BEV vs HEV vs PHEV vs FCEV: What’s the Difference?

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EV is the general term for electric vehicles. While there are various types of EVs, an electric vehicle works depending on its type.

From battery electric vehicles (BEV) to gasoline-reliant plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Although all of these EVs use electricity in one way or another, only battery electric vehicles (BEV) are pure EVs.

In this post, we outline the most common types of EVs into four basic categories.

Types of EVs

The familiar terms of today’s EV types are BEV, HEV, PHEV, and FCEV.

Different types of EVs are changed and continuously developed, and to give users and potential users choices.

These various types of EVs are broken down into four basic categories:

Battery Electric Vehicle :

Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV): A Battery Electric Vehicle, also called All-Electric Vehicle (AEV). A BEV uses only electric motors or motors for propulsion. Battery electric vehicles are pure electric vehicles. Electricity is charged by plugging into the electricity grid, and then can be stored in a large battery pack. The batteries provide power to one or more electric motors to run the electric car. BEVs produce no tailpipe emissions. Since they don’t have a traditional internal combustion engine and use no gasoline.

Hybrid Electric Vehicle:

Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV): A HEV is called a standard hybrid or parallel hybrid. Different HEV models exist, while they all have both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. Most of them start off with the electric motor and then switch to the gas engine. An HEV runs on an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine of an HEV generates energy from fuels. While the motor of an HEV gets electricity from batteries. The electric motor of an HEV uses energy from a battery. Then the energy regenerates from braking when slowing the car and charging its battery. HEVs are known for their fuel economy, but it has no charging port that can be recharged from the electricity grid.

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle:

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV): A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is as its name suggests, can be plugged into a power outlet or electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) to charge its batteries. PHEVs is a type of hybrid vehicle that has a motor and an internal combustion engine. Therefore, a  PHEV also can use a conventional or an alternative fuel to power the internal combustion engine. This variety tends to have a larger all-electric range than a traditional hybrid. Some PHEVs can travel up to 60 kilometers or more on electric power alone.

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle:

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV): Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), also known as fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), or Zero Emission vehicles. Fuel cell electric vehicles are different from other electric vehicles. Since FCEVs use fuel cells that generate electricity through a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. FCEVs run on compressed hydrogen, and the chemical energy of the fuel is converted directly into electric energy.

EV Variations Breakdown At a Glance:

Types of EVs

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