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After a quick plug-in, Ollie’s battery is fully charged. It takes a little
longer than filling a tank with gas, but his new friends don’t mind. New Words from

Soon, he is ready to get back on the road. There is a whole wide world Ollie Goes the Distance
to explore!

Ollie knows that he is different, and that’s great. He’s proud to be an

electric car! battery (BAT-uh- fuel (FYOOL): a material
ree): a source of electric that is burned to produce
power. Electric cars use heat or power. All-electric
battery packs to power cars do not use fuel.
their electric motors.
Their batteries are
rechargeable.
gasoline (gas-oh-
charge (CHARJ): the LEEN): fuel for a
amount of energy stored gasoline-powered car.
by a battery. Starting Electric cars don’t need
a drive with a charged gasoline to run.
battery is a good idea.
When an electric car’s
battery is low, it can be
plugged in and recharged. hybrid (HY-bred): a
mixture of two things.
electric (uh-LEK-trik): Hybrid cars have electric
operated by electricity; motors and gasoline-
electricity is the flow of powered engines.
electrical power. Electric
cars use electric motors
to move, instead of pollution (puh-LOO-
traditional combustion shuhn): the introduction
engines. of harmful or poisonous
things into the air.
engine (EN-jin): a Cars burn gasoline, which
machine that turns pollutes the air. Electric
energy into movement. cars don’t use gasoline,
Engines provide power but the electricity used to
and make a car’s charge their batteries can
wheels move. also create pollution.

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