extra fifteen hundred dollars that was required to buy a hybrid car. In two years one would expect to have saved over seven hundred dollars and in three years more than nineteen hundred dollars. With such an incredible long term saving potential‚ the hybrid car is surely an economically sound choice. In addition‚ another economical factor that hybrid cars have is a technological mechanism known as "regenerative braking". When a hybrid car brakes; the motion of the wheels against the braking mechanism
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Luxury-Car Makers Look Beyond Home Market BMW to expand Plant in U.S.‚ Daimler Will Boost Investment in China Venture By William Boston and Neal E. Boudette Updated March 28‚ 2014 2:56 p.m. ET A new BMW X4 is unveiled last Friday at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greer‚ South Carolina as the Germany luxury auto maker announced a $1 billion expansion for the plant. Associated Press German luxury car manufacturers BMW AG and Daimler AG have unveiled plans to spend billions on new car factories
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Dream Vacation Eighty-five degrees‚ suns out‚ sand in your toes‚ a couple of brews‚ and you family and friends. That sounds like everyone dream vacation‚ but who would complain that sounds like a great time. You see during the summer I would love to take a couple of my friends to go see Dave Matthews Band play somewhere in the southwest. Seeing a concert probably isn’t the most exciting thing to do in a dream vacation‚ but as a group of friends we could do something so simple and have the best
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Basically the mousetrap cars work by winding a string around the axle‚ the mouse trap’s spring is stretched which stores all of your energy. When you release it your car will hopefully move. I want to focus on how far it goes so I will be using some different materials. There are multiple ways to get your mousetrap car to go a further distance. First you would need to make sure your back wheels are bigger since they are more important because it helps the car impulse farther. You should also try
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Cars‚ trucks‚ vans‚ SUV’s almost everyone will own or lease one in their lifetime. The biggest problem is the decision whether to buy or lease the automobile. Many people are faced with this question. Buying and leasing a car both have many positive and negative attributes. The beauty of it is that it is your choice! Leasing is one great way to get an automobile. The concept is quite simple. Leasing a car is almost like renting a car for an extended period of time (usually three years)‚ except
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DREAM AND BELIEVE All persons have a dream of their own because it is our way to see and imagine what we want to happen in our future life. It can be our inspiration to do our best to achieve what we want to achieve. But we need also to persevere and be prepared to the challenges and difficulties that we are going to encounter. We have to be strong in all the trials that we have to face so that we will be able to achieve all that we dream and what we wanted to be. But for now‚ I have a very positive
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CASE: Car Lube Operations to accompany CHAPTER 3: Process Strategy Professor Smith can expound at length about the merits of timely preventive maintenance. After all‚ what good is a process that is performed by less-than-reliable equipment? When it comes to his own vehicle’s preventive maintenance‚ however‚ Smith has been known to be less than meticulous. It takes him three months just to muster up the energy to take his car for its recommended three-month oil change! Smith usually takes
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will gain when manufacturers provide more fuel-efficient cars? Today‚ we have many different kinds of cars to choose. They have different sizes‚ colors‚ prices and models. When we buy an automobile‚ we look for the best auto to satisfy our needs like going to the store. Manufacturers provide more cars to help us in our needs. When manufactures provide more fuel-efficient autos‚ consumers save money‚ gas‚ and time. A fuel-efficient car will help us saved money. I mean think about it the average
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The Solar-Powered Getaway Car Table of Contents: Abstract ……………………………….. -- 1 -- Background Research ……………………………….. --2 -- Experiment Details ……………………………….. -- 3 -- Materials and Procedures ……………………………….. --3 -- Challenges and Technical Issues ……………………………….. --4 -- Experiment Results ……………………………….. -- 4-- Data Analysis & Discussion ……………………………….. --6 -- Conclusion ……………………………….. -- 6-- Recommendations ……………………………….. -- 7-- Acknowledgements ………………………………..
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A balloon-powered car is powered by the air released in the straw. One must blow into the straw which inflates the balloon. When you blow up the balloon‚ set your racer down‚ and let it go‚ escaping air from the balloon rushes out of the straw causing propulsion. The principle at work is Newton’s Third Law of Motion‚ which states that for every action‚ there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the case of the Balloon Powered Car‚ the action is the air rushing from the straw. The reaction is the
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