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2. Electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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   An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle whose propulsion is powered fully or mostly by electricity. [1] EVs encompass a wide range of transportation modes, including road and rail vehicles, electric boats and underwater vessels, electric aircraft and electric spacecraft.

3. Personal transporter - Wikipedia

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   Self-balancing unicycles at 'Paris sans Voiture' (Paris without cars) in 2015 . A personal transporter (also powered transporter, [1] electric rideable, personal light electric vehicle, personal mobility device, etc.) is any of a class of compact, mostly recent (21st century), motorised micromobility vehicle for transporting an individual at speeds that do not normally exceed 25 km/h (16 mph).

4. Alternatives to car use - Wikipedia

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   The public transport with the highest modal share worldwide is travelling by bus followed by travelling by rail due to infrastructure cost. A pedestrian form of public transport is a walking bus predominantly used by schools. An attempt to transform private transport by bicycle into public transport has been bicycle sharing schemes. Effectively ...

5. Human-powered transport - Wikipedia

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   Human-powered transport is the transport of person(s) and/or goods using human muscle power. Unlike animal-powered transport , human-powered transport has existed since time immemorial in the form of walking , running and swimming , as well as small vehicles such as litters , rickshaws , wheelchairs and wheelbarrows .

6. Battery electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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   Battery electric cars are becoming more and more attractive with the higher oil prices and the advancement of new battery technology (lithium-ion) that have higher power and energy density (i.e., greater possible acceleration and more range with fewer batteries). [12] Compared to older battery types such as lead-acid batteries.

7. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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   The life of the automobile: the complete history of the motor car (Macmillan, 2014). Schivelbusch, Wolfgang. The railway journey: The industrialization of time and space in the nineteenth century (Univ of California Press, 2014). Takatsu, Toshiji. "The history and future of high-speed railways in Japan." Japan Railway & Transport Review 48 ...