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  2. Electric car - Wikipedia

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    An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion.

  3. Electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    E-bike, a Geero, with the removable battery integrated into the down tube. 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.

  4. History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    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 internal combustion engine vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use as private motor vehicles.

  5. Battery electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Comparison of electric cars - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of electric cars. This is a comparison of battery electric vehicles.

  7. The History of the Electric Car | Department of Energy

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    An all-electric vehicle (often called a battery-electric vehicle, an electric vehicle, or an EV or AEV for short) is a vehicle that gets its energy for driving entirely from its battery and it must be plugged in to be recharged.

  8. How Does an Electric Vehicle Work? - How-To Geek

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    Electric vehicles (EVs) are spiking in popularity as the world moves toward more renewable energy and transportation solutions to fight climate change. The technology behind EVs has improved, and they've become a much larger part of our culture.

  9. Electric car use by country - Wikipedia

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    The global stock of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) between 2005 and 2009 consisted exclusively of all-electric cars (), totaling about 1,700 units in 2005, and almost 6,000 in 2009.The plug-in stock rose to about 12,500 units in 2010, of which 350 were plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). [29] [30] By comparison, during the Golden Age of the electric car at the beginning of the 20th century, the EV ...

  10. Electric car | Environment, Efficiency & Cost Savings |...

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    Electric car, battery-powered motor vehicle, originating in the late 1880s and used for private passenger, truck, and bus transportation. Through the early period of the automotive industry until about 1920, electric cars were competitive with petroleum-fueled cars, particularly as luxury cars for.

  11. Electric vehicle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free...

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    An electric vehicle is a vehicle that uses electricity to move. Its wheels are driven by electric motors. Electric vehicles were one of the first kinds that did not use horse or human power. Electric trains and cars were built in the 1830s, and in the early 1900s there were more electric cars than gasoline -powered cars.