Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to drive or ride in a car.

1898		Westminster Gaz. 18 Jan. 4/1: Leaving London about midday we shall mote to Ascot [OED].
1890		Queenslander (Brisbane) 16 Aug. 298/2: Bearing upon electric journeyings [...] my favourite verbs are to ‘mote’ [etc.].

2. (also motate) to move quickly, of a person or a vehicle.

1926		AS II:1: But the majority of Navy men like a ship that, once the ‘mud-hook’ is up, will make knots. He yearns to have her ‘mote’. In fact, ‘mote’ is a ubiquitous term.
1949		Mirror (Perth) 13 Aug. 6/2: Mote down to the rubbidy for a fiddley’s worth of bimbo.
1993		T. Jones Pugilist at Rest 85: Buckle up your seat belt, nose-pickin’ man, we are gonna motate. This fucking Ford has got a blower on the engine and it can boogie.