Learn About Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicle technology has rapidly progressed over recent years, with new and previously inconceivable innovations helping drive this new way to view transportation in a modern world. With quantum leaps in electric motor and battery cell high-tech mechanics, automotive OEMs across the globe are racing to switch their model line focus to specialize in electricity as opposed to gasoline combustion.

While there is still much work to be done in the means of battery car charging station networks to support this wave of new vehicles, the path to this very near future of automotive is quickly taking shape. According to a 2021 Consumers Reports article, over 100 BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles) will be hitting the market in the next five years, giving drivers who want to embrace this technology a wide selection of experiences to choose from.

Electric vs. Plug-in Hybrid

In addition to hybrid vehicles and fully electric cars, there is a third breed of new electric vehicle technology: The Plug-in Hybrid.

What is the difference between a fully electric car, a standard hybrid and a plug-in hybrid? Like hybrid cars, plug-in hybrids have both electric and gas motor. The major difference is that on a plug-in hybrid, the gas motor is held in reserve in case your battery runs out of change. In other respects, a plug-in hybrid functions more like a fully electric car, in that it primarily relies on an electric motor, powered by a large battery that you plug in to charge.

Plug-in hybrid

• Primary propulsion: electric motor, supplementary gas motor
• Fuel: Electric battery, backup gas fuel tank available
• Range: Battery range + gas fuel tank

Electric Cars

• Primary propulsion: electric motor
• Fuel: Electric battery
• Range: Battery range

Standard hybrid

• Primary propulsion: electric motor, supplementary electric motor
• Fuel: Gas, supplementary passive-charging battery
• Range: Gas fuel tank range