History of the electric vehicle

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-the-electric-vehicle

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who invented History of the electric vehicle?Crude electric carriages were invented between the late 1820s and 1830s
2. What is the era of commercial viability?Practical, commercially available electric vehicles emerged in the 1890s
3. What is the early automotive record?An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until approximately 1900
4. What is an electric vehicle?An electric vehicle is a car that runs on batteries instead of gasoline. It makes no engine noise and doesn't produce tailpipe emissions.
5. When did the first electric cars appear?Electric carriages first showed up in the 1820s and 1830s, long before cars had gasoline engines.

Electric Vehicle (EV): A vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion, powered by electricity stored in rechargeable batteries.
Internal Combustion Engine (ICE): A heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
Hydrocarbon-Fueled Vehicles: Vehicles powered by the combustion of fuels derived from petroleum, such as gasoline and diesel.
Range Anxiety: The fear that an electric vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination, leading to concerns about running out of power.