ProCon’s Electric Vehicle Quiz
- Question: Which of the following is true about FCEVs, a kind of electric vehicle?
- Answer: This is the way FCEVs (fuel cell electric vehicles) are powered and refueled.
- Question: A PHEV, a kind of electric vehicle, is powered by which of the following?
- Answer: Plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) have both an electric motor with a large battery and a gasoline engine with a fuel tank, giving them the flexibility to use electricity, gasoline, or both.
- Question: Which was the first successful commercially available electric car?
- Answer: Invented in 1894, the first successful commercially available electric car was the quiet and enormously heavy Electrobat, widely used as a taxi in major cities in the late 1890s. But the cheaper, faster, and more powerful gas-fueled Ford Model T (1908) killed the early market for electric cars.
- Question: Which of the following is true about HEVs, a kind of electric vehicle?
- Answer: All of these are true about HEVs (hybrid electric vehicles).
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument against driving electric vehicles?
- Answer: This is a common argument against driving electric vehicles.
- Question: Which is the fastest way of charging a fully electric EV (electric vehicle)?
- Answer: EVs (all-electric vehicles) are charged by plugging them into an external power source, such as a standard 120-volt home outlet (called Level 1 charging, the slowest method), a faster 208- to 240-volt home outlet generally used for larger appliances (called Level 2 charging), or a direct-current fast-charging (DCFC) station (the fastest method, called Level 3 charging).
- Question: Which of the following can charge a BEV, a kind of electric vehicle?
- Answer: Battery EVs (BEVs), called “fully electric” or “all-electric,” are powered only by an electric battery and can be charged through any of these sources.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument in favor of driving electric vehicles (EVs)?
- Answer: This is a common argument in favor of driving electric vehicles.
© Robert Hoetink/stock.adobe.com
© Robert Hoetink/stock.adobe.com
