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• Ogle Design
  * 1959 The company became involved in transport design and small scale car production. * 1974 Separate divisions were formed for product and transport design.
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• Green vehicle
  ...from transport, over 85% are due to CO2 emissions from road vehicles. The transport sector is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases. ...contributions due to road transport is particularly high - in London road transport contributes almost 80% of particulate emissions.
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• Moose test
  ...en the driver evades a suddenly appearing obstacle (such as a moose on the road), became well-known under the name '''Moose test''', also '''Elk test''', ' ...do is to avoid hitting the moose by [[brake|braking]] or driving down the road embankment if necessary. If that is not possible and a collision cannot be
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• Weight distribution
  ...[[Drag racing|drag car]] will be different from that of a car built for [[road racing]]. ...lose to its center of pressure to avoid losing pitch control. In military transport aircraft, it is common to have a loadmaster as a part of the crew; their re
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• Pedestrian safety through vehicle design
  Almost two-thirds of the 1.2 million people killed in road traffic crashes worldwide are pedestrians. Despite the magnitude of the pro ...includes information on how seriously your vehicle is likely to harm other road users]
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• Porsche Type 597
  ...man Army was reformed in the early Fifties, it required equipment - namely transport. Porsche, viewing the military contract as a large benefit to the small, fl ...- which had four on-road gears, and an additional low-range ratio for off-road driving. The 597 was either four- or two-wheel drive, which could be contro
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• MOT test
  ...es over three years old in the United Kingdom if they are used on [[public road]]s. The name derives from the Ministry of Transport,<ref name="name">{{cite web
  12 KB (1,972 words) - 16:02, 21 August 2009
• Neighborhood electric vehicle
  ...ith the expectation that a more traditional motor vehicle will be used for transport.
  3 KB (370 words) - 04:14, 22 March 2007
• ACEA agreement
  ...ommission will support research efforts towards reaching the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)<ref>See ERTRAC Strategic Research Agenda *European [[Common Transport Policy]]
  10 KB (1,420 words) - 09:04, 24 May 2010
• Lăstun
  ...also named '''"Dacia 500"''', was a cost-effective Romanian car for urban transport built between 1986 and 1992. It featured a two cylinder air-cooled engine o ...Lăstun was subject to many jokes. Few have survived, and the number on the road has been estimated to be in the low hundreds. It was never exported.
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• Wikicars
  * Road Trips ...t primarily moves on wheels, has a means of propulsion, and the ability to transport you or your friends and family-- bring it on.
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• Multi Media Interface
  ...he variation of MMI featured in the car. MMI uses [[Media Oriented Systems Transport]] (MOST) technology to interconnect the system. **[[Audi R8 (Road Car)|R8]]
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• Iveco
  ...vehicle and [[engine]] markets, and is near the top for sales of passenger transport and 3.5 ton light vehicles. ...he result was [[Irisbus]], one of the major manufacturers in the passenger transport sector, which was further strengthened by the acquisition of the Hungarian
  8 KB (1,142 words) - 09:33, 18 September 2008
• Alvis Stalwart
  ...was adopted and entered service with the British Army in 1966 as a general transport truck in preference to the FV431, the load carrier variant of the FV430 ser ...the wheels on either side of the vehicle with most grip to drive when off-road. This had the effect of making the vehicle appear to crab (move from side t
  6 KB (1,026 words) - 11:00, 25 May 2010
• Mopar
  ...sion called Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use. ...osts. Cerberus my close Chrysler's Mopar Performance Division and Chrysler Transport. The union is reportedly opposed to the sales for fear of job losses; the u
  4 KB (529 words) - 02:14, 8 August 2008
• Fuel tax
  ...t to the consumer in the form of inflation as transportation costs rise to transport goods all over the country. ...the second Balkenende cabinet for use in road creation and road and public transport maintenance.
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• High-occupancy vehicle lane
  ...by [[carpool]]s. An HOV or [[carpool]] may be allowed to travel on special road lanes, usually denoted with a diamond marking in the United States and Cana In some regions, buses are allowed to travel on the road [[shoulder (road)|shoulder]] when traffic becomes heavy, but it is often still illegal for c
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• Chitty Bang Bang
  ...e. It was never as successful as its predecessor, but took part in several road races, including a Sahara Desert expedition in 1922. It later became the pr ...ooklands at 112.68&nbsp;mph. Louis Zborowski later used it as his personal transport, and drove it to Stuttgart when he negotiated to join the Mercedes racing t
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• Top Gear (magazine)
  *2007: [[Subaru Legacy]], [[Ford Mondeo]] & [[Audi R8 (road car)|Audi R8]] *2007: [[Lewis Hamilton]], Peter Roberts (Road pricing petitioner), [[Colin Mcrae]], [[Steve Fossett]], [[Dario Franchitti
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• Oliver Evans
  ...as the first self-powered land vehicle in the United States (steam powered road vehicles had already been used earlier in France and Great Britain). The Or ...e more than a crude curiosity, and no attempts to use it for long distance transport had yet been made.
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