Driverless Cars Imagine riding about‚ looking around and suddenly seeing a car driving next to you‚ but with nobody inside. How would you react? How would you feel? Would you be confused? These are some questions I am asking myself and they are the reason why I want to write some of my thoughts about this topic. I am going to write on some advantages and disadvantages which need to be taken into consideration. Fewer Accidents First of all I want to discuss the argument that our population is
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THE CAR SALESMAN It’s hot‚ Too damn hot to be in this cheep suit‚ he thinks to himself as he leans against the large glass window‚ pulling out another Marlboro Red. Its Saturday‚ a day that usually means a lot of potential buyers. But in Charleston‚ SC‚ in mid July‚ it just means the hottest day of the year. Adam puts the smoke between his lips and looks through the window inside the dealership at the brand new Camaro. Wishing he could afford one he thinks about the engagement ring hidden under
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THE CAR TRIP By Michael Rosen I am sure that many of you have been on a car trip! Experiencing the children‚ who are trying to annoy the parents as they are either hungry or need to go to the bathroom o have an urge to do particular thing. On the other hand there are the parents trying to calm down the children or just screaming at them. THE CAR TRIP is exactly a poem‚ which describes a life experience we have all been through. However every trip is different‚ the characters in the car all
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automobile. The car has revolutionized transportation from the day a company named "Reo" sold its first car‚ the Curved Dashed Oldsmobile in 1901‚ to today. The topic of cars can be broken into many different categories‚ from SUV and sports to European and American. One maker of cars that has branched a lot in past years is Japan. Though we do not realize it‚ most of our cars come from Japan. The top car company as of 2011 is Toyota. Toyota is a Japanese automobile manufacturer that exports its cars all around
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Car Price Differentials in the European Union Submitted By: ‘Group 4’ Jan1‚ 1993: The single European act became law among member states of EU Goal: To remove barriers to cross border trade & investment within confines of EU Benefits: Increased competition & corresponding reduction in prices Jan1‚ 1999: EU’s member states adopted Euro as common currency Benefits: Would make it easy for the European consumers to compare prices across nations leading to harmonization of prices within Euro
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electric Cars Introduction to Electric Cars An electric car is a vehicle which is driven by electric engines. The engines use electrical energy which is usually stored in batteries. Electric car is a variation of electric vehicle (EV). EV speaks of any vehicles which are propelled by electric engines. “Electric car” is a general term for high-speed vehicles which are powered by electricity. In the United States‚ low-speed vehicles which are powered by electricity
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How Hybrid Cars Work A hybrid car is a passenger vehicle that is driven by a hybrid engine‚ which is any engine that combines two or more sources of power‚ generally gasoline and electricity. There are two types of gasoline-electric hybrid cars; the parallel hybrid‚ and the series hybrid. Both use gasoline-electric hybrid technology‚ but in radically different ways. In a parallel hybrid car‚ a gasoline engine and an electric motor work together to move the car forward‚ while in a series hybrid
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Arlene S. Rabino BSIT401C 1. Choose a car for your electric car conversion. It is best to choose a traditional car to use for your conversion. A traditional car would be one that is not too exotic or complicated. A car that you can easily find replacement parts for is ideal. Look for something lightweight since they will run better on an electric battery than a bigger vehicle will. A car with a manual transmission is better for an electric car since cars with electric motors do not necessarily
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Electric Car has a history but is there a future in the UK or will there be a better option? The invention of the first Electric Car was in 1830 but was not perfected until the creation of rechargeable batteries in 1859. By 1912 50 companies were producing 34‚000 electric cars. Once the development of the electric starting motor occurred and the price of fuel was cheap then the electric cars industry vanished. The oil crisis in the 1970’s caused some re-emergence of electric cars but the high
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How many times have you been stuck in traffic‚ wishing to yourself that your car could just take off into the air‚ fly straight over the backed up highway and get you home within minutes? Flying cars have always been a concept of the future but it’s starting to look as if the future is here. As crazy as it sounds‚ the PAL-V One has just successfully concluded a series of test flights in their flying car at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The PAL-V stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle
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