Glossary

• 1–2 Finish
• 107% rule
• 200 MPH Club
• A-pillar
• A4R70W
• AA
• AAA
• AC
• Active Suspension
• AER
• Aerodynamic Drag
• Air Dam
• Air Jacks
• All-electric range
• Alphabet Soup
• Alternating Current
• AMP
• Anode
• Anti-Dive
• Anti-Lock Braking System
• Anti-Roll Bar
• Anti-Squat
• Apex
• Apron
• Aspect Ratio
• Auto Racing
• Autotesting
• Axle Tramp
• B-pillar
• Balance Shaft
• Ball Joint
• Battery cell
• Battery Composition
• Battery Electric Vehicle
• Battery heating system
• Battery management system
• Battery module
• Battery pack
• Beam Axle
• Beltline
• BEV
• Bevel Gears
• BHS
• BMS
• Boost Pressure
• Brake Bias
• Brake Modulation
• Brake Torquing
• Breathe
• Breathing (engine)
• Bushing
• Cathode
• CCID
• CCS
• CHAdeMO Plug
• ChaoJi
• Charge Circuit Interrupting Device
• Charge point installer
• Charge point operator
• Charging
• Charging Point
• Charging Station
• Combined charging system
• Connector (EV)
• CPI
• CPO
• DC
• Direct Current
• Distribution network operator
• DNO
• Drag coefficient
• Drive Units
• EDU
• Electric Drive unit
• Electric power control unit
• Electric Vehicle
• Electric vehicle service provider
• Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
• Electro-mobility service provider
• eMSP
• EPCU
• EREV
• EREV
• eTrunk
• EV
• EV Battery
• EVSE
• EVSP
• Extended-Range Electric Vehicle
• Extended range electric vehicle
• Factory ZERO
• FCEV
• Frunk
• Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
• GB/T
• GHG
• Green House Gas
• HEV
• Hybrid
• Hybrid Electric Vehicle
• ICE
• Idle air control valve (IAC)
• Internal Combustion Engine
• Inverter
• Kilowatt-hour
• Kilowatts
• kW
• kWh
• LDC
• Level 1 Charging (Slow)
• Level 2 Charging (Fast)
• Level 3 Charging
• Lithium-Ion Battery
• Live Axle
• Locking Differential
• Locking Torque Converter
• Lockup
• Loose
• Low voltage DC-DC converter
• Main Bearings
• MHEV
• Mid-Engine
• Mild hybrid electric vehicles
• Miles per gallon equivalent
• Miles per kilowatt-hour
• Monocoque
• MPGe
• mpkWh
• Multileaf Spring
• Multilink Suspension
• NEDC
• Neighborhood electric vehicle
• Neutral Steer
• NEV
• New European driving cycle
• NiMH
• Nickel Metal Hydride
• OBC
• OCA
• OCPI
• OCPP
• OCSP
• Off-peak charging
• On-board charger
• On-Center Feel
• Open Charge Alliance
• Open Charge Point Interface
• Open Charge Point Protocol
• Open Smart Charging Protocol
• Opposite Lock
• Overdrive
• Overhead Cam
• Oversquare
• Oversteer
• Panhard Rod
• Pent-Roof
• PHEVsee Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
• Pitch
• Planetary Gears
• Plenum Chamber
• Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
• Polar Moment of Inertia
• Port Fuel Injection
• Pound-Feet
• Power
• Power Band
• Powertrain
• Profile
• Progressive-Rate Spring
• Psi
• Pure Electric
• Push
• Pushrod
• Rack-and-Pinion
• Range
• Range
• Range Anxiety
• Range anxiety
• Range extender
• Range per hour
• Rebound
• Recirculating-Ball
• Redline
• Reducer
• Regenerative Braking
• Revolutions per minute
• REx
• Ride Height
• Ride Steer
• Rigid Axle
• Ring-and-Pinion Gear
• RNO
• Road-Load Horsepower
• Roadholding
• Roaming network operator
• Roll
• RPH
• RPM
• Rubber-Isolated Crossmember
• SAE
• SAE COMBO (CCS)
• SAE-J1772
• SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers
• Scrub Radius
• Sedan
• Semi-Elliptic Leaf Spring
• Semi-Trailing-Arm Suspension
• Series (Tire)
• Shift Gate
• Shock Absorber
• Single-Rate Spring
• Single-Rate Spring
• Site owner
• Skidpad
• Slip Angle
• Slushbox
• SOHC
• Solid-state battery
• Space Frame
• Spoiler
• Squat
• Steering Axis
• Steering Feel
• Steering Gain
• Steering Geometry
• Steering Response
• Straight-Line Tracking
• Stroke
• Strut
• Sump
• Supercharger
• Targa
• Tesla Supercharger
• Three-phase charging
• Throttle-Body
• Throttle-Body Fuel Injection
• Toe-Control Link
• Toe-in
• Toe Steer
• Torque
• Torque
• Torque Converter
• Torque Steer
• Torsion Bar
• Traction Control
• Trail-Braking
• Trailing Arm
• Trailing Link
• Transaxle
• Transmission
• Tread Squirm
• Tube Frame
• Tumblehome
• Tuned Intake and Exhaust Systems
• Turbo Lag
• Turbocharger
• Turn-In
• Type 1 Plug
• Type 2 Plug
• Ultium
• Undercut
• Understeer
• Undertray
• Unitized Construction
• Universal Joint
• Utility Rate (TOU)
• V2G
• Valve Float
• Valve Lifter
• Valvetrain
• VCU
• Vehicle control unit
• Vehicle-to-grid
• Victory lane
• Victory lap
• Viscous Coupling
• VRLA Battery
• VTEC Valve system
• Waste Gate
• Watt-Hours per Kilogram
• Watt-Hours per Liter
• wBMS
• Wet Tire
• Wh/kg
• Wh/L
• Wheel Banging
• Wheel Hop
• Wheel Shroud
• Wheelie Bars
• Wheelspin
• Wheelstand
• Whip
• Wickerbill
• Wing
• Wireless Battery Management System
• Wishbone
• WLTP
• Works Team
• Worldwide harmonized light vehicles test procedure
• X-Frame
• Xenon
• Yaw
• Yellow Checkered
• Z
• Zero Car
• Zero Emission Vehicle
• Zero-Offset Steering
• ZEV