The rise of electric vehicles has caused major disruption in the traditional auto industry.

disruption 是名词，来自动词 disrupt（扰乱、中断）。前缀 dis- 表示"否定、相反"，词根 rupt 来自拉丁语，意思是"打破"。所以 disruption 字面意思是"打破原有状态"，引申为"颠覆、重大变革"。