Unfortunately no, the change along the scale is not a process, going from right to left is not of this kind of system. There are political processes but whatever they are has nothing to do with the system or can be considered a subsystem. Taking the vehicle as a system then I'd say the closed system is the vehicle itself, of which there are sub-systems, engine, braking system, power transmission, body shell and so on. When it is on the highway it becomes part of another system, that might be called a transportation system. In the hierarchy of systems on the same level as the vehicle is highway planning, and below that construction, below that maintenance, and so on.
Any abstract model is only as good as the dimensions that outline it.
For instance, my appreciation of football is a purely abstract model. A group of people attempt to put a ball into a net, producing lists of ' scores'. From that I can apply techniques. However, as P. J. Taylor says, the 'methodology' is wrong. That is, I do not have any idea of the closed system, never mind it as on open one.