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100
EVs use this type of battery.
What are Lithium Ion batteries?
100
What is Ohm's law?
V=IR
100
This brand makes Electric cars. 
Tesla
100
This element is used in electric car batteries and in smartphone batteries.
What is lithium?
100
True or False? EVs have no tailpipe emissions?
True
200
Electric motors convert electrical energy into this type of energy.
What is Mechanical energy?
200
In a circuit arranged in this way, the current is the same everywhere.
Series
200
What is the name of this car?
Honda CRV
200
Cells arranged in this way increase voltage
What is series?
200
Name three pros for electric cars.
No tailpipe emissions
More efficient
Quiet and quick
Cheaper to operate
Tax credit
Can be recharged at home
300
Tesla uses these three elements for their batteries.
What is Nickel, Cobalt, Aluminium?
300
What charge does an electron have?
Negative
300
How many years would it take to break even if you bought an electric car compared to a Honda CRV?
9 years 6 months
300
Name one reason why lead-acid batteries are poor for electric cars.
What is heavy, low-capacity, slow charge or slow lifespan?
300
Name three cons for electric cars.
More expensive
Less distance
Can take longer to “refuel”
Can be hard to find charging stations
Indirect pollution
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!
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Each of the three main types of electric motors
What is BLDC motor, brushed DC motor, and AC induction motor?
400
The name of this Physicist came up with the the Junction Rule and the Loop Rule
Gustav Kirchhoff
400
How much tax credit does an electric car recieve?
3750$
400
The two main parts of a motor.
What is stator and rotor?
400
What is this an image of?
Tesla battery cell
500
Whose law does an AC induced motor rely on?
What is Faraday?
500
What is the mass of an electron in kg.
9.11 x 10^-31 kg
500
What is the battery capacity for the Tesla Model 3? (standard)
50 kWh
500
The capacity of lead-acid batteries.
What is ~12 to 15 kWh?
500
How do EVs indirectly pollute the earth?
The process to produce the electricity to charge the cars uses fossil fuels and has carbon emissions.