Electric Vehicles

What’s inside

• Which battery characteristic most directly increases an electric vehicle's driving range without increasing battery…
• What is the primary function of regenerative braking in a battery-electric vehicle?
• Which component converts the battery's direct current into alternating current for a typical three-phase traction motor?
• Why is active thermal management important in a lithium-ion electric-vehicle battery pack?
• Match each electric-vehicle component with its primary function.
• Match each charging level or method with its characteristic description.
• Match each electric-vehicle motor type with a relevant characteristic.
• Match each engineering term with its meaning in electric-vehicle design.