ELECTRIC VEHICLES: REVIEW ON CURRENT TRENDS, POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES

With the increase of the effect of global warming, the automobile industry globally is shifting towards environmentally friendly vehicles with better range and performance than that of conventional vehicles. Electric vehicles can be considered that effective solution to reduce the greenhouse effect. Though various researches on the attributes and characteristics of Electric vehicle are going on even then the development and modeling of Electric vehicle is not at the required level. This article describes the concepts, market, characteristics, trends, challenges, and future of Electric vehicle. This article also aims to highlight and suggest some solutions for the challenges that are ahead of us.