electric car

electric car
noun
a car that is powered by electricity
Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar

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electric car,
an automobile powered by a motor supplied with electric current from a storage battery or other device, such as a fuel cell; electromobile. Electric cars were popular between the late 1890's and 1910 and interest in them revives with new methods of generating electrical power.

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