Electric car

Lisa C. (United States of America)
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  1. electric car
    a car that is powered by electricity
    Will You Drive an Electric Car One Day?
    Spanish Translation

    By Brian Dumaine for TIME

    Coming this fall, electric cars will be hitting the road in the United States.
  2. battery-powered
    powered by one or more electric batteries
    These quiet, clean, battery-powered vehicles can be charged in a wall outlet, like a giant power tool.
  3. electric
    using or providing the flow of charge through a conductor
    Will You Drive an Electric Car One Day?
    Spanish Translation

    By Brian Dumaine for TIME

    Coming this fall, electric cars will be hitting the road in the United States.
  4. volt
    a unit for measuring the force of an electric current
    This fall, General Motors (GM) is launching its electric Volt.
  5. car
    a motor vehicle with four wheels
    Will You Drive an Electric Car One Day?
    Spanish Translation

    By Brian Dumaine for TIME

    Coming this fall, electric cars will be hitting the road in the United States.
  6. powered
    (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind
    These quiet, clean, battery-powered vehicles can be charged in a wall outlet, like a giant power tool.
  7. U.S. government
    the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
    CHARGE IT

    To help car companies develop oil-free electric vehicles, the U.S. government has given billions of dollars to makers of electric cars.
  8. charge
    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
    These quiet, clean, battery-powered vehicles can be charged in a wall outlet, like a giant power tool.
  9. gasoline
    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
    So the supply of oil (which is turned into gasoline) won't keep up with the number of cars on the road.
  10. oil
    a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
    The cars may help Americans kick the oil habit one day.
  11. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
    The good news is that electric-car technology is improving, and the prices of the vehicles are dropping as it does.
  12. Energy
    the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
    The U.S. Department of Energy is giving grants to pay for at least 10,000 charging stations around the nation.
  13. driving
    the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
    It can take as much as eight hours to charge a car for only 100 miles of driving.
  14. electricity
    a physical phenomenon that can produce light, heat and power
    The car runs on electricity, but it also has a gas engine.
  15. battery
    a collection of related things intended for use together
    These quiet, clean, battery-powered vehicles can be charged in a wall outlet, like a giant power tool.
  16. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
    CHARGE IT

    To help car companies develop oil-free electric vehicles, the U.S. government has given billions of dollars to makers of electric cars.
Created on Thu Jan 27 23:19:15 EST 2011

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