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Renault Kwid – An Incredibly Priced, Stunning Hatchback

I have been raised as an excellent price negotiator. Perhaps, everyone from an economically conservative family is! But as a business-minded individual, to some extent, I am someone who tries to derive the best value at the least possible price. Many detest this attribute of mine. But that’s how I’ve been, always. So, how could my search for a car and its price remain an exception? However, Renault Kwid price came in as one.

Renault Kwid came in as a referral from one of my friends who shares the same ideology as mine. He doesn’t buy anything until fully convinced and at a price proximal to his budget. So, I had no reason to doubt his recommendation.

While exploring Renault Kwid, I navigated through most of its features, engine, and price. Some features I liked the most included spacious and ergonomic front and rear seats, abundant leg and head space, electronic steering with audio controls, broad LED screen, boot space of up to 279 litres, and 184 mm ground clearance making the car fit for Indian roads.

Renault Kwid Safety

While being concerned about the price, my choices are not all and wholly driven by the cost of something. I also explored Renault Kwid safety features and I was happy that Renault Kwid didn’t disappoint me. The vehicle offered a range of quality features, including hill start assist (HSA), electronic stability program (ESP), tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), traction control system (TCS), dual airbags, rear parking camera, seat belt reminder, and ABS and EBD with brake assist.

Renault Kwid Engine

Renault Kwid’s engine and performance were other striking aspects that caught my attention. While I had checked the Renault Kwid engine on renault.co.in, I also experienced the driving bliss by booking a Renault Kwid test drive online. The 1.0-litre powerful engine equipped with Smart Control efficiency (SCe) engine technology ensured accurate air-to-fuel ratio monitoring optimising performance and fuel efficiency.

Renault Kwid Price

I was excited to check the price and prepared to negotiate it with the Renault dealer I’d buy the car from. But when they quoted a starting price of Rs. 4.69 lakhs* (ex-showroom Delhi), I was left speechless. I found the price within my financial reach – rather too reasonable for all features Renault Kwid offers and it didn’t require any negotiation.

Needless to say, I am a proud Renault Kwid owner. The vehicle has been performant throughout with excellent mileage, unparalleled comfort and unmatched safety.

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Cade Lewis

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Fish Burton

December 2nd, 2019

The inevitable advancement of electric cars

       The world has never been so dark. We look around every day, and we see the outcome of our own doings, and our own mistakes. Looking back at previous times, we can see the success and growth of America as it once was. Before this, there was much happiness and joy. There still is a sense of joy, but it is much different. In previous times, the only sense of obligation was going to your job, trying to support your family. But now there lies a greater problem, which is in its entirety, advancing the world in a whole different way that we never thought would ever be possible in this lifetime.

       It seems unfair to make a claim the world is so dark and depressing. But the truth and the reality are, that the world is slowly becoming a trap for those individuals who suck themselves into the different aspects of the world. There are phones, social media, drugs, alcohol, strip clubs, parties. People think that these things will make them happy. What they don’t realize is that the future of the world lies in something quite deeper than what we might think. And the answer is the future of electric cars, and taking advantage of lithium ion to progress and really make an impact on our way of life. Believe it or not, the electric cars of today have changed the way people live. How? Because they make people's lives easier. They eliminate small decisions that we make every day, so that we can focus on other aspects of our life.

       When we look at the origin of Tesla, we can see that the world today has become a much better place because of Tesla cars making people’s lives easier. Here’s a great quote that talks about how the world is going to change for the better. “This could be the most important shift since the Cambrian explosion of the smartphone. Car-sharing continues to increase (Uber and Lyft are set to go public this year), new innovations emerge all the time (Scooters! Vertical take off and landing vehicles!) and all manner of autonomous technologies are inevitable (Elon Musk, whatever you think of him or the prospects of Tesla, is 100 percent directionally correct).” (Swisher). When we look back at cars previous to Tesla, we can see that the cars back then also helped make people’s lives easier. When the first car was invented, they drove it around for a while and then, someone decided to invent windshield wipers. This invention was able to help people because now they could drive in the rain, and not worry about crashing their car. The first cars were made to be a help to all people.

       A quote from Daimler says, “The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year’s Eve 1879. Benz had so much commercial success with this engine that he was able to devote more time to his dream of creating a p car powered by a gasoline engine, in which the chassis and engine formed a single unit.” (Daimler) We can see here that what Carl Benz was trying to do, is create a lightweight car that could better society. Another invention that really helped was TCS. This stands for traction control stabilization. What this means is that it’s an electronic system that actually can help for when the roads get slick for your car. This is a much newer invention but it relates to what we’re talking about because it is an invention to make people’s lives easier so that they can focus on their day to day activities.

       I want to start by talking about why you would even want an electric car. We look at all the people today who have gas cars. They try to figure out the benefits of a gas car versus an electric car but really, they don’t understand the big picture. What people don’t understand is the long-term effects. Over time, fossil fuels are going to run out. At this point we’re going to have to make some tough decisions. With anything in this world, we’ve always planned ahead. We have always been able to look to the future and predict or foretell something that is going to come. And what is going to happen, is that the fossil fuels are going to run out and people are going to be stuck driving gas cars and we are going to have to conserve the gas that we use. There are many other things that we use gas for, but really the key is to convert everything to electric. Not just cars, but power plants and factories and buildings and whatever else we want to run on electric power and batteries. Lithium ion is one of the greatest substances known to man for his ability to hold energy and use that energy effectively.

     One thing to note as we move forward though, is that electric cars are a very fast growing market. In a study done in 2017, electric vehicle purchases were up 30% to about 200,000 units. Personally when I look at this I feel that that is a significant amount of electric cars that were purchased in one year. Especially given the fact that the Tesla model 3 was barely on its way.

     There are quite a few initiatives in multiple countries that are now banning the sales of oil based vehicles. This is said to happen within the next couple decades, but what they are doing is trying to weed out all the gas vehicles so that their air will be cleaner and more efficient. A few of these countries will be China, India, and Norway. Given this fact, what we don’t realize is that again, the electric car is still using fossil fuel.

     How could this be possible? Is because most of the electricity that comes from electric cars is produced by coal plants or sometimes gas. All of these limiting factors are fossil fuels, and will inhibit us from proceeding in the future because of our continuous use of fossil fuels. It is important to note that a few countries are trying to stray more towards green energy which would come from solar panels and other things such as those. (Clemente)

       So, why would you want an electric car? Well let’s discuss it first of all with the gas car. If we look closely, we can look at all the complex parts that it has. The main difference between an electric and a gas car, is that an electric car is very minimal. There is not very many parts on an electric car. It only runs on a couple small batteries and a few motors that help to move the car along and then the main thing is that it has what a usual car has including tires, brakes, and a transmission. But the interesting thing is that the transmission is only one gear. What this means is that instead of shifting to different gears, the Tesla is just one gear so your transmission is going to last much longer. The other great benefit of the Tesla car is that it is very cost efficient. The main way that you’re able to power the car is to plug it into the wall and charge it overnight. Overtime it will be a great benefit to you as you save money over the years. Not just that but because your car is electric, there is no oil changes. This means that you don’t have to go in every couple months to change your oil in your car. This also saves you additional money and helps you see the bigger picture of why you would want to switch or convert over to an electric car.

     If we take a look at China, we can see that they have the largest car market in the world. They are working to stop the production of fossil fuel powered vehicles, to be able to make the atmosphere and the environment a cleaner place. India, believe it or not, has also issued a statement that they are going to make all of the cars electric by the year 2030. (Dia)

     But, I know we always talk about the good things of electric cars and how they are amazing. This essay describes how amazing electric cars are, and every feature about them. It describes how an electric car is going to be great in your life and the benefits of it. But, I would like to take a look at something that I feel is a negative feature of an electric car. When we talk about electric cars, we usually perceive them to be zero omission cars. But that is just not the case. There’s a few different things that we can look at that will confirm this. Basically, even if we drove an electric vehicle and it didn’t create very much air pollution or harm to the environment, we need to take into consideration how the energy is being generated and how it is being used.

     What I mean by that, is that even though driving a Tesla down the road may not cause a lot of harm, we need to take a step back and realize how that battery was made inside the Tesla and where we are getting our energy from to charge the Tesla. From reading this article I understand that about 60% of the energy that we use in the United States comes from fossil fuels. What that means is that 60% of the energy comes from gas or coal which are fossil fuels.

     This can be a very bad thing considering that quite a few people have electric cars. Another bad thing is that this is only the charging aspect. Now if we take a look at the battery, we can see that they are made in factories which create even more pollution in the air. (Energuide)

     There’s also something really significant that I would like to point out about how electric cars can change the world. And that is that about 90% of the world runs off of liquid fuels. And this holds true especially for businesses and companies that use semi‘s in trucking to transport goods from one place to another.

     I believe a very good question to ask ourselves is, “are we using a lot more fossil fuels to run our regular vehicles then if we had electric cars? Even though electric cars do use fossil fuel, would they significantly reduce how much fossil fuels we are using rather than using liquid fuels in our cars? “ I think this is something very serious we need to consider as we move forward. (Biswas)

       The second thing that I feel is one of the most crucial things to understand about electric cars, is that there is so many features on an electric car that a gas car just does not have. Let me name a few so you can start to understand why an electric car would be the most productive and effective car on the market today.

       One of the most crucial things than an electric car has is that it has self-park mode. This means it has a GPS system built-in to the car, and that you can pull into your garage and it will map the exact specifications of your garage so the next time that you pull your car in it will automatically park in the exact same spot. This feature is fantastic not only to save you time from parking, but it also helps you keep your car safe as to not ding the front or the sides. Tesla actually has another feature that is the same as the self-park mode, but when you’re going to the store you are able to get out of your car and the car will go find a parking spot itself. This is an amazing feature and can be used in any situation. This saves time and allows the user to not worry about finding a parking spot but lets the user go shopping in a time effective manner.

     I do want to share an important piece of information from an article that I read that shares the importance of Tesla and the importance of Elon musk and his push for electric cars. “This supersedes political parties, race, creed, religion, it doesn’t matter. If we do not solve the environment, we’re all damned,” Musk said. This statement really made an impact on the way I look at electric cars and how others look at electric cars.

     I think the statement really holds true to the fact that doesn’t matter what color you are or race or gender or political party. When we look at both electric cars and gas cars included, we need to realize that this is an important factor in the next 40 to 50 years of our life. This is going to change everything and we really need to think about what is going to be the best for us and for the environment.

     Just like Elon musk stated, if we don’t figure this out, we’re going to be screwed. Electric cars are emerging from the depths of the earth score. And Tesla is becoming cheaper and cheaper. What are we to do in the future, and what is it going to take for electric cars to be completely omission free and be able to have a positive impact on the world. (Clifford)

       Another really crucial aspect to me of the Tesla car is its ability to self-drive. An article from “The Verge”, says “with the release of the Model 3, the big question now is where Autopilot is heading. Last year, tesla split with auto vision startup mobile eye and embarked on its own path toward automation. Since then, Musk has announced that all Tesla models will be equipped with technology to make them fully driverless”. (Hawkins). This is been something that’s been worked on for years and years. This means that the car has a GPS and a computer system built-in that allows the car to drive itself for a long period of time. The car is able to make complete stops and is able to make turns at stop lights as well as stop signs. The car has an incredible safety feature with a bunch of different sensors and cameras that allows the car to make quick decisions 100 times faster than the average human would make. This means that if you’re going to get in an accident this car is able to stop it self and make sudden decisions much more quickly than you could ever make.

       The self driving mode could be considered one of the greatest advancements in the automotive industry because of the safety features. As your car is self driving itself it is just so much safer than you driving your car yourself. Tesla has just gone above and beyond the average car manufacturer to make a car thats not only safe but has so many great features. It’s almost next to impossible to see why Tesla wouldn’t be the choice car to have in the future.

       I believe that this is something that is going to grow and expand our creativity as we continue to add features of the car and as each of us continue to look into buying one of these amazing cars. Another amazing thing that I found, interestingly enough, is it there so many aspects and factors of the Tesla car that has nothing to do with the car itself but us to do with advancements that will help the car in different ways. For example, in some states there is freeways with green strips on the very left of the road. It is just one lane, but it allows people with electric cars to drive on this green strip and what happens is it actually charges their car.

       There is a magnetic system that is built into the road kind of like the same magnetic system that you can charge your phone with. There’s no strings attached and you can just drive your car on the freeway and it charges it for you. If we were able to have this in every state this would change the way we drive because you would not need to fill up your car with gas. Even better, you would not even need to charge your electric car. Are you would need to do is drive your car on the freeway and it charges itself. To me this is quite an amazing technological advancement for the automotive industry.

       Elon Musk is one of the most influential individuals in the history of the world. His creativity and drive has gone above and beyond anything that anyone has ever seen in the automotive and car industry. He’s been able to raise the stakes as he has began to make technological advancements and additionally has created a way for the average consumer to buy an electric car. What I mean by this, is that Elon musk was able to create a Tesla called the model three. This Tesla is similar to others that have been made in this time, but the difference between other Teslas and this one is that this Tesla, the model three, is a cheaper more budget and cost efficient Tesla that someone is able to buy even if they have a regular job.

       What I mean is that someone it is only working a job that is only making $12 an hour is still able to potentially afford a model three. Tesla is still working on an additional model that will be even more budget efficient than the model three. An article from Jason Murdock expands on this idea a little more. He says, "The company, which is battling for profitability, said yesterday that a $35,000 Model 3 was now available, with its reduced price made possible due to the closure of brick-and-mortar retail stores." (Murdock). This gives people the ability even in tough circumstances to afford and drive one of these Tesla cars.

       The most amazing thing of this whole journey is that we are eliminating the factor that fossil fuels could go extinct. That we as a society would not have the ability to travel because of the lack of gas. Now we all can say that there’s electric trains, and different things that we can do for transportation. But in the end, the majority of the population drives gas powered vehicles. I believe the solution is to continue to advance the industry of the electric cars, especially Tesla because of the technological advancements in the past five years.

Finally, Tesla is one of the safest car manufacturers in the world. They have proven true as they have been tested through many crash courses. Just see what this article has to say about the new Model Y that is being launched in 2020. "It has the functionality of an SUV, but it will ride like a sports car," CEO Elon Musk told the crowd. "This thing will be really tight on corners and we expect it will be the safest midsize SUV in the world by far." (Veiga & Liedtke).

As you can see, Tesla motors is an amazing company. They are continually pushing for the better and will make this world a better place if we will support them. Through these advancements, the world can be a beautiful place.

　

　

　

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