Hybrid cars: Are Hybrid Cars Becoming Safer or More Harmful to the Environment? I. Introduction Hybrid cars have a very special technology because they boast two power sources: a regular gasoline engine and an electric motor powered by a huge battery unlike conventional cars which have only regular gasoline engine. These components generally work in tandem‚ though the exact mechanism varies depending on the car. When the car is at stop‚ the engine shuts off. While you push the accelerator
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Driving one of the new high-tech hybrids — cars that combine the power of a gas engine with an electric motor to reduce fuel consumption and emissions — may seem like something only an environmentalist or an engineer could get revved up about. The fact is‚ however‚ that a new generation of hybrid cars and trucks due to go on sale within the next 12 months offer a number of very practical advantages for families‚ from saving money to helping save the planet. Many experts are predicting 2004 will be
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DRINK DRIVING Part A. Driving under the influence (DUI)‚ commonly called "drunk driving‚" it refers to operating a motor vehicle while one’s blood alcohol content is above the legal limit. Alcohol really impairs your ability to react quickly‚ make good judgements‚ and drive as well as you might normally. Social and Environmental Influences are factors that can contribute to alcohol impaired driving which often comes from friends and the situations their friends helped to create. These influences
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Without cars there would be no need for roads as we know them today. There would be no hotels because people wouldn’t be traveling as far as they can today‚ and we wouldn’t have a scape goat for global warming. The invention and improvement of the automobile has shaped America’s society to be as we know it today. Over the years cars have improved and changed. Some ideas were thrown away and others grew into common household possessions. It all started with the invention of the steam car in the
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Cars and Bikes Bikes and cars are two of the many ways of transportation. Both can be used to drive people to places they want to go to without walking. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. And each has its own type and standard of people as well as its different uses and forms. Not all the people could afford buying a car. A car could be very expensive to some people. For example‚ we often see poor
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Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars are the transportation of the future. Humans have been driving around since the 1880’s. They started off as simple‚ one-cylinder machines‚ to today‚ where they are twelve cylinder animals. From fuel-efficient coupes‚ to gas guzzling SUVs‚ or even the ultra expensive supercars‚ all use gasoline. The use of this gasoline makes or breaks the selling point of the car. We base the cars off of their utility; the gas-guzzlers may be the ones with the most torque and pulling
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SPEECH OUTLINE Title: HYBRID CAR INTRODUCTION Attention Getting Opener 1. Show Video Clip 2. Introduce myself Greeting Assalamualaikum and very good morning to my lecturer sir Md Shaiful Anuar bin Wagiman‚ friends and my fellow audience. Preview My topic will be according my three main points‚ that is: i. Advantage of using hybrid car ii. Disadvantage of hybrid car iii. Benefits of driving a hybrid car Transition 1: Ladies and gentlemen‚ I will start with my first main
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Driving in India Traveling in India is an almost hallucinatory mixture of sound and sight. It is frequently heart-rending‚ sometimes hilarious‚ mostly exhilarating‚ always unforgettable - and‚ when you are on the roads‚ extremely dangerous. Most Indian road users observe a version of the Highway Code based on some ancient text or on the position of the moon. In general the 12 rules of the Indian road code are: ARTICLE I The assumption of immortality is required of all road users. ARTICLE
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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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------------------------------------------------- Motorcycles are Safer than Cars Everyone knows that in a crash motorcycle riders usually come off worse than car drivers. Riders avoid some problems‚ like being trapped in a burning or sinking car‚ but in general an accident that dents a car can put a motorcyclist in hospital. However motorcycle fear is often based on rumor or reports‚ not actual experience. It is guilt by association. Guilt by Association A friend once told me she didn’t like
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