Electric Vehicles Basics
This is the type of motor used in most electric cars.
What is an electric motor?
This environmental issue is a major reason for switching to electric cars.
What is climate change?
This is the term for a place where EVs can be recharged.
What is a charging station?
This U.S. automaker pledged to go all-electric by 2035.
What is General Motors (GM)?
Critics say EV mandates could hurt this group in rural or low-income areas.
Who are consumers with limited access to infrastructure or funds?
EVs store energy in this component.
What is a battery?
Cars powered by gasoline emit this greenhouse gas in large quantities.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Level 3 charging is often referred to as this.
What is fast charging or DC fast charging?
EV mandates can stimulate growth in this type of green job.
What are clean energy or renewable energy jobs?
Some worry that EV mandates may cause a loss of these types of traditional industry jobs.
What are auto manufacturing or fossil fuel jobs?
Unlike gasoline cars, EVs produce zero of these harmful tailpipe emissions.
What are carbon dioxide emissions?
2050 is often set as a target because of goals related to this global temperature benchmark.
What is the 1.5°C limit?
One challenge of charging EVs everywhere is a lack of this kind of power grid infrastructure.
What is high-capacity or upgraded electrical infrastructure?
Batteries for EVs rely on rare earth elements like lithium and this element starting with "C".
What is cobalt?
This term describes resistance to change, especially in technology or policy.
What is pushback or inertia?
This term refers to the distance an EV can travel on a full charge.
What is range?
This international agreement set goals to reduce carbon emissions by mid-century.
What is the Paris Agreement?
Charging stations are often slower in this type of area.
What are rural areas?
This type of financial incentive helps people afford EVs.
What is a tax credit or rebate?
Some argue that EV mandates need to be paired with investments in this public resource.
What is public transportation?
The first mass-produced modern electric car was this model released by GM in the 1990s.
What is the GM EV1?
Some studies show EV mandates by 2050 could prevent this number of premature deaths due to pollution.
What is 100,000 to 200,000 (accept a close estimate)?
This emerging technology could allow EVs to charge while driving.
What is dynamic (or wireless) charging?
The shift to EVs might reduce demand for this major global commodity.
What is oil?
The decision to mandate EVs by 2050 ultimately lies with this level of government.
What is the federal government (or national government)?