• An alternative fuel car, electric cars are powered by an electric motor and motor controllers rather than by gasoline-powered engines. The most common electric cars utilize rechargeable batteries as a power source, which makes the cars almost silent when running and does not create pollution.

    Tesla Motors wins millions of dollars in Federal loans to help build to car plants. This is part of a Dept. of Energy program to help develop cars that are very fuel efficient.

  • How It Works

    1. A gasoline engine is replaced by an electric motor
    2. An electric motor is powered by a controller How Stuff Works: Electric Cars
    3. A controller is powered by rechargeable batteriesHow Stuff Works: Electric Cars
    4. Batteries are a type of electrochemical energy conversion device, which converts hydrogen and oxygen into water thereby producing electricity
    5. The by-products from an operating fuel cell or electrochemical energy conversion device are heat and waterNASA Glenn Research Center: Fuel Cell
  • BYD Electric Cars

    Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto broke into the electric car market in 2003, and in 2008, received a $230 million investment from Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.Midas Letter: The Car Company Warren Buffett is Investing In

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