battery electric vehicles, definition of

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are fully electric vehicles which are powered solely by a battery pack and require charging via an external source. 

• Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing Autopilot, supplying powertrains and batteries to other automakers
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter on Tuesday night that the automaker would be “open to licensing software and supplying powertrains & batteries” to other automakers...
• Shell’s first Greenlots electric vehicle fast charger lands in Singapore
  Royal Dutch Shell, the energy giant known for its fossil fuel production and hundreds of Shell gas stations, is creeping into the electric vehicle-power business...
• Lightyear One debuts as the first long-range solar-powered electric car
  Electric cars are better for the environment than fossil fuel-burning vehicles, but they still rely on the grid, which can be variously dirty or clean depending on what sources it uses for its energy...
• UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric delivery trucks
   UPS will work with partner Workhorse, a battery-electric transportation technology company, to develop and deploy a fleet of 50 custom-built plug-in electric delivery trucks with zero emissions...
• Mitchell, Reilly Tout Ruinous Calif. Auto Policy
  Earlier this week, Politico published an op-ed by former Sen. Majority Leader George Mitchell (1989-1995) and former EPA Administrator William Reilly (1989-1993) that is as intellectually mushy as it is politically devious.  In “Calif. Must...

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