What is the meaning of Pilot_vehicle?

A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport

  1. A vehicle used to warn other road users of the presence of an oversized vehicle/combination
  2. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: An engine that runs ahead of a train to clear the route

A vehicle used to warn other road users of the presence of an oversized vehicle/combination

Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: An engine that runs ahead of a train to clear the route

A lead vehicle

  1. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: The leading engine locomotive in a multiple heading train

Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: The leading engine locomotive in a multiple heading train

A tending vehicle

  1. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: A yard/station locomotive engine used to shuttle rail cars around a yard or station

Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: A yard/station locomotive engine used to shuttle rail cars around a yard or station

A prototype vehicle, initial production vehicle, lead vehicle in a new manufacturing process, first vehicle produced in a new manufactory.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pilot, vehicle.

Source: wiktionary.org