When did "electrified vehicles" start being the term?

[thezeldazone@mastodon.social]

When did "electrified vehicles" start being the term? To my brain "electric" is a thing that runs on electricity, and "electrified" is something I have unsafely attached both ends of a car battery to.

[swiftcoder@mastodon.social]

@TheZeldaZone Think I’ve only ever heard “electrified vehicle” in relation to a converted gas car

[etc@toot.wales]

@TheZeldaZone it can be both!

That Video Of A Sparking, Arcing, Electrified Cybertruck Body Is Not What It Seems - Jalopnik

The Tesla Cybertruck has been plagued with problems since its launch, with seemingly every issue imaginable manifesting in the first few thousand units. Now, though, an issue no one could’ve imagined has popped up in a widely viewed video: It seems a messed-up Tesla wall charger can electrify the very skin of the Cybertruck.

Jalopnik (www.jalopnik.com)

[uep@timeloop.cafe]

@TheZeldaZone when Toyota wanted to claim all their years of farting about with hybrids as if it was the same thing as full EVs. and some of the EV makers jumped on board so they could build oversize hybrids

[pentup@mastodon.art]

@TheZeldaZone First I'm hearing of it.

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@TheZeldaZone

Given Tesla's safety record "unsafely attached both ends of a car battery to" seems an apt description

(Scroll down to per-brand stats in https://www.iseecars.com/most-dangerous-cars-study )

[wheels@gotosocial.wheelsbot.dev]

@TheZeldaZone I dunno. I associate "electrified" in the context of transport with rail.

[andnull@social.nouveau.community]

@TheZeldaZone It's to be gender inclusive of hybrid eletric-combustion cars

[luxliquida@critter.cafe]

@TheZeldaZone The only time I've heard "electrified" vehicles (outside of the mad science others have mentioned) is for vehicles that run on an external source of electricity, like electric trains

My mental schema is
• electric = powered from internal electricity, like a battery
• electrified = powered from external electricity, like a third rail

But it wouldn't surprise me if people just start conflating the two

[apophis@yourwalls.today]

@TheZeldaZone struggling to silence the part of my brain that instantly generates oil industry conspiracy theories on the spot

[letsbeworms@brain.worm.pink]

@TheZeldaZone

an electric car *has* been attached to a car battery so...