What energy sources are used in new energy vehicles?
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New energy vehicles primarily use energy sources including fuel cells, hybrid power, and hydrogen energy. New energy vehicles refer to vehicles powered by energy sources other than gasoline and diesel engines, such as solar energy. New energy vehicles include four major types: hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), battery electric vehicles (BEV, including solar-powered vehicles), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), and other new energy vehicles (such as those using supercapacitors, flywheels, and other high-efficiency energy storage devices). Battery electric vehicles (Blade-Electric-Vehicles, BEV) are vehicles that use a single battery as the energy storage power source. They utilize the battery as the energy storage power source, providing electrical energy to the motor through the battery to drive the motor, thereby propelling the vehicle. Hybrid electric vehicles (Hybrid-Electric-Vehicle, HEV) are vehicles whose drive system consists of two or more individual drive systems that can operate simultaneously. The vehicle's driving power is provided by either a single drive system or multiple drive systems, depending on the actual driving conditions. Due to differences in components, layout, and control strategies, hybrid vehicles come in various forms. Fuel cell electric vehicles (Fuel-Cell-Electric-Vehicle, FCEV) use hydrogen and oxygen from the air, catalyzed to produce electrical energy through electrochemical reactions in the fuel cell, which serves as the primary power source to drive the vehicle. Essentially, fuel cell electric vehicles are a type of battery electric vehicle, with the main difference lying in the working principle of the power battery. Hydrogen engine vehicles use a hydrogen engine as the power source. While conventional engines use diesel or gasoline as fuel, hydrogen engines use gaseous hydrogen. Hydrogen engine vehicles are a truly zero-emission mode of transportation, emitting only pure water, and they offer advantages such as no pollution, zero emissions, and abundant reserves.