Lithium-Ion Batteries
The rare and difficult to find material essential to creating Lithium Ion Batteries
What is Cobalt
The main component that allows the wheels to spin on the EV
What are electromagnets
EVs cost less to be ________
What is recharged
A con that has to do with children
What is child labor
In 1828 early stages of EVs were created in the form of
What are Electric Carriages
Lithium Ion Batteries can be dangerous due to this issue
What is Overheating
Connects wheel to electromagnet
What is the axle
The max battery life for an EVs battery
What is 20 years
The production of EVs releases these
What are Greenhouse Gasses
The first hybrid vehicle was created
What is 1901
Lithium Ion Batteries are used in so many EVs because they can store so much of this
What is Energy
The two electromagnets on either side of the main one have ________ poles
What are opposite
A system that manages the time spent charging and dis-charging
What is BMS (Battery Management System)
A supply chain issue that affects the time that it takes to manufacture an EV
What is the micro-chip shortage
The first Hybrid Vehicle was created by
Who is Ferdinand Porsche
Lithium Ion Batteries performance _______ over time
What is worsens/decreases
The axle is important because it connects to this
What is the wheel
EVs have a faster _________ than gas vehicles
What is acceleration
The main problem of overheating
What is exploding
In 1970 EVs gain popularity due to
What is the Arab Oil Embargo
The mining of cobalt causes
What is deforestation and pollution
This happens to the main electromagnet
What is spins
EVs need less maintenance because they have less of these
What are Moving Parts and Fluids
It can take this long to re-charge an EV (with a level 1 charger)
What is 50 hours
1999 - Research is done in order to improve this part of the EV
What is the Battery