The nomenclature is horrific. Many words describing types of electric vehicle or their components mean the same thing yet some acronyms mean several, very different things. The fog thickens when you realise that manufacturers of both the vehicles and their components have an irritating habit of making false and misleading claims. This white paper consists of a searchlight focussed on the various types of electric vehicle and their components in particular, how these go together and what aspects really matter. If you emerge stumbling more confidently in no more than a mist then we shall have achieved our objective.

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