eli5/Electric cars

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There is so much discussion about charging stations and batteries being barriers to producing economical, practical electric cars that can travel long distances without charging. (I live in Australia where distance is a real ‘thing’)

Am I missing something?

Why can’t such a vehicle use a “dynamo” system to produce its own energy once in motion?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Conservation of energy.

A dynamo uses the energy of movement to create electrical energy.

But you need electrical energy to move.

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