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.
    • 2025 November 26, David Stubbings, “Rolling stock strategy 'will give clarity'”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 7:
      But he added: "In many places it is likely that battery-electric trains and partial electrification will be more cost-effective than full electrification," describing the costs of full electrification as "phenomenal" while battery costs fall.

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