battery electric vehicle

English

Noun

battery electric vehicle (plural battery electric vehicles)

1. A type of electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, usually and especially one whose powertrain is entirely electric.

Synonyms

• BEV

Hypernyms

• electric vehicle, EV, zero-emission vehicle, ZEV

Coordinate terms

• hybrid electric vehicle

Related terms

• battery-electric

Translations

electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純電動車／纯电动车 (chúndiàndòngchē), 電瓶車／电瓶车 (zh) (diànpíngchē), 電池電動車／电池电动车 (diànchí diàndòngchē), 蓄電池電動機車／蓄电池电动机车 (xùdiànchí diàndòngjīchē)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: akkusähköauto
• French: véhicules électriques à batterie f
• German: Elektroauto (de) n, batterieelektrisches Fahrzeug n (rare)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: veículo elétrico a bateria m
• Russian: электромоби́ль (ru) m (elektromobílʹ)