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What is an Electric Vehicle - Business Standard

What is an EV (Electric Vehicle) EVs are electric vehicles with rechargeable batteries which can be charged by electricity from an external source? Types Different types of electric vehicles? Hybrid Electric Vehicles, or HEVs, have both a gas-powered engine and an electric motor to drive the car. When talking about EVs, we generally refer to three main types of electric vehicles: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are powered by an internal combustion engine in combination. 


HEVs combine the benefits of high fuel economy and low tailpipe emissions with the power and range of conventional vehicles.


Has a fuel tank that supplies gas to the engine like a regular car

It also has a set of batteries that run an electric motor

Both the engine and electric motor can turn the transmission at the same time


with electric vehicles, refueling — the recharging process — isn’t quite as simple, or as quick. There’s a number of reasons why that’s so, such as the fact that every electric vehicle can accept different amounts of power. There are also different types of connectors used, but most importantly, there are different levels of EV charging that determine how long it takes to charge an EV.


charging levels and charging times apply to EVs and plug-in hybrids, but not to traditional hybrids. Hybrids are charged by regeneration or by the engine, not by an external charger.



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