VEHICLE

:''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, e.g. 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. Please see the wheel article for examples of vehicles with and without wheels.
Movement without the help of a vehicle or an animal is called locomotion. The word ''vehicle'' itself comes from the Latin ''vehiculum''.

Contents

Bicycle

Tricycle

Quadricycle

Electric road carriages

Steam road carriage

Steam tricycle

Petroleum (gasoline / diesel) motor-carriages

Road trains

The motorcycle

Mechanical rail-vehicles

Mechanical water vehicles

Mechanical under-water vehicles

Mechanical air vehicles

Mechanical snow vehicles

Types of vehicles

Acronyms and abbreviations

See also

External links

Bicycle

::''see Bicycles (see also Vehicular Cycling)''
::''see main article History of the bicycle''

Tricycle

::''see Tricycle''

Quadricycle

::''see Quadricycle''

Electric road carriages

::''see electric vehicle
::''see history of the electric vehicle

Steam road carriage

::''see steam car

Steam tricycle

:''See steam tricycle''
At the other end of the scale much lighter steam vehicles where being constructed such as the steam tricycle from the Comte de Dion in 1887.

Petroleum (gasoline / diesel) motor-carriages

:''See motor-carriage''
:''See Ford's model T''
:''See Automobile''

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.

The motorcycle

:''See Motorcycle''
:''See Gottlieb Daimler

Mechanical rail-vehicles

:''see Trains''
:''see Trams''

Mechanical water vehicles

:''see Boats''
:''see Ships''

Mechanical under-water vehicles

:''see submarines''
:''see submersibles''
:''see diving bells''
:''see diving chambers''

Mechanical air vehicles

:''see aircraft''
:''

Mechanical snow vehicles

:''see snowmobile''

Types of vehicles

★ Auto rickshaws

★ Bicycles

★ Buses

★ Cars

★ Coaches

★ Vans

★ Types of vehicles

★

Acronyms and abbreviations

See also

: ''Main: List of basic vehicle topics''

★ Automobile

★ Vehicular communication systems

★ Highway Code

External links

★ Green Vehicle Guide

★ Automotive Technology

★ Vehicle Information

★ Strangest Vehicles In The World