In regular internal combustion engine cars, the alternator and the engine work to convert chemical energy from the fuel into potential electric energy for the auxiliary systems. Electric cars already have tons of this potential electric energy just sitting around in their battery arrays.
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Electric cars don’t have alternators.
In regular internal combustion engine cars, the alternator and the engine work to convert chemical energy from the fuel into potential electric energy for the auxiliary systems. Electric cars already have tons of this potential electric energy just sitting around in their battery arrays.