Departs after electric vehicle gets travel permit? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
green card
'travel permit?' is the definition.
'green card' can be an answer for 'permit?' (green card is a type of pass or permit). I am not certain of the 'travel' bit.
'departs after electric vehicle' is the wordplay.
'departs' becomes 'd' (abbreviation eg in train timetables).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'electric' becomes 'green' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'green'+'car'='greencar'
'd' after 'greencar' is 'GREEN CARD'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for green card that I've seen is " US work and residence permit for foreign nationals".)