Author(s)

Zeyuan Lyu

Corresponding Author

Zeyuan Lyu

ABSTRACT

Electric vehicles are a well-known technology in the 21st century. It is the most popular transportation tool for the government and citizens in this era. Thus, most countries support to phase out fossil fuel vehicles with electric cars because according to the CNEV (China Electric Vehicle)’s “The Advantages of Electric Vehicles”, electric vehicles have various benefits such as ultra-low emission of off-gas or even no off-gas, fast acceleration, low noise, and most importantly, the spread of electric vehicles could drastically reduce the use and extraction of fossil fuels. Since the 2015 Climate Conference in Paris, countries around the world have been implementing measures to reduce carbon emissions. Electric cars are a new means of transportation worth popularizing. This paper first introduces the basic concepts and properties of electric vehicles and analyzes the development and application of electric vehicles these years, including civil which means the facilities that can be used by the public and non-civil which means the facilities not accessible to the public like military. The difficulties encountered in the development of electric vehicle industry and the future development trend of electric vehicles are also discussed.

KEYWORDS

Electric vehicle, electric engine, new energy