motor vehicles

Learn facts about automobiles such as how car technology has evolved from steam-powered to todays high-tech speed machines and how the various components work. Contains glossary.

When a father and son set out early one morning for a cross-country drive in their jeep, they see all sorts of vehicles and pick up diverse passengers along the way.

Introduces a number of big-wheeled trucks, such as bulldozers, power shovels, and dump trucks, and explains what they do.

"A look at potential future developments in transportation, including privately operated spacecraft, as well as electric cars and other technologies that are currently considered state-of-the-art"--Provided by publisher.

Discover the engineers and the stories behind some of the world's fastest and most expensive transport machines.

Describes huge machines that build, demolish, cut, drill, and move massive things.

Photographs and text profile the men behind Monster Garage and the latest cars that have been inspired by the Monster Garage team.

Describes how different kinds of vehicles and their wheels have developed throughout history, from chariots to trucks to the Bullet Train.

Shows the many different types of machines from jumbo jets and colossal cranes to logging machines, and shows how they are used. Contains glossary.

Discusses various machines for transportation on wheels, on water, on the tracks, in the air and in space.