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While in conventional ICE-based vehicles the energy carrier is a fossil fuel, electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems are characterized by the presence of an electrochemical or electrostatic energy storage system. Moreover, at least one electric motor is responsible — totally or partially — for the vehicle propulsion.
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Guzzella, L., Sciarretta, A. (2013). Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems. In: Vehicle Propulsion Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35913-2_4
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