# auto (vehicle)

a car that carries people

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [energy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-energy.capacity), [car](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-car.transport), [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application), [wheel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wheel.tool)

**Through:** energy drives matter arranged as a car that can move, carrying people by applying force through wheels

**Novel properties:**
- controlled locomotion
- passenger transport
- wheel-based movement

## Examples
- The 2020 Tesla Model 3 delivered to a customer in Fremont, California, accelerates to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds using electric energy stored in lithium-ion cells. *(engineering)*
- A 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback carried four people during the Monterey Pop Festival, moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco at an average speed of 65 mph. *(everyday life)*
- The Toyota Prius, first mass-produced in 1997, moved people using a hybrid system that switches between gasoline and electric motor power based on driving conditions. *(economics)*

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