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electric car

automobile propelled by an electric motor using energy stored in rechargeable batteries
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Summary

electric car ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,748 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Thomas Davenport[2]
  • Subclass of: battery electric vehicle[3], car[4]
  • Part of: electromobility[5]
  • Has use: transport[6]
  • Commons category: Electrically-powered automobiles[7]
  • Opposite of: Q124351225[8]
  • Powered by: electric motor[9]
  • Has part(s): battery[10], electric motor[11]
  • Inception: 1835[12]
  • Source of energy: electricity[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electric cars[14]
  • Has characteristic: range anxiety[15], climate change mitigation[16]
  • Hashtag: Elektroauto[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
  • P14541: 1J7HtL[19]
  • P14717: electric car[20]

Why It Matters

electric car has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000147
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19626
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C19626, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14717 → electric car
    Harper's tag → automobiles-electric
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: automobiles-electric, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914661|automobiles electric (#289914661)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1J7HtL
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009613-elektromobily
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009613-elektromobily, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Euronews topic id → electric-cars
    Has parts → —
    Part of → electromobility
    Opposite of → Q124351225
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 6099, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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