Solar powered cars have been said to be the future of renewable transportation and that they are supposed to be economically efficient and environmentally friendly. Though it may sound like pure science fiction‚ there is development happening around world that is bringing that notion into reality. As I researched thoroughly to create my conceptual model for solar cars‚ I asked myself this: Are solar vehicles even practical for the U.S.? Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource on earth
Premium Photovoltaics Solar power Solar cell
Enterprise / Operational Risk Management IT Audit Manager City National Bank California State Polytechnic University‚ Pomona Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a relatively new discipline that focuses on identifying‚ analyzing‚ monitoring‚ and controlling all major risk classes (e.g.‚ credit‚ market‚ liquidity‚ operational risk classes). Operational risk management (ORM) is a subset of ERM that focuses on identifying‚ analyzing‚ monitoring‚ and controlling operational risk. The purpose of
Premium Risk management Risk Operational risk
The Smart Car The Smart car was introduced in 1994 between Mercedes-Benz and the Swiss manufacturer of Swatch watches and was unveiled in 1997. The car was named for “Swatch‚ Mercedes and art.” The Smart car only measures in at 8-feet-8-inches long and is 5-feet-1-inch wide. More than 95% of the components are recyclable. The Smart car is priced in at three different versions. The Pure is at the base level and starts at $11‚590. The Passion is decked out and is most popular and starts at $13
Premium Mercedes-Benz Fuel economy in automobiles Daimler AG
’ Case 10-2) 1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named
Premium Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz Automobile
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
Premium Automobile Marketing Renault
How did your car perform? Explain the aspects of your car that made it function well. What are some areas of improvement for your car? Explain how it could have been made better so that the car could have performed better. During its test‚ my mousetrap car curved to the right causing it to crash into a wall and stop short of its full potential. However‚ the car still traveled the the entirety of the 11 meters required for the maximum number of points. The reasons that my mousetrap car functioned as
Premium Energy Kinetic energy Classical mechanics
technology. The flying car would revolutionize the world and change normal living behaviors. With the advancing technologies that are emerging today flying cars are just around the corner. Within the next 10 years flying cars will hit the sky and be sold on a normal basis. New technologies such as fuel cells will make the flying car much more practical due to the fact that they will require a great deal of energy to operate. At first when the premiering sky car takes off to the market it
Premium Internal combustion engine Technology Nature
A hybrid car definition: The word hybrid is usually applied to plants and animals which have been cross-bred between species to produce something new. A hybrid car is a passenger vehicle that is driven by a hybrid engine‚ which can run on two or more fuel sources. In other word‚ Hybrid cars are primarily gas powered cars with electrical motor assist Why hybrid car? : Here are the reasons why you should choose a hybrid car instead of normal car: 1. Hybrid cars are environment friendly
Premium Internal combustion engine Electric vehicle
Physics of Car Crashes INTERNAL - Notes INJURIES TO A HUMAN: During a car crash‚ there are three different collisions that occur. The first one is the collision of the car and the opposing object‚ the second is the human inside the car and the car itself. The final collision is the ones that occur within the human body itself. BRAIN: The human brain is protected by the cranial cavity or the skull. The brain is suspended in a substance called the cerebral spinal fluid‚ which is denser than the skull
Premium Classical mechanics Brain Skull
Essay Buying a car consists of a great deal of searching‚ researching and decision-making. Car hunting can be simple if the shopper is knowledgeable about certain factors required to make a smart decision. There are so many car models available these days that buying a car is almost like buying candy from a store. A car purchase is a large investment of time and money‚ and therefore‚ should not be taken lightly. You have to think about whether you should buy a new car or a used car. By choosing a
Premium Automobile Vehicle