automobility

English

Etymology

Blend of automobile +‎ mobility

Noun

automobility (countable and uncountable, plural automobilities)

1. The use of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.

   Near-synonyms: automobilery, motordom

   • 2003, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Peter E. Wells, The Automotive Industry and the Environment: A Technical, Business and Social Future:

     In view of the fact that a number of paradigm shifts are required to bring about the authors' vision of sustainable automobility - paradigm shifts in the way cars are made, sold, used and powered - this approach appears inadequate.

   • 2012, Weert Canzler, “eMobility in Germany: Prospects for and barriers to sustainable mobility”, in Måns Nilsson, Karl Hillman, Annika Rickne, editors, Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport, page 260:

     eMobility is not only an alternative drive technology that can be substituted for the combustion engine that has dominated until now, it could revolutionize transport altogether because it differs decisively from conventional automobility.