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  2. Electric car - Wikipedia

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    The term "electric car" typically refers specifically to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) or all-electric cars, a type of electric vehicle (EV) that has an onboard rechargeable battery pack that can be plugged in and charged from the electric grid, and the electricity stored on the vehicle is the only energy source that provide propulsion for ...

  3. Electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle whose propulsion is powered fully or mostly by electricity. [1] EVs include road and rail vehicles, electric boats and underwater vessels, electric aircraft and electric spacecraft. Early electric vehicles first came into existence in the late 19th century, when the Second Industrial Revolution brought ...

  4. History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Crude electric carriages were first invented in the late 1820s and 1830s. Practical, commercially available electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the early 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to ...

  5. The Pros and Cons of Electric Cars - AOL

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    Pros and Cons of Battery-Electric Vehicles PRO: Performance and power delivery. BEVs have the potential to be insanely quick. Just look at the Rivian R1T, a more than 7000-pound electric pickup ...

  6. Battery electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Charging point. A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that uses energy exclusively from an on-board battery. This definition excludes hybrid electric vehicles. BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead of ...

  7. Hybrid electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain). The presence of the electric powertrain is intended to achieve either better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle or better performance.