Automotive

Origin

- + motive.

Full definition of automotive

Adjective

1. Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
2. Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
• 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 1, But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.