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Are electric cars the ultimate solution? For almost a century, we have used internal combustion engine (ICE) gasoline or diesel fuel firing cars all over the world, nowadays electric cars are gradually becoming more prominent, but are electric cars the ultimate solution? Electric cars are still relatively expensive compared to old ICE motor cars, the batteries they use are heavy, the batteries used require special materials, their supply is difficult, these difficulties will be overcome in time, but there is no quick solution from today to tomorrow. Heavy electric cars rapidly erode the asphalt they go on, highways age rapidly, more maintenance and repair are required, more expense money is required. How environmentally friendly are electric cars? The energy-producing power plants they use are as environmentally friendly as the fuels, if they use the electricity produced in the coal-burning thermal power plant, it is not environment-friendly, if they use the electricity used in the natural gas-burning combined cycle power plant, it is not environment-friendly again, if they use the electricity produced in the nuclear power plant, the answer is another. It is necessary to know how the nuclear wastes of the nuclear power plant that produces this electricity are eliminated. The thing that stresses the driver the most while driving an electric car is the lack of electric charge on the road, that is because there are not enough charging stations on the roads at the moment, you can run out of battery power at any moment, you can stay idle without power on the road. It is not possible to travel long distances on an electric car, you can go a maximum of 1000 km with a full charge, very optimistically. In the future, there will be more frequent charging stations on the roads and this problem will disappear, but at the moment, the number of charging stations is very few even between Ankara and Istanbul, the simplest long distance, it is possible to have a lot of trouble with charging between Istanbul and Bodrum. The charging time of electric cars is also a problem, you cannot charge energy in such a short time as you get gas, you need at least 20-30 minutes, maybe more time is needed for full charging, the energy you buy is not cheap at all, the electricity price is quite expensive depending on the fuel cost. Let's come to the use of heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, this is a big problem in electric cars, you need to consume electrical energy to heat the interior of the car in winter. There is no hot engine at your disposal, which is preheated and where you can use already available heat energy. The use of heating rapidly reduces the amount of battery charge, and the use of air conditioners in the summer also weakens the battery power. We have been observing the domestic usage conditions of electric cars best in the Prinkipo island environment near Istanbul for the last 2-3 years, electric cars wear out quickly, their batteries run out quickly. First, Chinese-made electric cars came, they were worn out very quickly, then domestic small cheap production taxis and buses started to be used. They have a short lifespan, with battery and charging problems, and they have difficulty on slopes. The electrical energy required for electric cars is transported from the mainland with a submarine cable, there is no possibility to install wind and solar power plants on land in Prinkipo, there is not enough available land, if wind and solar power plants are installed on the sea around Prinkipo in the future, then the system can operate in an environmentally friendly manner. Thus Electric cars are not a perfect solution, let's know their disadvantages, let's do the necessary, these cars are heavy, the batteries may get lighter over time, but the weight problem will always remain, the heating and cooling problem will always be. There will always be distance problems and limited charging time. Prinkipo near istanbul, 10 June 2022