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• Nikolaus Otto
  ...s is likely to have been around at the time of Otto's invention but he was the first to make it practical. ...horlink = M Schofield MA BSc| title = Happy Centenary Otto...| journal = [[The Motor (magazine)|Motor]]| volume = vol 149 nbr 3827| pages = page 41 |date
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• George Brayton
  ...ess that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to as the [[Brayton cycle]]. In 1872 Brayton patented a [[two-stroke]] kerosene [[stationary engine]] known as ''Brayton's Ready Motor'',<ref>{{cite web
  3 KB (442 words) - 11:43, 26 May 2010
• De Dion-Bouton
  ...engines and toys when they met de Dion who offered to go into partnership with them forming De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux in Paris in 1883. ...This still exists in road worthy condition and has been a regular entry in the [[London to Brighton Veteran Car Run]].
  4 KB (751 words) - 12:08, 30 June 2007
• Locomobile
  ...}} Models}}'''Locomobile''' was a company that produced [[automobile]]s in the United States of America from 1899 to 1929. ...owered autos, leasing a motor design from the [[Stanley Steamer Company]]. The steam Locomobiles were unreliable, finicky to operate, had flammable parafi
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• Detroit Electric
  ...but this was considered adequate for driving within city or town limits at the time. ...s refinement was evidenced to the public through its design which included the first use of curved window glass in a production automobile, an expensive a
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• Exhaust gas
  ...asoline]]/petrol, [[diesel fuel]], fuel oil or coal. It is discharged into the atmosphere through an [[exhaust pipe]], flue gas stack or propelling nozzle ...h pure-carbon fuels), and carbon dioxide(CO₂) (except for fuels with no carbon in); these are not toxic or noxious (although carbon dioxide is a
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• Bivalent (engine)
  ...[BMW Hydrogen 7]] which is more fuel efficient than the standard H7 Series engine. ...ed title -->]</ref> Hydrogen and natural gas are very similar as fuels, so the differences between parts needed to burn both fuels are trivial, and intero
  8 KB (1,340 words) - 17:55, 31 March 2010
• Daimler-Benz
  ...utomobile'. An ''Agreement of Mutual Interest''—which would be valid until the year 2000—was signed on [[May 1]], [[1924]] between [[Karl Benz]]'s [[Ben ...eBenz.jpg|thumb|right|90px|first logo of Mercedes-Benz from 1926 merger of the companies founded separately by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, becoming Da
  3 KB (487 words) - 07:09, 19 February 2007
• Crossley
  ...duction of [[internal combustion engine]]s. Since 1988 it has been part of the Rolls-Royce Power Engineering group. ...astle upon Tyne. William concentrated on the business side, Frank provided the engineering expertise.
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• City car
  {{dablink|[[Town car]] redirects here. For the luxury car, see [[Lincoln Town Car]]}} ...ainstream manufacturers have one or even two city cars in their lineup, so the competition is fierce. In Japan cars under 3.40&nbsp;m are officially calle
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• Karl Friedrich Rapp
  ...ame [[BMW AG]]. He is acknowledged by [[BMW AG]] as an indirect founder of the company. ...pprox. 1908 to 1911. It is believed he was active as a technical designer with [[Daimler Benz]] until 1912. Rapp left Daimler-Benz to head a branch of [[F
  5 KB (701 words) - 07:00, 18 March 2009
• Maudslay Motor Company
  ...Company (AEC) and along with [[Crossley Motors]] the new group was renamed Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) Ltd. ...ulieu>{{cite book |last=Georgano |first=N. |title=Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile |year=2000 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |id=ISBN 1-57958-293
  4 KB (662 words) - 10:38, 18 May 2010
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles
  ...cle with propane is comparable to that needed for gasoline or diesel fuel. The tanks are filled to no more than 80% capacity to allow for liquid expansion ...average of $2,500. Some states offer incentives for propane. According to the '''National Propane Gas Association''', some fleets report 2-3 years longer
  12 KB (1,707 words) - 16:25, 25 September 2009
• Exhaust system
  ...s one or more '''exhaust pipes'''. Depending on the overall system design, the exhaust gas may flow through one or more of: *A [[turbocharger]] to increase engine power.
  10 KB (1,599 words) - 08:07, 5 August 2009
• Automobile emissions control
  ...ited States as a whole in model year 1968. Their use became widespread in the following decades and now they are ubiquitous in industrialised nations and ...ly substantial increases in the number of vehicles in use, have meant that the overall reduction in pollution has been much slower.
  10 KB (1,564 words) - 03:22, 26 May 2010
• Samuel Morey
  ...17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an [[internal combustion engine]] and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents. ...to Orford, New Hampshire, with his family in 1768. He later moved across the Connecticut River to Fairlee, Vermont, but was buried in Orford in 1843. La
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• George B. Selden
  ...application was filed in 1879. He then used evasive legal tactics to delay the patent's acceptance until conditions seemed favorable for commercial exploi ...d Scientific School, but did manage to finish his course of study and pass the New York bar 1871 and joined his father's practice.
  5 KB (823 words) - 19:34, 20 August 2009
• Tickford
  ...le engineering, coachbuilding and [[car tuning|tuning]] company famous for the 140mph Tickford [[turbocharger|Turbo]] [[Ford Capri|Capri]]. ...then to Gaydon for the DB9 and DBS. The Tickford name disappeared between the late 1950s and 1981.
  5 KB (830 words) - 00:46, 14 March 2007
• Spark plug
  ..., with a grounded terminal on the base of the plug, a [[spark gap]] inside the cylinder. Early patents for spark plugs included those by Nikola Tesla (in ...made possible the development of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.
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• Noble
  ...-speed sports cars with a [[MR layout|MR drivetrain layout]]. Lee Noble is the chief designer and owner of Noble. ...a. Once the body shell is completed, it is sent to the Noble factory where the engines, suspension etc are added.
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