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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Edelman Award Paper Revenue Management Saves National Car Rental By M.K Geraghty and Ernest Johnson In the January/February 1997 issue of INTERFACES magazine‚ M.K. Geraghty and Ernest Johnson were presented as finalists of the Franz A. Edelman award for their presentation on a state-of-the-art Revenue Management System that would turn a huge money losing rental car company‚ National Rental Car‚ into a profitable business within two years. In 1993‚ General Motors took a $744 million dollar
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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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report explains how advantageous a hybrid car is and why conventional car should be replaced by hybrid car. Hybrid car is getting more popular and marketable because of its advantages. In essence‚ the report touches on the benefits of owning a hybrid car and some possible effects. The problems that arisen are environmental problems which catch the whole world’s attention‚ the prices and fuel are hiking up and the fuels are limited in supply. Therefore‚ hybrid cars are here to help people to overcome the
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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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The issue of electric car has been arising nowadays. But many of us never really find a true example of the uses of electric cars in everyday life. From the article "Electrical Engineering"‚ an Australian built his own electric car from a second hand Porsche. The article proves that having a private electric cars is no longer a dream. But do all people know the good things and the bad things about having a private electric car? Now‚ what electric vehicles really are? Simply put‚ electric vehicles
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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
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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
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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
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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
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