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are among the most commonly used engine powered vehicles.]] 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. Bicycle s, Car s, Motorcycle s, Train s, Ship s, and Aircraft ), although some other means of Transport which are not made by man can also be called vehicles; examples include Iceberg s 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 Wheel s. 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''. Bicycle ::''see Bicycle s (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 Train s see Tram s MECHANICAL WATER VEHICLES see Boat s see Ship s MECHANICAL UNDER-WATER VEHICLES see Submarine s see Submersible s see Diving Bell s see Diving Chamber s MECHANICAL AIR VEHICLES see Aircraft :'' MECHANICAL SNOW VEHICLES see Snowmobile TYPES OF VEHICLES
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS See Also: Vehicle acronyms and abbreviations SEE ALSO : ''Main: List Of Basic Vehicle Topics '' EXTERNAL LINKS |
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