13 Facts About Electric vehicle

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An electric vehicle is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion.

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EVs first came into existence in the late 19th century, when electricity was among the preferred methods for motor vehicle propulsion, providing a level of comfort and ease of operation that could not be achieved by the gasoline cars of the time.

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Hybrid electric vehicle is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine system with an electric propulsion system .

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Plug-in electric vehicle is any motor vehicle that can be recharged from any external source of electricity, such as wall sockets, and the electricity stored in the Rechargeable battery packs drives or contributes to drive the wheels.

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Range-extended electric vehicle is a vehicle powered by an electric motor and a plug-in battery.

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6.

Electric vehicle boats were popular around the turn of the 20th century.

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Electric vehicle traction allows the use of regenerative braking, in which the motors are used as brakes and become generators that transform the motion of, usually, a train into electrical power that is then fed back into the lines.

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TRL lists three power delivery types for dynamic charging, or charging while the Electric vehicle is in motion: overhead power lines, and ground level power through rail or induction.

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Electric vehicle motors do not require oxygen, unlike internal combustion engines; this is useful for submarines and for space rovers.

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Energy is not consumed while the Electric vehicle is stationary, unlike internal combustion engines which consume fuel while idling.

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An electric truck is an electric vehicle powered by batteries designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.

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Electric vehicle trucks have serviced niche applications like milk floats, pushback tugs and forklifts for over a hundred years, typically using lead-acid batteries, but the rapid development of lighter and more energy-dense battery chemistries in the twenty-first century has broadened the range of applicability of electric propulsion to trucks in many more roles.

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Electric vehicle trucks reduce noise and pollution, relative to internal-combustion trucks.

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