# car (transport)

a device that carries people or goods through space by moving on wheels using energy

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: car.vehicle

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [machine](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-machine.constructed-system), [energy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-energy.capacity), [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [wheel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wheel.tool), [good](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good.moral), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** the arranged parts powered by energy move through space to transport people or goods

**Novel properties:**
- controlled mechanical transport
- integrated energy-driven motion
- mobile carrying capacity

## Examples
- The 2023 Tesla Model Y uses electric energy to carry five people across California highways on rubber wheels. *(engineering)*
- A Ford F-150 transported relief supplies through flooded Louisiana roads after Hurricane Ida in 2021. *(everyday life)*
- The Toyota Prius fleet in Japan moved over 15 million people annually by 2020, powered by hybrid energy systems. *(economics)*

## Used by
- [airport](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-airport.transport) (L17)
- [auto](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-auto.vehicle) (L17)
- [road](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-road.transport) (L18)

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