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What Is MPGe?
Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe) is a calculation used to compare the energy efficiency of an electric vehicle with…
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What Is a Motor?
A motor is a mechanical device that turns electrical current into kinetic energy (motion). Electric motors typically create an electromagnetic…
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What Is Mobility-as-a-Service?
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is the concept that a person does not need to own a personal vehicle for transportation but can…
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What Is an ICE?
An ICE is an internal combustion engine that burns fuel in a chamber to create motion. Internal combustion engines include…
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What Is Mobility?
Mobility is the ability to move about freely. In transportation, mobility is a catch-all term for all available types of…
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What Is Methanol?
Methanol is a simple alcohol compound. It is naturally colorless but not odorless and is extremely toxic to humans and…
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What Is a Manual Transmission?
A manual transmission is a vehicle transmission that relies on the human operator to select the gear. The transmission is…
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What Is Telematics?
Telematics is a system that gathers data from the operation of a vehicle and transmits that data wirelessly to a…
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What Is a Turbocharger?
A turbocharger (“turbo” for short) is an air compressor driven by the engine’s exhaust gas flow. A turbocharger has…
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What Is a Lithium-Metal Battery?
A lithium-metal battery is any battery with metallic lithium (Li) as the anode (negative pole) material. Lithium-metal batteries have a…