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, boats, 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 craft, such as watercraft, sailcraft, aircraft, hovercraft and spacecraft Most land vehicles have wheels. The word vehicle itself comes from the Latin vehiculum. Image:Trikke HPV.JPG
The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV)
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Automobiles are among the most commonly used engine powered vehicles.
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A pedal-powered quadricycle parked on a Canadian urban street amongst the cars
Bicycle
Tricycle
Quadricycle
Electric road carriagesSteam road carriage
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. Petroleum (gasoline / diesel) motor-carriages
Road trainsA 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
Mechanical rail-vehiclesMechanical water vehiclesMechanical under-water vehicles
Mechanical land and water vehicles
Mechanical air vehiclesMechanical snow vehicles
Types of vehiclesLegislationEuropean UnionIn the European Union the classifications for vehicle types are defined by [1]:
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