Battery Electric Vehicles rely on which energy storage?

• A. Gasoline Tanks
• B. Batteries
• C. Hydrogen Cells
• D. Solar Panels

Answer: (B)

Battery electric vehicles store energy in battery packs. These packs hold chemical energy and release electrical energy to power the electric motor when you drive. The energy storage medium here is the battery itself, typically made of many cells arranged to provide the right voltage and capacity.

Gasoline tanks store chemical energy for internal combustion engines, which BEVs don’t use. Hydrogen fuel cells store energy in hydrogen for vehicles that run on fuel cells, not in BEVs. Solar panels may help recharge or top up energy, but they don’t store energy themselves; the stored energy in a BEV is in the battery.