A Comparison of Electric Vehicles and Conventional Automobiles : Costs and Quality Perspective

This report covers the research area of electric vehicles dedicated for personal transportation and its relevant market including the necessary to know background information about the topic. Since the newly developed car market area of e-mobility has not experienced a long presence on the global personal vehicle market, the report is focusing on the research of current situation for the buyers and the less and more favorable conditions in different countries. The core of the report is a comparative research of BEV, PHEV and conventional types of vehicles with their real market costs situation of spring 2017. The three mentioned propulsion systems vehicles are put into test and finally delivering the true cost to own of each particular one, while considering their propulsion system related quality features as well. Ongoing, the researched assumptions are later on put into test in the form of a questionnaire focusing on finding out about the awareness of electric vehicles among the publicity nowadays. The final statement that is going to be approved or rejected is the electric vehicles as the future of the global car market