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  • ...ntrol''' covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the [[air pollution]]-causing emissions produced by [[automobile]]s. Exhaust emissions control ...in the number of vehicles in use, have meant that the overall reduction in pollution has been much slower.
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  • ...eated inside the cylinder either by [[ignition system|ignition]] of a fuel air mixture ([[internal combustion engine]]) or by contact with a hot heat exch ...ill used in some applications such as to drive many modern torpedoes or as pollution free motive power.
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  • ...s known as a stroke and the downward stroke that occurs directly after the air-fuel mix in the cylinder is ignited is known as a power stroke. ...ical process of [[combustion]]: the reaction of a [[fuel]], typically with air, although other oxidisers such as [[nitrous oxide]] may be employed. Also s
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  • ...mponents that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air. This includes the [[internal combustion engine|engine]], [[transmission ( ...tomatically to follow minimal energy consumption and minimal environmental pollution, performance may suffer. The motor vehicle industry doubts that customers m
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  • ...al temperature of the catalytic converter, and thus precipitate out of the air. ...eled engines). This is because the three-way converter works best when the air-fuel ratio of the engine is kept within a certain very narrow band (when th
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  • ...hat is designed not to affect the [[streamline]] around the body. The side air intakes behind the front wheels generate a negative pressure, resulting in The eternity of the element air. Gentle and refined, yet the strength of the wind it is able to erode even
    17 KB (2,787 words) - 18:29, 10 March 2011
  • ...to develop a tire and wheel combination, the [[Tweel]], which does not use air. ...use of its suitable mechanical properties and excellent impermeability for air.
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  • ...ion and which may be covered in an aerodynamic fairing to achieve very low air drag is referred to as a [[Recumbent bicycle]] or [[Human Powered Vehicle]] ..., touring clubs, etc.) and for more global goals ([[energy conservation]], pollution reduction, promotion of fitness). Two broad themes run in bicycle activism
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