ABSTRACT
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle powered by an electric motor, instead of an internal combustion engine, and the motor is run using the power stored in the batteries. EVs are known as zero emissions vehicles and are much environment friendly than gasoline- or LPG-powered vehicles. EV has a much longer history than most people realize. The chapter discusses EVs, solar cars, and fuel cell cars. It outlines hybrid vehicles and presents main components, instrumentation, and main auxiliaries of EV. The chapter describes various types of power storage used in EVs. It also presents a bibliographical survey on EVs. The chapter outlines a few of the important terms related with battery technology and various types of batteries in use or under development. The high-current connections in an EV need to be made with 2/0 cable. The cables used in EVs have several thousand copper strands the thickness of hairs.
