What is a battery electric vehicle?
The simplest form of EV is a BEV: a battery feeds an electric motor to drive the car.
Batteries
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Bryce Gaton is an expert on electric vehicles and contributor for The Driven and Renew Economy. He has been working in the EV sector since 2008 and is currently working as EV electrical safety trainer/supervisor for the University of Melbourne. He also provides support for the EV Transition to business, government and the public through his EV Transition consultancy EVchoice.
Why can’t I get the same distance from an EV battery pack as I can from a petrol tank?
This comes back to why fossil fuels are popular as an energy source: they are a really energy dense material that is packed full of energy waiting to be liberated.
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