EV Basics
Type of advanced technology vehicle that requires no fuel.
What is an electric vehicle (EV)?
Charging system that uses an inductive paddle.
What is the Magna-Charge System?
Name for vehicles that do not produce any emissions.
what are emission-free vehicles or zero-emission vehicles?
He was a young electrical engineer hired to design the first electric vehicle.
Who is Ferdinand Porsche
Conversion and purpose built
What are the two body designs (types) of electric vehicle?
This is the main disadvantage of electric vehicles.
What are the batteries?
Source of enegery supplies where a majority of the electricity used to charge electric vehicles would come from.
What are domestic resources
The electric drive motor, controller, and battery
What are the main components of an electric vehicle?
Light-duty electric vehicles available today and that have a variety of uses.
What are Neighborhood Electric Vehicles?
The component that made electric vehicles a viable source of transportation
What are rechargeable batteries
Regulates the flow of electricity between the battery and the electric drive motor.
What is the controller?
Required for electric vehicles to become commercialized.
What is infrastructure?
Applications that electric vehicles are currently well-suited for.
What are high-use, short-range applications?
Component missing from EVs that is standard in conventional vehicles.
What is an internal combustion engine (ICE)?
Electrochemical energy conversion devices that is development in the future of electric vehicles.
What are fuel cells?