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...used kerosene for fuel; it was claimed to be able to raise a full head of steam within a minute. One [[touring car]] is known to have been built; the comp *David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.

...} Models}}'''Gardner-Serpollet''' was a French manufacturer of [[steam car|steam-powered cars]] in the early 1900s. ...ractical source of power for an automobile. The oil-fired flash boiler fed steam to a very advanced four cylinder enclosed engine similar to the contemporar

...ed autos, leasing a motor design from the [[Stanley Steamer Company]]. The steam Locomobiles were unreliable, finicky to operate, had flammable parafin fire ...[[gasoline]] [[internal combustion engine]]s in 1902, and stopped making steam vehicles the following year.

...generation, and wood-burning steam locomotives were common in times past. Steam power is becoming more and more desirable as oil and gas supplies begin to Hydrogen also features as an upcoming fuel for automobiles with Oxygen in the [[Fuel Cell]]. This involves a reaction where the hydrog

...ogen-powered internal combustion engine.''</ref> He also experimented with steam-powered vehicles in the late 18th century.<ref name="h2cars">[http://www.h2

{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Léon Bollée Automobiles''' was a French company founded by [[Léon Bollée]] in [[Le Mans]] to buil * steam vehicles, Amédée Bollée (father), built between 1873 and 1885.

...uth. It is known however, that at a young age, he apprenticed to the Kuhn steam engine company in Cannstatt starting in 1898. In 1902 he enrolled at the Ro ==Automobiles==

|title=1679-1681 – R P Verbiest's Steam Chariot ...military engineer. He experimented with working models of [[steam engine|steam-engine]]-powered vehicles for the French Army, intended for transporting ca

One major problem in developing cleaner, energy efficient automobiles is the source of power to drive the engine. A variety of [[alternative fue ...om D.W. as useful mechanical energy through exhaust powered [[steam engine|steam]], [[stirling engine]]s, thermal diodes, etc..<ref>{{cite news

...e [[internal combustion engine]] used extensively in motor vehicles, the [[steam engine]] which was the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution and the niche ..., into which a gas is introduced, either already hot and under pressure ([[steam engine]]), or heated inside the cylinder either by [[ignition system|igniti

...rch 26, 1849&mdash;January 2, 1915) was an industrialist, pioneer of the [[Automobiles|automobile]] industry and the founder of the French firm [[Peugeot]]. ...Frères Aînés. They took it into cycle manufacture in 1882, and exhibited a steam powered tricycle at the 1889 World Fair in Paris. They created their first

[[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|Cylinder with piston in a steam engine]] ...ve also been tried, so far unsuccessfully, except with low-speed "oilless" steam engines.[http://www.www.spilling.de/uk/index-steamengines.htm.com] A cylind

...J.N. (1965-74) ''Doble Steam Cars, Buses, Lorries, and Railcars'' . "Light Steam Power" Isle of Man, UK.</ref> <ref>Fox Stephen (1998). ''The Strange Triump ...but dropped out after just one semester to work with his brothers on their steam cars.

...machine manufacturing business and in 1901 they set up operations to build automobiles. ...rst automobile was chain-drive, tiller-steered, and run by a two-cylinder, steam-powered engine mounted under the floorboards. The following year, the White

...re used for cooling internal combustion engines, chiefly in [[#Automobiles|automobiles]] but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, st == Automobiles ==

...rst large scale SCR was installed by the [[IHI Corporation]] in 1978. <ref>Steam: Its Generation and Uses. Babcock and Wilcox.</ref> ...ships, diesel locomotives, [[gas turbine|combustion turbines]], and even [[automobiles]].

...sed from the stock of [[Frederick Stanley Bennett]] (UK agent for Cadillac automobiles) at the Heddon Street showroom in London (these were engines Nos. 23391, 24 ...''Stanley Rocket'', the car that has held the [[Land Speed Record]] for a steam-powered vehicle since 1906.

...noir: The Motoring Pioneer" in Ward, Ian, executive editor. ''The World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis Publishing, 1974), p.1181.</ref> which was quiet but ineff ...sed in September 1860 the Parisian newspaper ''Cosmos'' had pronounced the steam age over,<ref>{{Citation

...s at Ford, General Motors and Chrysler prevented official work on civilian automobiles. Because Loewy's firm was independent of the nation’s fourth-largest auto ...and Starlight coupes, which consistently rank as one of the best-designed automobiles of the 1950s in lists compiled by [[Collectible Automobile]], [[Car and Dri

...ny, to produce steam fittings. In the same year, he attempted to produce a steam-driven car, called the DKW. Although unsuccessful, he made a [[two-stroke c == Automobiles made before WWII ==

...end of the century, the brothers had built, among other things, a rifle, a steam boat, a glider, and an automobile. ...uring the war. From then until 1960, he concentrated his efforts on making automobiles. His early cars were some of the finest luxury vehicles in the world, with

...n engines. In UK, large alternators in power stations which are driven by steam turbines are called turbo-alternators. Alternators are used in modern [[automobiles]] to charge the battery and to power a car's electric system when its [[int

...h one or two pistons&mdash;which served as steady power sources, replacing steam engines. ...od]]s, and [[flywheel]] in which the gas essentially took the place of the steam. This was the first internal combustion engine to be produced in numbers.

..."brake shoe" was the normal way of braking either a horse drawn vehicle or steam locomotive. Many varieties of arrangements of levers, rods and pivots were [[Category:Automobiles]]

...896, bicycles were added to the product range. A failed attempt to build a steam-powered car was made in 1900 with license from Overman, but by 1901 Pierce ...896, bicycles were added to the product range. A failed attempt to build a steam-powered car was made in 1900 with license from Overman, but by 1901 Pierce

...automobile''' begins as early as 1769, with the creation of [[steam power|steam-powered]] [[automobile]]s capable of human transport<ref>Eckermann, Erik (2 ===Early automobiles===

...''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' magazine catalogued the entire range of automobiles available to the mass market in the United States. This list included the * [[Automobiles Darracq S.A.|American Darracq Automobile Company]] (New York, New York)

...water or steam, which then in turn does work, for example by pressing on a steam actuated piston. ...od]]s, and [[flywheel]] in which the gas essentially took the place of the steam. This was the first internal combustion engine to be produced in numbers. H

...Also a French unit for [[tax horsepower]], short for ''chevaux vapeur'' ("steam horses") or ''cheval-vapeur''. ...- hence indicated [[HP|horsepower]]. It was the figure normally used for [[steam engine]]s in the 19th century but is misleading because the mechanical effi

== Automobiles == ...1894]]'', in the ''petrol engine'' category, even beating some [[Steam car|steam-cars]],: .

...alon is scheduled by the [[Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles]], which considers it a major international auto show. ...on]] models have been featured in the show. Models ranging from benzene to steam, with many exotic and [[supercar]]s stealing the spotlights throughout the

...lear reactor. The nuclear reactor usually provides heat, which drives a [[steam turbine]], which drives a generator, which is then fed to the propulsion. ...lectric cars and rail transport were commonplace, with commercial electric automobiles having the majority of the market. Electrified trains were used for coal t

*150: Hero's Engine (''aeolipile'')&nbsp;&mdash; Apparently, Hero's steam engine was taken to be no more than a toy, and thus its full potential not ...cience-technology.com/Notes/Notes%201.htm |title=Taqi al-Din and the First Steam Turbine |accessdate=2008-03-29|last=Hassan |first=Ahmad Y |authorlink=Ahmad

...he invention of the automobile, when [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] crashed his steam-powered "Fardier" against a wall in 1771. One of the earliest recorded auto ...equivalent, EuroNCAP have each issued independent safety tests for all new automobiles, without reciprocity.

...ht-angle drives and other gearing in windmills, horse-powered devices, and steam engines, mainly in support of pumping, milling, and hoisting. [[Category:Automobiles]]

...ht-angle drives and other gearing in windmills, horse-powered devices, and steam engines, mainly in support of pumping, milling, and hoisting. [[Category:Automobiles]]

* [[Doble Steam Car|Doble]]

...n internal combustion engine. First widely introduced on series-production automobiles in the US market for the 1975 model year to comply with tightening [[Enviro ...emissions. They also were used on spark ignition ([[gasoline]]) engines in automobiles up until 1981, when they were replaced by three-way converters due to regul

|publisher=[[Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles|OICA]] In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific,

...own as '''radial tires''') are standard for almost all modern [[automobile|automobiles]]. ...however, become almost ubiquitous as original and replacement equipment on automobiles marketed in the United States, due to their convenience and their adequate

...cells that are robust enough to survive the bumps and vibrations that all automobiles have to handle. Furthermore, freezing conditions are a major consideration ...ease at which hydrogen can be stored under normal atmospheric pressures in automobiles that have fuel cells.

...viable. Also, some wells (''secondary wells'') may be used to pump water, steam, acids or various gas mixtures into the reservoir to raise or maintain the ...s' oil production. In-situ burning is another form of TEOR, but instead of steam, some of the oil is burned to heat the surrounding oil. Occasionally, deter

...n, power, and exhaust). Otto intended that his invention would replace the steam engines predominant in those years, even though his engine was still primit Daimler and Maybach preferred plans to produce automobiles and reacted against Duttenhofer and Lorenz. Maybach was denied a seat on th

...s disputed to have successfully travelled over land or water under its own steam[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/4/2006_4_16_print

Turbocharging is very common on [[diesel engine]]s in conventional automobiles, in [[truck]]s, locomotives, for marine and heavy machinery applications. I ...ommonly used on two types of engines: Gasoline engines in high-performance automobiles and diesel engines in transportation and other industrial equipment. Small

...was another early US rotary engine which was being manufactured for use in automobiles by 1901. Emil Berliner sponsored its development as a lightweight power uni ...was being tested. The Rotary Vee is similar in configuration to the elbow steam engine. The Rotary Vee uses piston pairs connected as solid V shaped membe

...nence of powerful, but polluting [[internal combustion engines]], electric automobiles held many vehicle land speed and distance records in the early 1900s. Most ...ore which they had to stop and cool down at horse troughs along with the [[steam car|steamers]] to replenish their water supply. The truth may be that EV's

...began soon after the construction of the first successful gasoline-fueled automobiles. The first race ever organized was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of ...judged on their speed, handling and safety characteristics, and De Dion's steam car needed a stoker which was forbidden.<ref name="8W"/>

...iversal in relation to energy sources]: liquid and gaseous fuel, hydrogen, steam, pneumatic, and hydraulic. The Quasiturbine also has a torque curve that pe ...za]]s, and other marques comprising the most highly advanced and expensive automobiles of the 1920s and '30s.