### Question
How is the term electric motor vehicle defined?


### Answer
The term **electric motor vehicle** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 13435* as the following:

> a motor vehicle primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaic arrays, or other sources of electric current and may include an electric-hybrid vehicle

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 13435*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 134-ENERGY POLICY > SUBCHAPTER VIII-REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY > Part B-Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution**

