エコカー

えこかー
noun
eco-friendly car; low-emission vehicle
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1. eco-friendly car; low-emission vehicle
An umbrella term for cars with low fuel consumption or emissions: hybrids, electric cars, fuel-cell cars and very fuel-efficient petrol cars.
エコカーに乗(の)り換(か)えた。
I switched to an eco-friendly car.
エコカーは燃費(ねんぴ)がいい。
Eco-friendly cars get good mileage.
政府(せいふ)はエコカーの購入(こうにゅう)に補助金(ほじょきん)を出(だ)している。
The government subsidizes the purchase of eco-friendly cars.

A Japanese coinage from エコ (eco) + カー (car). The word spread with the government's tax breaks for green cars, introduced in 2009.

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Compare: 電気自動車(でんきじどうしゃ) (electric car)
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