EV Lesson 2 – Electric Vehicles – Lecture Summary

EV Lesson 2 – Electric Vehicles – Lecture Summary

Charging is defined as which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Supplying power (kW) to an
EV battery



Which of the following acronyms represents the level of charge present in an EV battery? -
correct answer ✔✔SOC



TRUE / FALSE

The first EV chargers were external and supplied DC current directly to the vehicle's batteries. -
correct answer ✔✔true



Which of the following was an early electric vehicle charger? - correct answer ✔✔General
Electric arc rectifier



Later in the development of EV charging equipment, the actual charging means was
accomplished by a(n) ? that converts AC to DC to be used in charging the vehicle's battery. -
correct answer ✔✔rectifier



Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) provides which of the following safety features? -
correct answer ✔✔GFCI protection

hardware fault detection



TRUE / FALSE

EVSE provides DC power to the electric vehicle charging port. - correct answer ✔✔false



DC charging equipment provides DC directly to ? in an EV. - correct answer ✔✔battery
management systems