electromobilen.
/ᵻˈlɛktrəmə(ʊ)ˌbiːl/, U.S. /əˈlɛktrəmoʊˌbil/, /iˈlɛktrəmoʊˌbil/ A motor vehicle powered by an electric motor rather than an internal combustion engine; an electric car.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > electrically-powered vehicle
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1899 Twin-City News (Uhrichsville & Dennison, Ohio) 27 July /1 An electrical journal has opened its columns to a competition for a good word to describe electric carriages, and ‘electromobile’ has been selected, but it is doubtful if it will ‘stick’.
1907 Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 7/4 The new electromobile garage, the largest in the world.
1947 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Feb. 2/5 The Japanese, beset by drastic transportation woes, asked permission of Allied headquarters to begin mass production of electromobiles.
2000 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 17 Mar. a30 A LEM Twike electromobile on display at Geneva. The small Fibreglas vehicle..uses 4 kw/h per 100 km,..and can reach a top speed of 100 km/h.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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