autobesity

Noun

autobesity (uncountable)

1. (neologism) The situation of cars being too big and heavy, taking too much space and causing road safety and pollution problems.
   • He said the aim was "to focus on an absurdity: auto-besity ... the inexorable growth in the weight and size of vehicles circulating in our cities, and particularly in Paris".2023 July 11, Kim Willsher, quoting Frédéric Badina-Serpette, “Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle 'auto-besity'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian...
   • Health authorities have waged a war on obesity for years. Now, in an effort to curtail the rise of big cars such as S.U.V.s and cut down on pollution, Paris has declared a war on "auto-besity." Its first step is to charge drivers more to park the vehicles — a move that could eventually hit car...2023 July 15, Ephrat Livni, Bernhard Warner, Ravi Mattu, Michael J. de la Merced, “Why Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Battleground in the Energy Transition”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The...