As explained in the first volume, initially motor vehicles adopted the basic configurations which had been used since millennia for animal traction vehicles. Since the fourth millennium BC there were two wheeled carts and four wheeled wagons: the former were used for lighter loads and, above all, when speed and maneuvrability were important, while the second developed only for carrying (relatively) heavy loads.


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    Title :

    General Characteristics


    Additional title:

    Mechanical Engineering Series


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    The Automotive Chassis ; Chapter : 20 ; 101-122


    Publication date :

    2019-12-18


    Size :

    22 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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