pilot vehicle

Meanings

1. A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport
2. A vehicle used to warn other road users of the presence of an oversized vehicle/combination
3. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: An engine that runs ahead of a train to clear the route
4. A lead vehicle
5. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: The leading engine locomotive in a multiple heading train
6. A tending vehicle
7. Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: A yard/station locomotive engine used to shuttle rail cars around a yard or station
8. A prototype vehicle, initial production vehicle, lead vehicle in a new manufacturing process, first vehicle produced in a new manufactory.
9. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pilot, vehicle.