neighborhood electric vehicle
English
Etymology
neighborhood + electric vehicle From being a vehicle class appropriate for local (neighborhood) use, but not suitable for longer distances (such as metropolitan areas), or high speeds (such as expressways), that is electrically powered.
Noun
neighborhood electric vehicle (plural neighborhood electric vehicles)
- (automotive) (US) A low-speed low-weight short-range vehicle, sometimes referred to as street-legal glorified all-electric golf carts
Synonyms
- NEV (abbreviation)
- electric quadricycle (Europe)
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- side-by-side (a similar vehicle for off-road use)
- club car (a similar vehicle used to shuttle people around shopping mall and airport concourses)
- golf cart (a similar vehicle on golf courses)
- lawn tractor
Derived terms
- NEV (abbreviation)