new energy vehicle

English

Noun

new energy vehicle (plural new energy vehicles)

1. An alternative energy vehicle. A vehicle which is fuelled by an uncommon energy source, as compared to the vast marketplace of conventionally fuelled vehicles, as of the turn of the 21st century.
2. (China, automotive) A plug-in electric vehicle, either a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or an all-electric plug-in battery electric vehicle

Synonyms

• NEV (abbreviation)

Chinese marketplace

• plug-in electric vehicle (PEV)

 

uncommon energy source

• alternate fuel vehicle
• alternative energy vehicle

 

Hypernyms

• vehicle

 

Chinese marketplace

• electric vehicle (EV)

 

Hyponyms

uncommon energy source

• alcohol vehicle
• all-electric vehicle
• battery electric vehicle (BEV)
• electric vehicle (EV)
• ethanol vehicle
• flex-fuel vehicle
• fuel cell vehicle
• hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)
• hydrogen vehicle
• methanol vehicle
• multifuel vehicle
• natural gas vehicle
• plug-in electric vehicle (PEV)
• plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
• solar electric vehicle

 

Chinese marketplace

• all-electric vehicle
• battery electric vehicle (BEV)
• plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)

 

Derived terms

• NEV (abbreviation)

 

Translations

Chinese automotive

• Chinese: NEV, 新能源汽車／新能源汽车 (xīnnéngyuán qìchē)