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Do electric cars use DC or AC motors?
I just bought my first electric car and I’m interested in learning more about how it works. When it comes to electric motors, do electric cars use DC or AC motors?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Congrats on your new
electric car
! There has never been a more exciting time to start driving an electric car, and doing research is an important part of new car ownership. Electric cars actually utilize both Direct Current (DC) power and Alternating Current (AC) power. The electricity from the grid that you use to charge your car and the electricity used by your motor is always going to be in AC, but a Direct Current is what goes into and comes out of the poles of every battery.
The battery stores and dispenses energy through a DC current, and it is converted into an AC current to be used by the motor using an inverter.
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