HEV

American

abbreviation

hybrid electric vehicle: an automobile or other vehicle that is powered by an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor whose battery is charged by the engine and by regenerative braking that converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electricity.

Etymology

Origin of HEV

First recorded in 1970–75 as hybrid electric vehicle

Example Sentences

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Serra-Cobo, a member of the UB's Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, notes that "all the isolated viruses were classified within genotype 3 of HEV."

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

Moreover, pregnant women are also at risk from HEV.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

HEV also poses a serious threat to pregnant women.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

These drawbacks mean that HEV lights haven’t really caught on as a disinfection technology, despite the research backing it up, Malley tells me.

From The Verge • Mar. 3, 2021

I HEV et boot—leastways gnawed it; when I was cast away in a open boat for three weeks—but it wa'n't bad boot, as boots go.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.

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