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• Henney Kilowatt
  ...a period in which they had been out of favor<ref>"The History of Electric Vehicles: ...d interest in shifting American automotive focus from fossil fuels to lead-cell batteries. Morrison McMullan, Jr., controller of Exide Batteries, was also
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• Engine control unit
  ...rough sensors, and reading values from multidimensional maps. Before ECUs, fuel injection, ignition timing, and idle speed were directly controlled by mech === Control of fuel injection ===
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• Ford Flex
  The Flex joins Ford's range of crossover vehicles as the Flagship. ...Vs towards car-based crossover utility vehicles, which tend to have better fuel economy. The Flex provides a product for the large crossover vehicle marke
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• Reasons Not to Buy a Hybrid Car (yet)
  #Fuel cost ...n qualify for Solo-driving car pool lane stickers [only the most efficient vehicles qualify for this]. ''Omninerd'' has developed an incredibly detailed look a
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• New Flyer Industries
  * '''D''': Powered by [[Diesel fuel|diesel]] only (non-hybrid) .../**http%3A//www.bctransit.com/fuelcell/download/20080604_overview.pdf Fuel Cell Initiative Overview BC Transit]</ref>,
  15 KB (2,231 words) - 07:10, 30 April 2010
• Alcohol fuel
  ...ction, for instance. Generally speaking, the chemical formula for alcohol fuel is '''C_nH_2n+1OH'''. :''Main articles: [[Methanol fuel]], [[Ethanol fuel]]''
  21 KB (3,045 words) - 06:53, 26 May 2010
• Telematics
  ...nications and informatics, for application in vehicles and with control of vehicles on the move. ...ergency warning system for vehicles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cell phones, wireless safety communications and automatic driving assistance sys
  19 KB (2,720 words) - 04:31, 22 September 2010
• Smart fortwo
  ...ghway. However, by European measures, the Smart is considered particularly fuel efficient, averaging 50 mpg for the gasoline model and 69 mpg for the Diese On the contrary, the turbo charged models, are often critized for high fuel consumption. Some real-life figures resulted in consumption above 30 mpg. T
  21 KB (2,919 words) - 14:08, 9 December 2010
• GMC Syclone
  ...V6 engine with unique pistons, main caps, head gaskets, intake manifolds, fuel system, exhaust manifolds, and a 48mm twin bore throttle body from the 5.7 ...delivered to Saudi Arabia and modified with a metric dash cluster, leaded fuel chip, and a resonator in place of the catalytic converter.
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• Buick Rendezvous
  ...r a laptop computer as well as a separate spots to hold a woman's purse, a cell phone, pager or other small items that the owner would want to keep organiz ...nctions, a trip computer that included readings of fuel economy, range and fuel used. An optional second generation heads-up display was also available.
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• Ford EXP
  {| border=0 cell spacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="float:right;margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:275; ...push for automobile manufacturers to produce smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. In the short time following, Ford had studied a two seater commuter car ca
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• Mercury Mountaineer
  ...es many features with the [[Ford Explorer]], and in terms of hardware, the vehicles are virtually identical. Externally, they are styled significantly differe ...udes Microsoft-powered voice-activated SYNC system that is able to control cell phones and audio devices. New 20-inch wheels are also available on Premier
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• Noble M600
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options ...h the use of a switch in the interior. The engine also features Electronic Fuel Injection and has a compression ratio of 9.50:1. It uses a Oerlikon Grazian
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• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  ...r systems may have common subsystems or components. The HV provides better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may b ...mixture of different fuels — typically gasoline and [[ethanol]] [[alcohol fuel]].
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• VR6 engine
  ...nt of the vehicle and the engine, and between the engine and the passenger cell. The VR6 is able to use the [[firing order]] of a [[straight-six engine]] ...der-selective ignition knock regulation, and Lambda regulation for the air/fuel mixture. Exhaust gases are channeled through a three-way [[catalytic conve
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...onfined space called a combustion chamber. This exothermic reaction of a [[fuel]] with an oxidizer creates gases of high temperature and pressure, which ar ...internal combustion engines did not have compression, but ran on what air/fuel mixture could be sucked or blown in during the first part of the intake str
  31 KB (4,688 words) - 09:27, 21 August 2010
• Battery electric vehicle
  '''Battery electric vehicles''' or '''BEV'''s are [[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in ...mes used, forming a type of [[hybrid vehicle]]. Batteries used in electric vehicles include "flooded" lead-acid, absorbed glass mat, NiCd, nickel metal hydride
  56 KB (8,990 words) - 15:42, 24 September 2009
• Saturn S-Series
  ...of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. ...or a 4-speed automatic transmission. The Saturn transmissions in the DOHC vehicles were geared to enhance acceleration, while the SOHC transmissions were gear
  16 KB (2,447 words) - 06:43, 21 December 2010
• Petroleum
  ..., pesticides, and plastics. 88% of all petroleum extracted is processed as fuel; the other 12% is converted into other materials such as plastic. Since pet ...me true, many dismissed all such discussion. The future of petroleum as a fuel remains somewhat controversial. ''USA Today'' news (2004) reports that ther
  35 KB (5,561 words) - 04:29, 26 May 2010
• Chrysler Sebring Convertible
  ...larating performance with excellent fuel efficiency of 31 mpg and Flexible-fuel Vehicle (FFV) engine availability ...rysler’s sleek and elegant design, exhilarating performance with excellent fuel efficiency, a spacious interior that comfortably sits four adults and enoug
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