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===== Points of Divergence : Transport and vehicles =====

This page deals primarily with PODs concerning vehicles in civilian use, land-based or water-based, unmotorised and motorised. For military vehicles and both civilian and military aircraft, please see their separate POD pages. For draught animals and beasts of burden, please see the agriculture PODs page.

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==== Unmotorized land vehicles ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/for-lack-of-a-wheel.168818/|What if the wheel had never been invented ? (1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-brainstorm-world-without-a-wheel.66700/|What if the wheel had never been invented ? (2)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-would-the-wheel-change-the-americas.181617/|How would the wheel change the Americas ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/reindeer-caribou-sled-vs-dog-sled.421581/|Reindeer/caribou sled vs dog sled ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-wheel-brought-to-the-philippines-before-the-era-of-exploration.356821/|WI: The Wheel brought to the Philippines before the Era of Exploration]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226986|Plausibility check: Earliest possible invention and mass production of bicycles ? (1)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=167176|Plausibility check: Earliest possible invention and mass production of bicycles ? (2)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=249131|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (1)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=102130|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (2)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263701|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (3)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=56542|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (4)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287005|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (5)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350815|WI: The bicycle developed earlier (6)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=105798|WI: Four-wheeled bikes]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270600|Future bicyle developments (1)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=107627|Future bicyle developments (2)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257440|ASB WI: 2012 Bicycles ISOT to 1880]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268290|ASB WI: The poorest people in the world each get their own cheap bicycle]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=325600|ASB WI: ASB supplies bicycles to the Roman Empire]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bicycle-wank.118787/|ASBs permanently replace all cars with bicycles]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=237679|ASB-induced bicycle craze]]**

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==== Motor vehicles ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262515|WI: Internal combustion engine never invented, but electric and steam engines still exist]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261906|WI: Steam cars in the 18th century]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=161993|Survival of the Steamer Car]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272257|WI: Ethanol vehicles the norm from early on ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=331594|Alternate automotive layout developments ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=338561|Highway system in a larger USA]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246718|Challenge: The privately-owned car remains seen as a "Rich men's toy"]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/is-it-possible-for-electric-cars-to-become-the-standard.440942/|Is it possible for electric cars to become the standard ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=286660|WI the Ford Model T was electric ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=90302|Alternate Motor Car company names]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269452|More Successful Auto Companies]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157639|WI: American Auto Wank]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-greater-trolley-coach-use-today-in-north-america.416482/|Challenge: Greater trolley coach (trolleybus) use today in North America]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/triple-decker-buses.214572/|Plausibility check: Triple Decker Buses ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=169768|Challenge: A Canadian car company (with a POD between 1900 and 1960)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=318517|WI: No lead gasoline]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=67903|No Volkswagen Beetle]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=379122|Alternate VW Beetles ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=293334|North American aerospace/defense companies making cars ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-tucker-automotive-succeed.203850/|Could Tucker Automotive succeed ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=276099|ATL vehicle-manufacturing industries in a non-Sovietized Hungary]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/skoda-in-an-independent-czech-republic-post-wwii.435186/|Škoda in an independent Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic post-WWII]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263267|Challenge: East Block communist cars that are "good"]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265056|WI: Microcars more common]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=184216|Challenge: Motor vehicles powered by turbine engines more widespread (since the 1950s/1960s)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=274202|Alternate silhouette for cars in 1950s USA]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=339132|Challenge: Successful Chevrolet Corvair]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/no-british-leyland.446144/|No British Leyland]]** 

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=331651|Challenge: Studebaker Survives the 1960s]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=13854|General Motors alternate history]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=235172|DBWI: Gasoline cars still used ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263428|WI the MGA Twin Cam engine was successful ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/british-leyland-survives-and-thrives.504942/|British Leyland survives and thrives ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=3584|WI Ford and Chrysler had merged in the 1980s ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256831|Bain Capital buys Ford in 1987]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=357009|SAAB Automobile AB not sold to General Motors in the 1980s - Outcomes ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265391|Could the MGB sports car have been kept in production until the introduction of the MG RV8 in the early 1990s ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262859|A "What-If" British Motor Industry Scenario]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157412|Better Ford management of passenger car and minivan production in the 1990s]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264990|Hybrid cars in the 90s ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=339828|WI: ZEV Mandate followed]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=139498|Challenge: Oldsmobile survives]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=63527|Driverless cars]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=74154|Discussion on possible future developments of motor vehicles]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=110742|Future of public transit ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-world-after-asphalt.204039/|Future of roads if asphalt becomes no longer economically viable ?]]**

Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. 

For motorsport PODs, please see **[[pods:sports?&#motorsports|Points of Divergence : Motorsports]]**.

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==== Trains and railways ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303910|Roman semaphore lines and horse-drawn rail cars]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/trains-with-stirling-engines.3973/|Plausibility check: Trains with Stirling Engines ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/loss-of-the-rocket.87740/|Loss of the 'Rocket']]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262977|Trans-Andean Railroad]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=205958|Challenge: Ride the rails to New York to Buenos Aries]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=104225|WI Brunel's 7ft gauge continues to coexist with standard gauge ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-adopt-the-broad-gauge-in-the-us.329401/|Challenge: Adopt the Broad Gauge in the US]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238106|Challenge: Cape to Cairo Railway]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=64208|Better African rail links]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=355687|Challenge: Keep the London Underground the largest rail transit system in the world (with a POD after 1900)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314795|Bagdadbahn finished in November 1913]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162241|Turbine locomotives succeed]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290301|WI German WWII 5 foot rails ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/skoda-in-an-independent-czech-republic-post-wwii.435186/|Škoda in an independent Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic post-WWII]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-wi-more-surviving-streetcar-lines.345164/|More surviving streetcar lines ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280623|Challenge: Prevent the Great American Streetcar Scandal]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-the-sydney-tram-network-wasnt-dismantled.233770/|WI the Sydney tram network wasn't dismantled ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=166229|WI: The ACE 3000 succeeds ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=201229|Challenge: Metro Expo Line in LA underground]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268977|Nuclear-powered trains]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=141718|WI no Beeching Axe ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=110742|Future of public transit ?]]**

Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. 

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==== Ships and other vessels ====

  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244215|Pre-Columbian New World naval powers: When, who, where, and how ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-a-seafaring-culture-like-the-vikings-in-southern-chile.278669/|Challenge: A seafaring culture like the Vikings in southern Chile]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314731|Challenge: Pre-Columbian discovery of the Old World by the Native Americans]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8233|Earlier American canals]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/no-steam-how-extensive-is-us-canal-network.403148/|If steam power didn't take off, how extensive would the US' canal network be ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-earlier-discovery-of-the-north-west-passage.392205/|WI: Earlier Discovery of the North-West Passage]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265494|Historical ramifications if the RMS Titanic hadn't sunk ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300912|Titanic rescued by the RMS Californian]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=191125|DBWI: The RMS Titanic Disaster, April 14th 1912]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/fourth-olympic-class-without-wwi.435844/|Fourth Olympic class without WWI ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=325164|DBWI: Titanic goes down]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/rms-olympic-sunk-between-22-november-1916-and-11-november-1918.436392/|RMS Olympic sunk between 22 November 1916 and 11 November 1918]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=340764|The British develop the Intermodel Container between the world wars]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301337|Challenge: Pick a ship scrapped in OTL and preserve it as a museum ship]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-hovercraft-passenger-ferries-on-the-great-lakes-and-mississippi-river-system.508895/|WI: Hovercraft passenger ferries on the Great Lakes and Mississippi river system]]**
  * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.

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==== Aerial transport and delivery ====

Please see **[[pods:Aircraft|Points of Divergence : Aircraft]]**.

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:steam engine|Points of Divergence : Steam Engine]]**

**[[pods:engines|Points of Divergence : Engines]]**

**[[pods:economy and trade|Points of Divergence : Economy and Trade]]** 

**[[pods:agriculture|Points of Divergence : Agriculture]]**

**[[timelines:Transport Timelines]]**

**[[resources:Transportation Technology and Infrastructure|Useful Resources on Transportation Technology and Infrastructure]]**

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