I don’t understand why a car would have both if they both provide rotational energy, unless they just stack? I don’t know what’s going on.
I don’t understand why a car would have both if they both provide rotational energy, unless they just stack? I don’t know what’s going on.
“Engine” and “motor” are almost the same thing, and when talking about cars are often used interchangeably. However, an engine usually refers to an internal combustion engine (which is gasoline or diesel-powered), while a motor usually refers to an electric motor, as used in electric cars.
My education is in automation and my current job works very heavily with pneumatic systems, so my usable idea of what a motor and engine is are very different from most people familiar with the terms. I would get some seriously strange looks for saying that a compressor engine was bad comparatively.