neighborhood electric vehicle

English

Etymology

From 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)

1. (automotive, US) A low-speed low-weight short-range electric vehicle.

   Synonyms: NEV (abbreviation), (Europe) electric quadricycle

Hypernyms

• battery electric vehicle (BEV)
• all-electric vehicle
• electric vehicle (EV)
• vehicle

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)