It cost less and it was more quiet.
The power plant includes an internal combustion engine and a direct current electric motor generator.
A Smart car can have an internal combustion engine. An electric car is....electric
Depends on whether you are talking internal combustion engine, horse drawn or electric tram? Horse drawn was decades before the internal combustion engine.
There are no internal combustion engine parts in a electric car. The Electric car will not use gas but electricity from batteries.
They're very quiet compared to a internal combustion engine. This is because the RPM and Torque comes from very few parts rather then the thousands in the internal combustion engine.
An electric car is powered by a large electric motor. This motor is powered by the use of magnets in a coil inside the motor. When electric current is run through the motor, the drive shaft spins. This type of motor has an advantage over internal combustion engines because it offers all its torque at 0 rpm, thousands less than internal combustion engines. This makes the car quicker to start and accelerate.
Most are powered by an Internal Combustion engine either gasoline, diesel, or electric motors.
Ethanol is a combustible fluid, which is burned in internal combustion engines just as gasoline is. Electric cars (not hybrids) do not run on internal combustion engines, they run on electricity provided by batteries, which is used to operate electric motors. Hybrids have both features, they can run on fuel or on electricity.
Most cars have an internal combustion engine and a battery. Hybrid drive vehicle such as Toyota Prius.
A small electric motor used to turn an internal combustion over to get the larger engine running.
A small electric motor used to turn an internal combustion over to get the larger engine running.
No. The Smart cars use internal combustion engines - they're not electric.