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vehicle

Also known as mobile machine, vehicles

A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to ground transport vehicles such as human-powered land vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velomobiles), animal-powered transports (e.g. horse-drawn carriages/wagons, ox carts, dog sleds), motor vehicles (e.g. motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters) and railed vehicles (trains, trams and monorails), but more broadly also includes cable transport (cable cars and elevators), watercraft (ships, boats and underwater vehicles), amphibious vehicles (e

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A vehicle is a machine that moves on its own to carry people, cargo, or both. Vehicles include many types of transportation—from bicycles and cars to trains, boats, and elevators—each designed to move things from one place to another.

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Commons category: Vehicles
equivalent class: schema.org/Vehicle
Commons gallery: Vehicles
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000604

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19 sections

Contents

History
Types of vehicles
Locomotion
Energy source
Motors and engines
Converting energy to work
Friction
Control
Steering
Stopping
Legislation
European Union
Licensing
Registration
Mandatory safety equipment
Right-of-way
Safety
See also
References

This article primarily concerns the more ubiquitous land vehicles, which can be broadly classified by the type of contact interface with the ground: wheels, tracks, rails or skis, as well as the non-contact technologies such as maglev. ISO 3833-1977 is the international standard for road vehicle types, terms and definitions.