electric car—a car that utilizes energy stored in rechargeable battery packs:
- Electric cars have major limitations; they don’t go very fast, and they can’t go far without a battery charge.
electric motor car—
1. = electric car:
- My guess is that, all other things equal, the electric motor car would pull out ahead of an internal combustion engine….
2. a self-propelled electric railroad vehicle:
- Several railroads operate electric motor cars in suburban passenger train service.