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A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that uses electrical energy exclusively from an on-board battery pack to power one or more electric traction motors, on which the vehicle solely relies for propulsion.
A variant with revised styling for the United States was marketed as the Bolt EUV (electric utility vehicle), [38] [39] which is built on BEV2 [40] [41] [42] and was launched in spring 2021. [ 43 ] Production of the Bolt and Bolt EUV were stopped in August 2021 due to a battery recall; [ 44 ] production did not resume until April 2022.
The BEV3 platform is designed to support unibody passenger cars and crossover utility vehicles, while body-on-frame trucks and SUVs will be based on the General Motors BT1 platform. [9] BEV3 supports front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive configurations [ 5 ] [ 10 ] using one or more Ultium Drive units, each of which combines the electric traction ...
The battery in an HEV, PHEV, or BEV (that's hybrid-electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle, and battery-electric vehicle, respectively) can be made out of a variety of materials, each of ...
In automobile engineering, electric vehicle conversion is the replacement of a car's combustion engine and connected components with an electric motor and batteries, to create a battery electric vehicle (BEV). There are two main aims for converting an internal combustion engine vehicle (aka combustion vehicle) to run as a battery-electric vehicle.
Nissan Leaf cutaway showing part of the battery in 2009. An electric vehicle battery is a rechargeable battery used to power the electric motors of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) or hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). They are typically lithium-ion batteries that are designed for high power-to-weight ratio and energy density.
Hyundai E-GMP skateboard platform. A skateboard is a type of configuration for automotive chassis, used for automotive platforms of battery electric vehicles.The skateboard chassis includes a base structure or a platform, which houses the batteries, electric motors and other electronic components fundamental to an electric vehicle.
He used the example of a European customer who thinks he needs a BEV (battery electric vehicle), but ends up buying a diesel-powered car because he needs more range or lacks access to chargers.