Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars are the transportation of the future. Humans have been driving around since the 1880’s. They started off as simple‚ one-cylinder machines‚ to today‚ where they are twelve cylinder animals. From fuel-efficient coupes‚ to gas guzzling SUVs‚ or even the ultra expensive supercars‚ all use gasoline. The use of this gasoline makes or breaks the selling point of the car. We base the cars off of their utility; the gas-guzzlers may be the ones with the most torque and pulling
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Buying our dream car brings us joy and regret It was the month of December of the year 2013; I was stressed out‚ depressed and at times I even felt sick. December 21st was right around the corner and I was struggling to gather the money that would keep me from living in my car or worst-case scenario‚ in the street. Ever since I was in grade school‚ I hoped that by the time I was 22 years of age‚ I would own the latest model car of the SLK class Mercedes Benz. I always imagined of how great that
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------------------------------------------------- Motorcycles are Safer than Cars Everyone knows that in a crash motorcycle riders usually come off worse than car drivers. Riders avoid some problems‚ like being trapped in a burning or sinking car‚ but in general an accident that dents a car can put a motorcyclist in hospital. However motorcycle fear is often based on rumor or reports‚ not actual experience. It is guilt by association. Guilt by Association A friend once told me she didn’t like
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Bikes vs. Cars Lots of people find it hard to differ a bike from a car. They normally choose the car and ignore the bike. Today in our country people are too lazy to see their similarities and just choose the one that’s easier to drive. Although they are similar by giving you transportation‚ they definitely have a large amount of differences too. Bikes are made and bought in a lot of different styles‚ sizes‚ and colors. Bikes have two wheels and are powered by physical labor from the driver
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and John Stoll Swedish carmaker Volvo is planning to produce driverless cars that are aimed at reducing crashes‚ through the use of self-driving car technology by 2020. Volvo’s vision is that no one will be killed or injured in these driverless cars because there is no chance for human error. Volvo also believes that with the driverless car technology it’s developing‚ we could see virtually zero car deaths‚ at least in cars with this technology. Existing vehicles could be easily adapted to this
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driverless cars‚ and they are being tested in California. Out of all the test drives‚ the driverless car has done‚ it only crashed once and that was when a human was driving it. Driverless cars will outgrow regular cars‚ but are people willing to their freedom taken away? Google’s robo-car initializes the end of driving and a new stage of technology. The big problem is if people are ready for this change. There are many controversial factors that make people doubt about the new car. This will
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Report on the article‚ Driverless cars and how they would change motoring? Introduction: This article was written by Daniel Nasaw form BBC news magazine. The main purpose of this article is to inform and persuade the motoring community to buy into the idea of cars that drive them self’s. Main ideas : The main idea of this self driving car is basically to reduce road traffic accidents from a number of different factors e.g. drink driving‚ speeding and using technology such as mobile phones ect
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gasoline one. An electric car is a car that powered by an electric motor rather than a regular gasoline engine. There are several major differences between gasoline and electric cars. First of all‚ “the electric motor will replace the gasoline engine” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). Secondly‚ “the electric motor is powered by a controller” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). Thirdly‚ “the controller gets power from the rechargeable batteries” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). In an electric car‚ according to Brain‚ the
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my vehicle from going farther then it could’ve. My car also needed a bit of momentum to start so the friction did not help my care move at all. What problems related to friction did you encounter and how did you solve them? The friction did not help my car move. My car needed a bit of momentum to start‚ like most objects. The friction did not work with my car at all! I solved it by dropping my car instead of pushing. The dropping helped my car move and push. What factors did you take
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Smart Car Daimler is a multinational business that is branching out in many countries worldwide. Smart Cars are mainly manufactured at a plant in France. The smart car was first introduced to the United States in 2008. Daimler’s plan is to globally expand the smart car in every country it can. The Smart Car has already been successful in places such as Europe and North America. Daimler distributed Smart Cars over the Internet using the $99 reservation program. This helped the Smart Car expand
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