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battery-electric

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battery-electric (not comparable)

  1. (of an electric vehicle) Having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.)
    • 1960 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 676:
      One of the more unusual forms of electric traction used by the Bundesbahn is the battery-electric railcar.

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