What does kilowatt-hour (kWh) mean in electric cars?

Apr 05, 2023 News

What does kilowatt-hour (kWh) mean in electric cars?

"kWh" stands for kilowatt-hour, which is a unit of measurement for energy. It is often used to describe how much electricity is used or stored over a certain amount of time.


One kilowatt-hour is equal to the amount of energy used by a 1,000-watt appliance running for one hour. For example, if you have a 100-watt light bulb and you leave it on for 10 hours, you will have used 1 kWh of energy (100 watts x 10 hours = 1,000 watt-hours, or 1 kWh).


In the context of electric vehicles, the kWh measurement is used to describe the size of the battery pack and how much energy it can store. The larger the battery pack in kWh, the more energy the electric vehicle can store and the longer it can drive on a single charge.


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