automotive
adjective
au·to·mo·tive ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-tiv 
1
: self-propelled
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with self-propelled vehicles or machines
Example Sentences
The store stocks automotive parts.
Recent Examples on the Web In the automotive industry, the word iconic is rarely used. 
Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 That comparison sets a high bar: Musk, after all, had come in as an investor, taken control, pointed the company in a new direction, and ultimately transformed the automotive industry. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 Thus, the global fabrication of smartphones now uses 15% as much energy as does the entire automotive industry, even though a car weighs 10,000 times more than a smartphone. James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 No surprise, then, that a Chinese battery company is seeing such dominance in the automotive industry. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022 While graphics cards used to be highly cyclical, used primarily for applications like gaming or crypto mining, they are also increasingly being used for AI computing in data centers and in the automotive industry. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Recalls are simply a fact of life in the automotive industry. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022 Already, the automotive industry is accelerating toward electric vehicles and Indiana is devising how to best spend $100 million for the EV infrastructure. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022 In the meantime, the automotive industry will take away drivers’ control in slow, lumbering steps, just as other industries have for other appliances, apparatuses, and services. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 See More
Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 That comparison sets a high bar: Musk, after all, had come in as an investor, taken control, pointed the company in a new direction, and ultimately transformed the automotive industry. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 Thus, the global fabrication of smartphones now uses 15% as much energy as does the entire automotive industry, even though a car weighs 10,000 times more than a smartphone. James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 No surprise, then, that a Chinese battery company is seeing such dominance in the automotive industry. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022 While graphics cards used to be highly cyclical, used primarily for applications like gaming or crypto mining, they are also increasingly being used for AI computing in data centers and in the automotive industry. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Recalls are simply a fact of life in the automotive industry. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022 Already, the automotive industry is accelerating toward electric vehicles and Indiana is devising how to best spend $100 million for the EV infrastructure. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022 In the meantime, the automotive industry will take away drivers’ control in slow, lumbering steps, just as other industries have for other appliances, apparatuses, and services. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
automotive
adjective
au·to·mo·tive ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-tiv
: of or relating to automobiles
an automotive parts store