"PHEV" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PHEVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PHEV (plural PHEVs)
  1. (automotive) Initialism of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Hypernyms: EV, electric vehicle, HEV, hybrid electric vehicle, LEV, low emission vehicle, ULEV, ultra-low-emission vehicle Hyponyms: BEVx, battery electric vehicle with range extender, PHEVLER, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with long electric range, REx, range extender Coordinate_terms: BEV, battery electric vehicle, FCV, fuel cell vehicle, FCEV, fuel cell electric vehicle, ZEV, zero-emission vehicle Translations (hybrid vehicle): pistokehybridi (Finnish), ladattava hybridi (Finnish), lataushybridi (Finnish), töpselihybridi (Finnish), plug-in-hybridiauto (Finnish), plug-in-hybridi (Finnish), plugari (Finnish), PHEV (PHEV) (Japanese), プラグインハイブリッド自動車 (puragu-in-haiburiddo-jidōsha) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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