The-Automover Glossary

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Electric Vehicle:

cars, buses, vans or trucks which use dedicated or hybrid electric systems as their power source.

Electrical System:

In electric ignition internal-combustion engines, those components necessary to convert the electricity formed by the generator into a high-voltage spark for the plugs.

Engine:

Diesel An interior combustion engine that compresses fuel until it ignites. A gasoline engine, in difference, uses a spark plug to start combustion.

Exhaust:

The system of exhausting that the burned gases from an internal-combustion engine consisting of piping or tubing, silencers, and, also at times, resonators.