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battery-electric

battery-electric adjective: having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.).

Adjective

battery-electric (not comparable)

  1. Having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.)
    • One of the more unusual forms of electric traction used by the Bundesbahn is the battery-electric railcar.1960 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 676
    • 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.2025 November 26, David Stubbings, “Rolling stock strategy 'will give clarity'”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 7

Words formed from battery-electric

Questions about battery-electric

What does battery-electric mean?
Battery-electric means having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.).
What part of speech is battery-electric?
Battery-electric is an adjective.

Words near battery-electric in the dictionary

  1. battery pack
  2. battery packs
  3. Battery Point
  4. battery power
  5. battery-backed
  6. battery-electric
  7. battery-included
  8. battery-operated
  9. battery-powered
  10. Batterygate
  11. batteryless

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