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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BUY A HYBRID‚ SAVE THE PLANET Topic: Hybrid Cars General Purpose: To orally present information by sharing‚ defining‚ or explaining. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that hybrid vehicles are an environmentally sensitive and affordable for almost anyone. Central Idea: Hybrid cars have several advantages over conventional cars. Introduction I. Here is an alarming statistic: According to the website GreenerCars.com‚ the United States is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide
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The Challenge of Designing Electric Cars Dr. Tobias Giebel Tobias Giebel 博士 Sahnghai EXPO‚ May 2010 Contents 内容 • Introduction Group Research and Volkswagen Research Lab China (VRC) 大众汽车集团研发中心概况和大众汽车中国研究实验室(VRC)介绍 • Volkswagens Strategy for Powertrains and Fuel 大众汽车的动力总成及燃料战略 • Blue Motion Technologies 蓝驱技术 • Hybrid Technologies 混合动力技术 • Electrotraction 电驱动技术 • Hydrogen Technologies 氢技术 • Modular Toolbox 模块化设计矩阵 • Conclusion 结论 Dr. Tobias Giebel Tobias Giebel 博士 The Volkswagen Portfolio
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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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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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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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