Definitions for "Hybrid Electric Vehicle"
Hybrid-electric vehicle. Various types of electric vehicles that use another power source to propel the vehicle or generate power for an electric drive train, or a combination of the two types.
An automobile with a small gaso. line motor and batteries capable of getting over 60 mpg and producing only 1/10 the pollution of a comparable gasoline car.
a vehicle that derives its power from a combination of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine and is capable of being driven on electric propulsion alone for a material part of its normal driving cycle