Electric vehicles

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Pedro José Navia Y.

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

This are powered by stored electricity originally from an external power source, and those that are powered by an on-board electrical generator, such as an internal combustion engine (a hybrid electric vehicle) or a hydrogen fuel cell.

Hybrid Vehicles

A hybrid electric vehicle is a vehicle which combines a conventional internal combustion engine and a electric motor 

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Chevrolet Volt

is a plug-in hibryd electric vehicle manufactured by General motors