Electric vehicles have already been established in the private and commercial sectors for a long time and are nevertheless becoming increasingly widespread:
Passenger cars Transport
Trucks
Busses
Agricultural machinery
Construction machinery
Forklifts
PLUG-IN-ELECTRIC-VEHICLE (PHEV)
Since hybrid vehicles (HEV = Hybrid Electric Vehicle) have an electric motor and internal combustion engine installed at the same time, they combine conventional and electric drive systems. With HEVs, the battery is charged via the internal combustion engine or the regenerated braking energy (recuperation). Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are vehicles that use a battery that can be charged directly from the electricity grid. A great advantage of hybrid vehicles is that they can cover shorter distances only using electricity. As the battery technology is constantly being developed, an increase in the electrical portion is expected in the future.
HYBRID VEHICLE (HEV – HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE)
A hybrid is a vehicle that is equipped with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. There are differences in construction and hybridization. In general, the electric motor supports the combustion engine especially when starting up, when the engine has poor efficiency. This means that fuel consump- tion can be reduced by 15–25 %. The difference between a classic hybrid and a plug-in hybrid is that a full hybrid can only be operated electrically over very short distances.
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