Abstract: A powered pusher vehicle for moving a train of nested shopping carts, the vehicle having a main body portion with a central drive wheel powered by an electric motor through a worm gear transmission. Caster wheels support one end of the vehicle for ease of steering and easy manipulation of the pusher vehicle when it is not connected to the carts. A pair of normally raised wheels, on each side of the drive wheel, may be lowered to raise the drive wheel from the ground. A remote control allows the operator to manually guide the lead cart while controlling speed of the pusher vehicle with the remote control. The vehicle includes a pair of latch members for automatically connecting the front of the vehicle to a rearmost one of the nested carts. The arrangement permits a single person to manipulate a long train of nested shopping carts with ease.