I'm looking to learn more about electric vehicles. Can you tell me why they're better than normal cars?
I'm looking to learn more about electric vehicles. Can you tell me why they're better than normal cars?
user
Let's begin with a little background, and some vocabulary.  A battery is one of many things that an EV uses to charge up.  When a battery is charged, it’s at a state called a ‘full charge’, and that’s what will be used to power the vehicle.  An internal combustion engine, or ICE, is what other cars run on.  The internal combustion engine takes in fuel and air, and uses that to produce energy.  The energy is stored in a battery, which can then be used to power the car, or to propel the car by releasing that energy through an engine.
assistant
So the electric car is better for the environment?
user
That’s not entirely accurate.  What would actually be better for the environment is a car with an ICE that’s powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.  I think that makes for a nice analogy in the energy sector.  The renewable energy sources are something like the batteries of the EV.  Let’s keep going with this analogy.  A wind turbine is like an ICE, producing energy by burning fuel.  This fuel would be the equivalent of the fuel you might put in your car for ICE.
assistant
Got it.. So what are the benefits to a electric car?
user