Hybrid electric vehicle
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change, Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future, published by the UN Environment Programme in 2020, defines a hybrid electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV or PHEV) as: ‘A type of automobile that switches between an electric driving system and an internal combustion engine system, with a plug-in having the additional capability to charge its battery at a charge station.’
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