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Publisher. Grossman Publishers. Publication date. 30 November 1965 [ 1] OCLC. 568052. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965. Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat ...
An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle. Once the engine is running, power for the car ...
The digital displays on the dashboard display fuel consumption instantaneously. On the manual transmission up and down arrows suggest when to shift gears. Dashboard gauges monitor the current battery status, instantaneous fuel consumption, and mode of the electric motor — standby, engine assist or charging the batteries.
The first step in finding out the exact value of your car is to evaluate it objectively. According to Kelly Blue Book, owners overvalue their vehicles when setting an asking price. Note features ...
Automotive electronics are electronic systems used in vehicles, including engine management, ignition, radio, carputers, telematics, in-car entertainment systems, and others. Ignition, engine and transmission electronics are also found in trucks, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, and other internal combustion powered machinery such as forklifts ...
Electric cars use far less raw materials than conventional petrol/gasoline cars. This difference is chiefly due to fuel consumption: the petrol or diesel that is burned during the average lifetime of a car would fill a stack of oil barrels 90 metres high, and weights between 300-400 times more than the total quantity of battery metals lost with an electric car (at around 30 kilograms, these ...
Honda SSM Concept. Introduced at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show, [4] [5] the Honda Sport Study Model concept car was the design study for the production version of the S2000. The inspirations for the concept car were the first prototype Honda Formula One racing car, the Honda RA270 from 1963 [6] [7] and the Caterham Seven. [7]
When you’re not up to getting too physical, there are other ways to give your hand-eye coordination a boost. Here are some options: Bouncing a ball. Playing catch. Playing video games. Learning ...