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  • 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of BeV

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

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Its chief executive, Makoto Uchida, said the company was playing catchup, especially in China, with strong BEV offerings planned for the second half of 2024.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

"In 2030, the BEV share of the premium car market should already be between 60 and 70%, depending on the region," Duesmann said.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 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

Fulvi Trasporti is considering hydrogen because heavy BEV alternatives would cut its load capacity 15% and require daily charging.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

Toyota officials have always said they have BEV technology, which stands for “battery electric vehicles,” or pure EVs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023