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Electric vehicles (EVs) are making headlines with the growing popularity of the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Roadster. Deal with the growing interest in electric cars, entrepreneurial companies to keep investing in the construction of new EV Infrastructure in the United States and other countries, including China and France.

Coulomb Technologies, for example, was established in 2007 on electric vehicle infrastructure around the world. The company has its network of charging stations as drivers can easily find services near their location. The coulombic charge was one of the 50 best new inventions by Time Magazine in 2010 with the possibility of using batteries, the 120 volts to 240 volts AC and 500 volts DC.

Blink, a subsidiary of renewable energy company ECOtality stands at the forefront of the charge to improve the EV infrastructure. The company offers a high-tech solutions for charging the battery drives, including smart-grid software, which facilitates the operation of the charging equipment. The proprietary software automatically integrates into energy companies to offer the most cost-effective battery charging solutions.

The blink-residential charging system provides an intelligent, interactive interface that customers save money through their network by simply find low supply costs.

An important start-up in the electric car industry Car-system is responsible, Inc., supported by government subsidies and incentives to improve America’s infrastructure fees. The company is installing charging stations for the smart grid no cost to the home or business connected.

France and China see the light EV

America is not the only country to embrace electric cars. 1.5 billion (approximately $ 2.2 billion) in the EV charging stations by 2015. Construction of multi-family dwellings built since 2012 in France is required to take an electric charging station. In 2015 new offices provide their own charging stations.

In China, the future of electric vehicle sales predicted to top the U.S., although the latter is expected to increase sales of hybrid cars. Beijing plans to spending 14700000000 $ to 2020, assigned to the development of new powertrain vehicles with the most money for the production of electric vehicles.

China is the steer at least $ 1760000000 in 2012 on the development of compact and efficient cars. The country wants to reduce fuel emissions and reduce dependence on petroleum products.

According to market research firm Pike, is about 1 million electric cars in China, 2010-2015 sold with about 850,000 hybrids in the same period.

Support to U.S. electric car batteries

In the U.S., nine new electric-car battery factories are under construction, financed by grants from the federal budget. In 2009, the Department of Energy has $ 249 million to produce to the company A123 Systems, are lithium-ion batteries in Michigan, to support. The batteries can be produced for electric cars from Chrysler.

Investments show confidence in the future of electric cars

The fact that countries like the United States, China and France in the billions subsidizing the expansion of electric charging infrastructure investments are glimpses into the future of the industry.

With increasing calls for control of carbon dioxide emissions on climate change to solve the growing demand for electric cars. Many people with limited oil reserves are also lower in search of their dependence on fuel imports. Governments that encourage consumers to switch to electric cars they drive in practical areas. Without enough charging stations, motorists would not be able to use vehicles for long trips. Most EVs can not exceed run 70-100 miles at a time, home chargers only works for those who have only their car for a short ride.

Despite what you think, do not change the industry very quickly – usually a very slow process. Even when industries die, it’s usually more like a train wreck in slow motion, and then die completely still. Over the years, I have a lot of industries that are involved have been analyzed and have noticed changes to fear, along with all sound and fury of the impending chaos and instigating. The reality is that almost everything is all talk, and are generally well-established industries, and will not disappear overnight.

There was an interesting article last month in NOLN – National Oil and Lubrication news on page 74 titled “Report: electric vehicles, which have no direct impact on the lubricants industry,” by Garrett Mackinnon, June 2011. The article comments on all new fully electric cars are coming out, like the Nissan Leaf, tesla sedan, Chevy Volt, and the article makes a good question, and if all the cars go on electric, then it will impact on the oil change industry?

Interestingly, in 2001 had a similar conversation with the editor of this magazine in Lubbock, Texas, where they are / were removed, and had indicated that he hoped one day that changes in the oil industry is a challenge with hybrids and fully electric vehicles or fuel cell vehicles in the future.

Gauged from the fact that only 2 million hybrids were sold in the United States in the last 10 years and the average number of vehicles sold per year, between 12 million and 17 million, the number of hybrids is a drop in the oil- bucket, literally.

Since there are at least 200 million licensed vehicles in this great nation, the ridiculous to believe that something like this would change the oil industry is to close at short notice.

In fact, at a pace that will now take place before, and even if the oil price rose to $ 8 – $ 10 per gallon, it would take decades to build the number of vehicles needed in order for changes in the industry to move oil. Similarly, the oil change industry have time to develop and adapt, and perhaps provide other types of lubricants, because these new vehicles are still moving parts. Fuel cells are also filters, membranes and other things, the parts are, and someone has to help with routine maintenance. I personally would not be surprised if this has a complete lack of broadcast industry and the industry not to all electric or hybrid vehicles concern. But the government of waste disposal laws for oil in the future could affect, if the cost of removal and disposal is increasing due to the regulations.