neighborhood electric vehicle

Meaning

Noun

• A low-speed low-weight short-range vehicle, sometimes referred to as street-legal glorified all-electric golf carts

Related

Similar words

• NEV
• electric quadricycle

Broader meaning words

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

Origin

• 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.