ELECTRIC CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric car mean? 

• ELECTRIC CAR (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC CAR has 1 sense:

1. a car that is powered by electricity

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC CAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car that is powered by electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electric; electric automobile; electric car

Hypernyms ("electric car" is a kind of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

 Context examples 

When Martin got on the electric car, he was very sick and tired.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The door would open, and thrust in upon him would come the awful electric car.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Their energy density, durability and cost effectiveness give them the potential to replace conventional electric car batteries.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

U.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla is close to testing a long-haul self-driving electric truck that could drive in convoys following a lead vehicle.

(Tesla to Test Self-driving Electric Trucks, VOA News)

Scientist have developed a lithium ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Martin told Jimmy that he would get off at Sixteenth Street Station and catch the electric car into Oakland.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Down out of the blue it would rush, as it dropped upon him changing itself into the ubiquitous electric car.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

At the corner an electric car had stopped, and at sight of a lean, familiar figure alighting, his heart leapt with joy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then, when he sprang out upon it, it would transform itself into an electric car, menacing and terrible, towering over him like a mountain, screaming and clanging and spitting fire at him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Swept away by the creative impulse, he got off the electric car, without vexation, two blocks beyond his crossing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)