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alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) (s) (noun phrase), alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs) (pl)
A motor conveyance designed to operate on an alternative source of energy: An AFV could run on compressed natural gas, methane blend, or electricity:

The vehicle could be either a dedicated vehicle designed to operate exclusively on alternative fuel or a nondedicated vehicle designed to operate on alternative fuel and/or a traditional fuel.

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bi-fuel vehicle (s) (noun phrase), bi-fuel vehicles (pl)
A motor conveyance that operates on two different fuels, but not on a mixture of the fuels: In bi-fuel vehicles, each type of fuel is stored in a separate tank.

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electric hybrid vehicle
An electric vehicle that either operates solely on electricity, but contains an internal combustion motor that generates additional electricity (series hybrid); or it contains an electric system and an internal combustion system and is capable of operating on either system (a parallel hybrid).
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electric motor vehicle (s) (noun), electric motor vehicles (pl)
A road vehicle that is driven by electrical energy: An electric motor vehicle is powered by an electric motor that draws current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaic arrays, or other sources of electric current.