Jump To:

• BEV
  BEV

  abbreviation

  battery electric vehicle: an automobile or other vehicle having an electric motor that is fully powered by batteries.
• BeV
  BeV

  billion electron-volts.

BEV

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. battery electric vehicle: an automobile or other vehicle having an electric motor that is fully powered by batteries.

2. Black English Vernacular.

---

BeV ² American  

[bev] / bɛv /

Or Bev,

Physics.

1. billion electron-volts.

---

BeV British  

abbreviation

1. gigaelectronvolts (GeV)

---

Etymology

Origin of BeV

C20: from b ( illion ) e ( lectron ) v ( olts )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

BEV BeV

The Chinese command 59% of that BEV market and continue to pull away, Schneider points out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Globally, BEV penetration continues to trend higher, rising from 14% in the first quarter and tracking toward 18% in the second.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

So far it has introduced three EV models, the BEV T03, the SUV C11 and the C01 sedan.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

Experience,” Takero Kato, the president of Toyota’s BEV Factory, told a workshop on the future of cars outside Tokyo last week.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2023

The automaker this year will also issue a BEV version of the Grecale SUV it launched in 2022.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2023

The result is two opposing beams of protons, each packing a wallop of 28 BeV, which can meet nearly head-on at eight different points where the rings intersect.

From Time Magazine Archive