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• Battery Technology
  ...ers combined. Batteries were commonplace as it was much easier to build an electric car by hand than tinker on internal combustion engines. Even the Porsche Lo ...h emits polution of about ten percent of that of an ordinary low emissions vehicle when in operation and is also certified for zero evaporative emissions at a
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  {{wikibookspar||Electric Vehicle Conversion}} ...c]] propulsion, creating a [[battery electric vehicle]]. In some cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [[kit car]], and vehicle
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• Henney Kilowatt
  ...followed a period in which they had been out of favor<ref>"The History of Electric Vehicles: The Middle Years of Electric Cars (1930 - 1990)", About.com:Inventors, [http://inventors.about.com/libra
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• Reasons Not to Buy a Hybrid Car (yet)
  ...balance, here are good reasons to wait on buying a [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] vehicle: #How you finance your vehicle
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• Global Hybrid Cooperation
  ...ngine]] and another to multiply the power of a pair of [[Electric Vehicles|electric motor]]s. General Motors has stopped using the "AHS2" name as of 2006, pref ...combustion engine and transmission where the flywheel is replaced with an electric motor.
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• Trunk
  The '''trunk''' or '''boot''' of an [[automobile]] or car is the vehicle's main storage, luggage, or cargo compartment. ''Trunk'' is used in North ...he rear of the vehicle. Storage areas are normally at the other end of the vehicle to which the engine is located. Some [[Mid-engine design|mid-engined]] cars
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• Automobile ancillary power
  ...combustion engine]] of some kind—but some way of transferring power to the vehicle's ancillary systems is required. This may be through direct mechanical con ...is toward making all ancilliaries run on electrical power, simplifying the vehicle's systems and making them easier to control automatically.
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• Mercury Mariner Hybrid
  | 2.3 liter Atkinson Cycle inline-4 <br> ''in combination with a'' <br> 65kW electric motor ...a Luxurious [[Ford]] [[Ford Escape|Escape]] [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]]. This vehicle is the second variation of a [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]] trio, between it, the E
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• World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
  ...urope (UNECE). It is tasked with creating a uniform set of regulations for vehicle design to facilitate international trade. The forum works on regulations covering [[vehicle safety]], environmental protection, energy efficiency and theft-resistance.
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• Plug-in hybrid
  ...onal [[Hybrid vehicle|hybrid electric vehicles]] and of [[battery electric vehicle]]s. While PHEVs are usually passenger vehicles, plug-in hybrid technology h .../docs/fy07osti/40485.pdf "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology"] National Renewable Energy Laboratory conference report CP-540-
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• Honda FCX Clarity
  |Engine = Electric engine with Lithium Ion Battery The '''Honda FCX Clarity''' is a [[hydrogen vehicle|hydrogen]] [[fuel cell]] [[automobile]] manufactured by [[Honda]].
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• Distributor
  ...to the [[spark plug]]s in the correct [[firing order]]. The first reliable battery operated ignition was developed by Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. (Del ...on top of the distributor shaft, but insulated from it and the body of the vehicle (ground). The distributor shaft is driven by a gear on the [[camshaft]]. (U
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• Lunar Rover
  [[Image:MoonBuggy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Lunar Rover-Manned land [[vehicle]] (NASA)]] The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or '''Lunar rover''' was a model of land [[vehicle]] used on the Moon. It is known by its popular nickname of "moon buggy". Se
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• Battery electric vehicle
  '''Battery electric vehicles''' or '''BEV'''s are [[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in the chemical energy of batteries. ...metal hydride, Li-ion, Li-poly and zinc-air batteries and the Molten salt battery.
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• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  ...ems or components. The HV provides better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more effic ...to describe an [[engine swap]]. Some have also referred to [[flexible-fuel vehicle]]s as ''hybrids'' because they can use a mixture of different fuels — typ
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• Electric motor
  ...echanical energy, is accomplished by a generator or dynamo. Many types of electric motors can be run as generators, and vice versa. For example a starter/gen ...the millions of watts. Electric motors may be classified by the source of electric power, by their internal construction, by their application, or by the type
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• Continuously Variable Transmission
  ...initely Variable Transmission (IVT)''', allows the transmission to drive a vehicle backwards as well as forwards. Transmission input is connected to the engin ...ng efficiency losses from friction in the drive shaft and [[differential]] components. This type of transmission has been effectively applied to expensive versio
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• Recreational Vehicle
  ...ound in a home; they are sometimes called '''motorhomes'''. A recreational vehicle normally includes a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom and a living room. In ot ...". They in turn give one of the meanings for ''camper'' as "a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while travelling". The earliest caravans were used
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...ctric pistol ([http://ppp.unipv.it/Volta/Pages/eF5struF.html]) in which an electric spark exploded a mixture of air and hydrogen, firing a cork from the end of ...they appear mostly in the form of [[gas turbines]]. They are also used for electric generators and by industry.
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