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How do electric cars work?

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Simone Peters and Milto SchmidtAugust 9, 2016

Plug-ins fill up on electricity and away they go. But how exactly? We explain how an electric car is powered and what advantages and disadvantages electric motors have compared to internal combustion engines.

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