Vehicle

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This article is about the means of transport. For other uses see Vehicle (disambiguation).

Vehicles are non-living means of transport. They are most often man-made (e.g. bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, and aircraft), although some other means of transport which are not made by man can also be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks.

Vehicles may be propelled by animals, for instance, a chariot or an ox-cart. However, animals on their own, though used as a means of transport, are not called vehicles. This includes humans carrying another human, for example a child or a disabled person.

Vehicles that do not travel on land are often called crafts, such as watercraft, sailcraft, aircraft, hovercraft and spacecraft

Most land vehicles have wheels.

The word vehicle itself comes from the Latin vehiculum.

Contents 1 Bicycle 2 Tricycle 3 Quadricycle 4 Electric road carriages 5 Steam road carriage 5.1 Steam tricycle 6 Petroleum (gasoline / diesel) motor-carriages 7 Road trains 8 The motorcycle 9 Mechanical rail-vehicles 10 Mechanical water vehicles 11 Mechanical under-water vehicles 12 Mechanical land and water vehicles 13 Mechanical air vehicles 14 Mechanical snow vehicles 15 Types of vehicles 16 Acronyms and abbreviations 17 See also 18 External links

[edit] Bicycle

see Bicycles (see also Vehicular Cycling)

see main article History of the bicycle

[edit] Tricycle

see Tricycle

[edit] Quadricycle

see Quadricycle

[edit] Electric road carriages

see electric vehicle

see history of the electric vehicle

[edit] Steam road carriage

see steam car

[edit] Steam tricycle

See steam tricycle

At the other end of the scale much lighter steam vehicles have been constructed such as the steam tricycle from the Comte de Dion in 1887.

[edit] Petroleum (gasoline / diesel) motor-carriages

See motor-carriage

See Ford's model T

See Automobile

[edit] Road trains

A road train consists of a conventional heavy truck pulling three trailers or more, used in rural areas of Australia to move bulky loads such as livestock efficiently.

[edit] The motorcycle

See Motorcycle

See Gottlieb Daimler

[edit] Mechanical rail-vehicles

see Trains

see Trams

[edit] Mechanical water vehicles

see Boats

see Ships

[edit] Mechanical under-water vehicles

see submarines

see submersibles

see diving bells

see diving chambers

[edit] Mechanical land and water vehicles

see Amphibious vehicle

see Amphibious ATV

see Hovercraft

[edit] Mechanical air vehicles

see aircraft

see Wing-In-Ground effect vehicle

[edit] Mechanical snow vehicles

see snowmobile

[edit] Types of vehicles

• Auto rickshaws
• Bicycles
• Buses
• Cars
• Coaches
• Vans
• Types of vehicles
• More...

[edit] Acronyms and abbreviations

Main article: Vehicle acronyms and abbreviations

[edit] See also

Main: List of basic vehicle topics

• Automobile
• Vehicular communication systems
• Highway Code

[edit] External links

• Green Vehicle Guide
• Automotive Technology
• Vehicle Information
• Strangest Vehicles In The Worldhe:כלי תחבורה

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