance
 * Energy Efficiency
 * Safety
 * Controls
 * Batteries
 * Currently available electric cars
 * Government polices and incentives
 * EV plans from major manufactures
 * Forecasts

I think there are a few missing pieces here in the structure


 * What are the environmental impacts to build batteries?
 * More electricity is needed we can have a forecast sub section on increased usage as we are seeing over the years as more and more EV's are coming?

This article is also very biased towards more usage of electric cars. It lacks a perspective on impacts on mining resources. This article is also biased towards developed nations and claims that electric cars are cheaper. But what about electric cars in 3rd world countries?

There are many references to government reports, organization audits and transport departments. But feels like this article is only covering North American and European markets and does not have much resources on Asian, South America, Australia and Africa. The increasing usage just really refers to increased usage in a developed countries.

There are many countries with high population what is done there? Are the cars cheaper to afford?

Recent talks does not have any active tasks to update it and was last updated in 2018.

Things I think that can be improved


 * electric cars sales increase in China https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/01/plugin-electric-vehicles-get-30-share-of-auto-market-in-another-record-month-in-china/
 * We can discuss the cost of electric cars between different parts of world https://www.thenationalnews.com/climate/road-to-net-zero/2023/01/07/chinese-electric-vehicles-are-10618-cheaper-than-in-europe-parts-maker-says/
 * In india the cost of combustion vehicles seems to be cheaper than electric which makes it harder https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/09/india-is-starting-to-love-electric-vehicles-with-two-wheels.html
 * Discuss lifecycle costs of electric vehicles https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14715-8