Some of the biggest issues consumers face with operating their vehicles today is the increasing cost of operating and maintenance People are looking at the alternative options that would lower the cost for the operation of their vehicles and would allow them to gain more economic stability by looking at the benefits for the consumers manufacture and its benefit on the U S To achieve this electric cars must be more accessible The Benefits Of Electric Powered Vehicles On The U S Economy Using electric vehicles for the US would allow for the cost of importing and protecting oil reserves to be reduced According to Sarah Hodgdon the director of conservation for the Sierra Club an American environmental organization stated Look at what our oil dependence is subjecting Americans to The U S armed forces spend up to 83 billion annually protecting vulnerable infrastructure and patrolling oil transit routes Earlier this year US Navy Secretary Roy Mabus said out of every 24 fuel convoys we use a soldier or marine is killed or wounded guarding that convoy That s a high price to pay for fuel This is something that can be avoided by using electric powered vehicles It would This would reduce the amount of oil fuel that people are using therefore by doing so would decrease the amount of fuel that needs to be imported Lastly causing the amount of money spent on the protection and patrol of such oil transit routes and vulnerable infrastructure