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e-car

British  

noun

  1. a car powered by electricity

"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 e-car

C20: e lectric car


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“But perhaps it won’t last,” he said of the used e-car imports.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2019

Part of the reason is a bottleneck in new e-car imports.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2019

More trouble for Elon: With everything else bearing down on Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. — a production mess, cash crunch and Twitter-induced drama — you can add looming competition in the luxury e-car market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2018

Mitsubishi is building a tiny e-car in Japan and will put it on general sale soon, but the price is $50,000 or so.

From Forbes ● Feb. 19, 2010

The driving force behind the e-car is Carlos Ghosn, the Renault executive who led a Nissan turnaround after the two companies were merged.

From Forbes ● Feb. 19, 2010

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