# Acronym definitions **URL:** \ **Category:** EV Small Talk\ **Created:** [August 14, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914 "2008-08-14T13:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CactusJackSlade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@CactusJackSlade](https://community.electricforum.com/u/CactusJackSlade)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/1 "2008-08-14T13:56:34Z")
Hello All, Great forum here, just a bit of a bugger for a noobie are all the acronyms used. Some are simple, but some i still don’t know what they mean. Any way to do a sticky on acronyms for us noobies? I looked under the general Q&A but did not see anything… EV: Electric Vehicle (of course!) ICE: Internal Combustion Engine PHEV: E-flex: NEV: BEV: ZEV: Zero Emission Vehicle Others? Little help?.. Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![frodus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@frodus](https://community.electricforum.com/u/frodus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/2 "2008-08-14T15:01:33Z")
PHEV: Plugin Hybrid Electric vehicle NEV: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle BMS: Battery Management (or monitoring) system HV: High Voltage LV: Low Voltage ---
**Author:** ![JamesSimon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JamesSimon](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JamesSimon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/3 "2010-07-15T01:10:57Z")
^ whoa. thanks for your input. i seemed to be bugged by those too. ---
**Author:** ![bonjunun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bonjunun](https://community.electricforum.com/u/bonjunun)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/4 "2011-06-30T14:55:59Z")
Nice defination. EV: Electric Vehicle (of course!) ICE: Internal Combustion Engine PHEV: E-flex: NEV: BEV: ZEV: Zero Emission Vehicle Nice defination. ---
**Author:** ![insane.nick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/insane.nick/32/515_2.png) [@insane.nick](https://community.electricforum.com/u/insane.nick)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/5 "2012-05-30T23:52:40Z")
Oh a hell of information or abbreviations you have posted. ---
**Author:** ![SolarJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SolarJoe](https://community.electricforum.com/u/SolarJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/6 "2012-10-17T11:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=DrkAngel;9419]14AAA41 - One For All And All For One 2WD - Two Wheel Drive 4WD - Four Wheel Drive A - Amps (\*\*A - _number_ amps) A41A14A - All for one And one for All - oooh … it’s a palindrome AC - Alternating Current AGM - Absorption Glass Mat Ah - Amp Hours (\*\*Ah - _number_ amp hours) AOK - All OKay AWD - All Wheel Drive BB - Best Bud BEV -Battery Electric Vehicle BLDC - BrushLess DC (motor) BMS - Battery Management System or Battery Monitor System BPM - Beats Per Minute CARB - California Air Resources Board CNG - Compressed Natural Gas CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission DC - Direct Current DD - Direct Drive DIY - Do It Yourself DMV - Department of Motor Vehicles DNK - Do Not Know DOA - Dead On Arrival DOD - Depth of Discharge eaBike - Electric Assist Bike eBike - Electric Bike eCar - electric car ECE - External Combustion Engine ? (Alternate, non EV uses, more common) Eco2 - Economical & Ecological EMF - Electo-Magnetic Field eMPG - evaluative, (or Equivalent), Miles Per Gallon or electric Miles Per Gallon (compared to gas, by cost) - MPGe EPA - Environmental Protection Agency EV - Electric Vehicle FCV - Fuel Cell Vehicle FET - Field Effect Transistor FS - Full Suspension FUBAR - F\_\_ked Up Beyond All Recognition FWD - Front Wheel Drive FYI - For Your Information GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interruption kW - kilowatt kWh - KiloWatt Hours kV - kiloVolt HEV - Hybrid Electric Vehicle HVC - High Voltage Cutoff Hz - Hertz ICE - Internal Combustion Engine IMO - In My Opinion IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMOO - In My Obnoxious Opinion kV - kiloVolt kW - kiloWatt kWh - kiloWatt hour L&M - LnM - Lean and Mean LBS - Local Bike Shop LiCo - Lithium-ion Cobalt (battery) Li-ion - Lithium ion (battery) LiFeMgPO4 - lithium iron magnesium phosphate (battery) LiFePO4 - lithium iron phosphate (battery) LiMn, Li-Mn - Lithium Manganese (battery) LiPo - Li-po, Li-poly - Lithium ion polymer (battery) LiFePO4 - Lithium Iron Phosphate (battery) LP - Liquefied petroleum (gas) LVC - Low Voltage Cutoff m/kWh - miles per kilowatt hour mAh - milliAmp Hour MOSFET - Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MPG - Miles Per Gallon MPGe - Miles Per Gallon electric - (gas-electric equivalent, usually factored by cost ) … eMPG alternative MYOB - Mind Your Own Business NA - Not Applicable or Not Available NEV - Neighborhood Electric Vehicle NFG - No F\_\_king Good NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NIB - New In Box Nicd - Nickel Cadmium (battery) NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard Nimh - Nickel Metal Hydride (battery) NOS - New Old Stock OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer OMG - Oh My God OP - Original Poster PAS - Pedal Assist System PCB - Protection Circuit Board - Printed Circuit Board PCM - Protection Circuit Module - (Management)? PEV - Personal Electric Vehicle PHEV - Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle PITA - Pain In The A\_\_ PLA - Poured Lead Acid (battery) PM - Personal Message POS - Piece Of Sh\_t PSI - Pounds per Square Inch PV - Photovoltaic PWM - Pulse Width Modulation - Pulse Wave Management - … RPM - Revolutions Per Minute SLA - Sealed Lead Acid (battery) SOC - State Of Charge SOL - Sh\_t Outa Luck SWAG - Scientific Wild Ass Guess TAG - Twist And Go TRE - Towable Range Extender UNSWAG - Unscientific wild ass guess V - Volts (\*\*V - _number_ volts) WAG - Wild Ass Guess WOT - Wide Open Throttle ZEV - Zero Emissions Vehicle[/QUOTE] Thanks for all the Acrony ---
**Author:** ![reo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@reo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/reo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/7 "2012-12-29T13:48:25Z")
LSV low speed vehicle. Very important at the DMV in Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![jrpcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jrpcs](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jrpcs)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/8 "2013-01-03T18:46:26Z")
[QUOTE=SolarJoe;12973]Thanks for all the Acrony[/QUOTE] PEVs usually means Plug-in Electric Vehicles (Generic term for all plug-in vehicles) Also helpful are the SAE LEVELS of AC and DC Charging. AC levels 1 & 2 (There is no AC Level 3 at present - this term is often incorrectly used to describe DC Level 2 - aka DC Fast Charge - see below) AC level 1 (SAE J1772™) PEV includes on-board charger 120V, 1.4 kW @ 12 amp 120V, 1.9 kW @ 16 amp Est. charge time: PHEV: 7hrs (SOC\* - 0% to full) BEV: 17hrs (SOC – 20% to full) AC level 2 (SAE J1772™) PEV includes on-board charger (see below for different types) 240 V, up to 19.2 kW (80 A) Est. charge time for 3.3 kW on-board charger PEV: 3 hrs (SOC\* - 0% to full) BEV: 7 hrs (SOC – 20% to full) Est. charge time for 7 kW on-board charger PEV: 1.5 hrs (SOC\* - 0% to full) BEV: 3.5 hrs (SOC – 20% to full) Est. charge time for 20 kW on-board charger PEV: 22 min. (SOC\* - 0% to full) BEV: 1.2 hrs (SOC – 20% to full) DC Level 1 & 2 _DC Level 1 EVSE includes an off-board charger 200-500 V DC, up to 40 kW (80 A) Est. charge time (20 kW off-board charger): PHEV: 22 min. (SOC_ - 0% to 80%) BEV: 1.2 hrs. (SOC – 20% to 100%) DC Level 2 EVSE includes an off-board charger 200-500 V DC, up to 100 kW (200 A) Est. charge time (45 kW off-board charger): PHEV: 10 min. (SOC\* - 0% to 80%) BEV: 20 min. (SOC – 20% to 80%) \*In development Voltages are nominal configuration voltages, not coupler ratings Rated Power is at nominal configuration operating voltage and coupler rated current Ideal charge times assume 90% efficient chargers, 150W to 12V loads and no balancing of Traction Battery Pack ---
**Author:** ![Editor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Editor](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Editor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/9 "2013-04-15T09:13:12Z")
There seem to be a lot more acronyms associated with the electric vehicle market than there do with the gasoline car market! Who thinks that sometimes the industry goes overboard on the technical side? ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bunzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Al\_Bunzel](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Al_Bunzel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/10 "2013-04-25T06:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=Editor;15025]There seem to be a lot more acronyms associated with the electric vehicle market than there do with the gasoline car market! Who thinks that sometimes the industry goes overboard on the technical side?[/QUOTE] I believe the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry use a lot more acronyms. Then you have the ICT departments in companies and organizations that have their own set just for their company. ---
**Author:** ![electricity4cars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed8c4c/32.png) [@electricity4cars](https://community.electricforum.com/u/electricity4cars)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/11 "2013-09-03T17:10:46Z")
This industry is too quick to bloom that many its technicalities are already too hard to memorize. I remember when batteries were called batteries and not Li-ion or Li-cobalt. This is seriously a lot of coping up to do. Guess, I have to stay focus on this hobby even more. Thanks, anyway for all the information! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Kangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Dr\_Kangel](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Dr_Kangel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/12 "2013-09-24T06:17:22Z")
The big list - ``` ................................ [B][Acronyms - What They Stand For!](http://endless-sphere.com/w/index.php/Acronyms)[/B] ............................ ``` ---
**Author:** ![keven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@keven](https://community.electricforum.com/u/keven)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/13 "2013-09-27T01:21:46Z")
[quote=frodus;4590]PHEV: Plugin Hybrid Electric vehicle NEV: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle BMS: Battery Management (or monitoring) system HV: High Voltage LV: Low Voltage[/quote] absolutely right~ ---
**Author:** ![charge2drive.com](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/charge2drive.com/32/546_2.png) [@charge2drive.com](https://community.electricforum.com/u/charge2drive.com)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/14 "2014-07-10T06:02:02Z")
[quote=frodus;4590]NEV: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle [/quote] Ha - hadn’t heard of that one before. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Dee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Big\_Dee](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Big_Dee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/15 "2017-07-14T18:16:36Z")
That may be an understatement. I have fought acronyms for years. The government services are the worse. In this day of computers, you would think that writers would just spell it out so all would understand what they are talking about. Correct form is to spell out in document followed by footnote or brackets with acronym. It has been my experience that people who use a lot of acronyms are trying to show up others, how more advanced they are. Example; I write engineering standards and TAG means Technical Advisory Group, not Twist and Go! Look how many means there are for FEMA! ---
**Author:** ![Mechmagcn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Mechmagcn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Mechmagcn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/17 "2020-02-11T21:05:00Z")
We’ve got a '15 Club Car Carryall electric, can anyone tell me what the EFI on the front fender stands for? ---
**Author:** ![ChiCruiser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/chicruiser/32/6100_2.png) [@ChiCruiser](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ChiCruiser)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/acronym-definitions/914/18 "2020-02-12T21:36:40Z")
Was at the DMV Friday in downtown Chicago and they had no idea what I was trying to get titled… When the vehicle came from the city of Chicago.