An early electric vehicle or automobile powered by an electric motor and batteries rather than a gasoline engine.
From electro- + mobile (Latin 'mobilis' meaning 'movable'). The term emerged in the 1890s-1900s as engineers first created electric-powered carriages.
Electromobiles actually outsold gasoline cars in early 1900s America because they were quieter, cleaner, and didn't need hand-cranking—they lost the war to gas cars mainly because of better roads and cheap oil.
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