EV Types
A fully electric vehicle with rechargeable batteries and no gasoline engine, or BEV.
Battery Electric Vehicle
The electric motor in EVs replaces this used in gas vehicles, also referred to as ICE.
Internal combustion engine
The founder of this luxury sports car company developed an electric car called the P1 in 1898.
Porsche
This continent has decided that by 2035 the sale of new internal combustion engines (ICE) will be banned, and all new cars will be battery-electric.
Europe
Model 3, the top-selling electric vehicle, is made by this company
Tesla
Also known as an HEV, this car combines a gas-powered engine with one (or more) electric motors.
Hybrid-Electric Vehicle
What number represents the battery in this EV pictured?
1
The introduction of the Model T, made by this American car company in 1908 led to a decline in the popularity of electric vehicles.
Ford
This country maintains its lead in the number of publicly available EV chargers, accounting for about 85% of fast chargers
China
The R1T and R1S represent the first two models of this Plymouth, Michigan based EV manufacturer.
Rivian
This vehicle, or PHEV for short, has both an engine and electric motor to drive the car. It is also able to charge via a charging cable that connects to an external electric power source.
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
A function introduced to EVs to leverage kinetic energy from the electric motor when the car slows down in order to charge the battery.
Regenerative breaking
Tesla produced it's first electric car, the Roadster, in this year, the same year that the Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, China.
2008
In 2019 what U.S. government agency required new EVs to automatically make noise when they are traveling slower than 18.6 miles per hour “to ensure that blind, visually impaired, and other pedestrians are able to detect and recognize nearby hybrid and electric vehicles.
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
This automobile manufacturer has been producing its all-electric LEAF since 2010, when it debuted as the first electric vehicle available on the mass market.
Nissan
This number represents the amount of standard charging levels used to charge electric cars
3
SOH for short, this is the number expressed as a percentage that represents the amount of battery capacity after degradation
State of Health (SOH)
The first electric vehicle was developed in the 1830s by Robert Anderson, an inventor from this country in the UK.
Scotland
This country, home of the Great Barrier Reef, is the world's largest producer and exporter of lithium, an important component of EV batteries.
Australia
This car company might become the first ultra-luxury car manufacturer to join the EV race. Well-known models like the Bentayga and the Flying Spur will soon be electrified.
Bentley
The only EV type that is does not plug into a power outlet to be charged
Hybrid electric vehicle
Range-per-charge is the equivalent of this primary measurement used to measure a non electric vehicle's fuel efficiency
MPG (miles per gallon)
Released in Japan in 1997 by Toyota, this car became the world's first mass produced hybrid electric vehicle.
Prius
Light-duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) have been made available in select markets in this U.S. state.
California
After being discontinued in 2010 this previously large gas-guzzler has been revived a decade later as a fully electric off-road vehicle.
Hummer