I think electric violins are better, because it outputs electronic sound. 
I have seen some videos of electronic violins, the designs of the instrument is amazing. Very beautiful.  
It is, and you can refer to it as and electric pickup or electro-acoustic violin. 
Do you play violin by any chance?
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its
Electric violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, although "amplified violin" or "electro-acoustic violin" are more accurate in that case.
History.
Electrically amplified violins have been used in one form or another since the 1920s; jazz and blues