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      "definition": "The electric machine that drives a vehicle’s wheels, fed by the inverter from the battery and run as a generator during regenerative braking. Most are permanent-magnet synchronous motors with neodymium magnets; induction and wound-rotor machines avoid rare earths. Its peak power, often 100–300 kW in a car, sets the discharge power the pack must supply.",
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        "lede": "Where batteries are used, and the terms used to buy, size and compare them.",
        "context": "Start with mission energy, peak power and operating conditions.",
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        "definition": "A vehicle driven by an electric motor from a battery charged from the grid. A battery electric vehicle has no engine; it is the largest market for lithium-ion cells and the driver of most pack technology.",
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