Battery-electric

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having its traction motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries. (As opposed to electrification-based electric.) not-comparable

    "One of the more unusual forms of electric traction used by the Bundesbahn is the battery-electric railcar."

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"One of the more unusual forms of electric traction used by the Bundesbahn is the battery-electric railcar."

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