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battery-electric en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of an electric vehicle) Having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.)
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: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:
Deriveds
battery electric vehicle · battery electric multiple unit