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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.
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How It Works
- A gasoline engine is replaced by an electric motor
- An electric motor is powered by a controller How Stuff Works: Electric Cars
- A controller is powered by rechargeable batteriesHow Stuff Works: Electric Cars
- Batteries are a type of electrochemical energy conversion device, which converts hydrogen and oxygen into water thereby producing electricity
- The by-products from an operating fuel cell or electrochemical energy conversion device are heat and waterNASA Glenn Research Center: Fuel Cell
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Electric Car Timeline
- 1832-1839: The first rudimentary electric carriage powered by non-rechargeable primary cells was created by Scottish inventor Robert Anderson Tech FAQ: Electric Car
- 1897: The Pope Manufacturing Company of Connecticut produced the first electric taxis used in New York CityPBS: History of the Electric Car
- 1891: The first successful electric automobile was built by William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa
- 1900: 28 % of the 4,192 cars that were produced in the United States were powered by electricityPBS: History of the Electric Car
- 1966: According to a Gallup poll, 36 million Americans were interested in electric vehicles Electric Auto Association: EV Timeline
- 1976: United States Congress passed the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act Electric Auto Association: EV Timeline
- 1990: California established the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate; which required 2% of vehicles to be ZEVs by 1998, 10% ZEVs by 2003 Electric Auto Association: EV Timeline
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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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Reliant energy to offer plug-in services to electric cars
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Fed loans give efficient vehicles a big push
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Ford Among First to Get Loans for More Efficient Cars
Ford will get $5.9 billion, Nissan $1.6 billion and Tesla Motors $465 million in a program aimed at helping carmakers meet more stringent fuel-economy standards.New York Times (June 23, 2009)
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