Types of electric cars

Electric Cars: Types Explained

 In the electric vehicle industry, there are two types of electric cars

 1. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) 2. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) 

1. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).

With silent driving and supreme smoothness, the BEVs driving experience simply cannot be matched by any types of gasoline cars or PHEVs when it comes to comfort and smoothness.

Compared to other types of cars, BEV has fewer moving parts and therefore the maintenance cost of BEV is also lower. The battery is located at the bottom of the BEV. BEVs have large battery packs than other types of cars because BEVs run entirely on batteries. A battery charging port is provided at the front of the car to charge the car.

Compared to a petrol (or diesel) fuel-based engine, battery electric vehicles have 99% fewer moving parts that need maintenance. Even brake pads last longer than other gas-powered cars because of the regenerative braking system.

Compare to other types of cars, Battery electric vehicle creates very little noise. BEVs are silent cars.

       In a normal gasoline engine, you have to change the gears if you want to increase the speed. But in BEV, if you want to increase the speed you only have to change the modes. The speed modes of the BEV cars work just like the gears of normal gasoline cars. BEVs have more power than normal gasoline cars. Also, BEVs don’t have a clutch. Instead uses of the rechargeable batteries, BEVs doesn’t burn fossil fuels. BEVs are fully environmentally friendly cars.

We can charge BEVs at home overnight to provide enough range for average journeys. For long journeys, you have to charge your car at charging station in the middle of your journeys.  Nowadays, a regenerative braking system can help you for more mileage.  In a regenerative braking system, the tyres of the car give the power to charge your battery pack, so in the regenerative braking system, whenever you drive your car, your car can be automatically recharged.

The typical time to charge an electric car is 1 hour to 10 hours. At the fast-charging station, the car can be fully charged in just 1 hour. Whenever you charge a car at home, it can take up to 10 hours. It all depends on the watts and speed of the charging station and the size of the battery.

 2. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

 If you do not want to rely on the limited range of battery, the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle offers a combination of electric motor and petrol (or diesel) engine for longer journeys.

 Compared to a BEV car, the PHEV has a smaller battery pack size. A smaller battery pack means a shorter range on the electric Motor based engine.

You don't have to compromise on limited range of batteries. PHEV is a combination of an electric motor and a gasoline engine. So, with PHEV, you don't have to worry about range. Compared to fully gas-powered engine cars, PHEVs produce less pollution. In PHEV you can experience both types of vehicles like when you drive on battery, PHEV gives you the experience of an electric car. When you switch your PHEV to a normal gasoline engine, PHEV gives you the experience of a normal gasoline car. PHEV can cover short distances without using a combustion engine, PHEV can cover short distances with the battery-based electric motor engine.

Since both types of engines are used in the plug-in hybrid electric car, the maintenance of PHEV  is more than battery electric car (BEV). Since the PHEV car has an exhaust system, PHEV car produces noise pollution. Since both types of engines are used in PHEV cars, they can be filled with both types of fuel. In PHEVs petrol or diesel can be filled from the rear side and the front has a port for charging the batteries. PHEV has both a fuel tank and battery pack on the rear side. Due to the small size of the battery in this car, it takes less time to charge. PHEV has an internal combustion engine but BEV does not have an internal combustion engine. The maintenance cost of PHEV is also higher as it has more parts than BEV. PHEV is not environmentally friendly as it uses both types of fuels.