What are electric vehicles?
• An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle with one or more electric motors for propulsion. This is also referred to as an electric drive vehicle. The motion may be provided either by wheels or propellers driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by linear motors. Unlike an internal combustion engine (ICE) that is tuned to specifically operate with a particular fuel such as gasoline, diesel or natural gas, an electric drive vehicle needs electricity, which comes from sources such as batteries or a generator. This flexibility allows the drive train of the vehicle to remain the same, while the energy source can be changed. The electricity used to propel the vehicle may be provided in many different ways; it can come from any energy source, fossil fuels, nuclear power,and renewables (tidal power, solar, wind etc) and can either be supplied to the vehicle continuously as it is used or stored in the vehicle in some way, such as batteries, supercapacitors or fuel cells. Elect
