Electric rickshaws are small 3-wheeled vehicles powered by a battery-powered electric motor ranging from 650 to 1,400 watts. These small electric vehicles have lower fuel costs than auto rickshaws and greater mobility than pulled rickshaws leading to their popularity and widening acceptance in some cities since 2008. Electric rickshaws are mostly manufactured in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and China.

A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that exclusively uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion. BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead of internal combustion engines (ICEs) for propulsion. They derive all power from battery packs and thus have no internal combustion engine, fuel cell, or fuel tank. BEVs include – but are not limited to – motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, railcars, watercraft, forklifts, buses, trucks, and cars.