On the outside, most electric cars look exactly like gas-powered cars. An electric car does not have a tailpipe or a gas tank, but the overall structure is basically the same. Instead of a huge engine, an electric car uses an electric motor to convert electric energy stored in batteries into mechanical energy. Different combinations of generating mechanisms solar panels, generative braking, internal combustion engines driving a generator, fuel cells and storage mechanisms are used in electric vehicles.
- What were some of the earliest steam and gasoline driven vehicles?
- Who invented the automobile?
- How does a cable car stop and go?
- How does an escalator work?
- Why are they called skyscrapers?
- How do elevators work?
- What is the tallest building in the world?
- How is steel used in skyscrapers?
- What is the Nobel Prize?
- Why are there different religions and how did they spread?
- What was the Industrial Revolution?
- What is a patent?
- What is the difference between an invention and a discovery?
- Which state was once an independent kingdom?
- Where can you stand in four states at the same time?
- Which state has the most people?
- Which is the largest state in area, and which is the smallest?
- How can you travel across Alaska’s miles of snow?
- Why do states have names and nicknames?
- Is the District of Columbia a state?
