Meanings
nounrange anxiety (uncountable)
- uncountableautomotiveThe fear that a vehicle (especially a battery electric vehicle) has insufficient range to reach its destination and will therefore strand its occupants.
The quantitative value of the BEV range anxiety is assumed to be equivalent to the cost that the BEV driver has to pay to complete the trip when the BEV is out of its electric range.
2020, Marcello Contestabile, Gil Tal, Thomas Turrentine, Who’s Driving Electric Cars, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 242
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 里程焦慮
- 里程焦慮fear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
Finnish toimintasädeahdistus, toimintamatka-ahdistus
- toimintasädeahdistusfear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
- toimintamatka-ahdistusfear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
- pelko akun loppumisestafear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
German Reichweitenangst
- Reichweitenangstfear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
Norwegian Bokmål rekkeviddeangst
- rekkeviddeangstfear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
Russian тревога запаса хода, тревога запаса пробега
- тревога запаса хода (trevoga zapasa xoda)fear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
- тревога запаса пробега (trevoga zapasa probega)fear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
Swedish räckviddsångest
- räckviddsångestfear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination
Cite this entry
APA
range anxiety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/range%20anxiety
MLA
“range anxiety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/range%20anxiety. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “range anxiety,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/range%20anxiety.
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