Electric Vehicle Guide; Review Of Electric Vehicle - Kia Niro Plus DE 2022 Owner's Manual

Electric vehicle guide

Electric vehicle guide

Review of electric vehicle

An electric vehicle is driven using a bat-
tery and an electric motor. While general
vehicles use an internal combustion
engine and gasoline as fuel, electric
vehicles use electrical energy that is
charged & stored inside the high voltage
battery.
As a result, electric vehicles are eco-
friendly in that they do not require fuel
and do not emit exhaust gases.
Characteristics of electric vehi-
cles
It is driven using the electrical energy
that is charged & stored inside the high
voltage battery. This method prevents
air pollution since fuel, like gasoline, is
not required, negating the emission of
exhaust gases.
A high performance electric motor is
used in the vehicle as well. Compared to
standard, internal combustion engine
vehicles, engine noise and vibrations are
much more minimal when driving.
When decelerating or driving downhill,
regenerative braking is utilized to charge
the high voltage battery. This minimizes
energy loss and increases the distance
to empty.
When the battery charge is not suffi-
cient, AC charge (L2-Normal), DC charge
and Trickle charge (L1-Trickle) are avail-
able. (Refer to "Charge types for electric
vehicle" on page 1-13.)
Battery information
The vehicle is composed of a high volt-
age battery that drives the motor, air
conditioner, and charges an auxiliary
battery (12 V) that drives all other 12 V
systems.
The auxiliary battery is automatically
charged when the vehicle is in (
mode or the high voltage battery is
being charged.
NOTICE
What does regenerative braking do?
It uses the electric motor when deceler-
ating and recaptures & transforms
kinetic to electrical energy in order to
charge the high voltage battery.
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