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• Drum brake
  ...t wheels of cars were gradually replaced with [[disc brake]]s and now many cars use disc brakes on all wheels. ...vehicle|hybrid]] car using drum rear brakes is the [[Toyota]] [[Prius]]. (Hybrid vehicles greatly reduce everyday wear on braking systems owing to their ene
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• Engine braking
  ...and the road to have less [[leverage]] on the engine. This is what allows cars to slow down using their relatively flimsy engine parts. The engine maintai Engine braking is always active in all non-[[hybrid car|hybrid]] cars with an internal combustion engine, regardless of transmission type. Engine
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• Paganelli
  ...0's and early 1950's but by 1955 they were forced to close (although their cars were continued to be used). [http://carsfromitaly.net/ <small>Source</smal ...s of car-based Aprilia's where produced. This first-Lancia Paganelli was a hybrid in the sense that this is an example built on a Fiat chassis-GILC equipped
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• Tanesini
  ...it]] or [[hill-climb]] races) with the results achieved by the endothermic cars, this [[electric vehicle]] was faster than many traditional [[race car]] [[
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• Sports car racing
  [[Image:Gtp_sports_cars.jpg|thumb|300px|GTP sports cars racing at [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] in 1991]] '''Sports car racing''' is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. They may be purpose-built or
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• Power steering
  ...and 1980s it was the exception rather than the rule, at least on European cars. The trend to [[front wheel drive]], greater vehicle mass and wider [[tire ...two different assist curves (boost curve), while on Volkswagen/Audi group cars, the amount of assistance is automatically regulated depending on vehicle s
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• Economy car
  ...who use their car primarily for personal transportation. Typical economy cars are small, light weight, and inexpensive to buy. ...or vehicles that could navigate narrow streets and alleys. These European cars, such as the [[Austin Seven]], would also start to catch on in [[Japan]] du
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  [[Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle|Petroleum electric hybrid vehicles]] make use of both an on-board [[rechargeable energy storage syste ===Parallel hybrid===
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• Coriasco
  ...ompanies like the ones mentioned earlier. The Farm was a [[Fiorino]] based hybrid van-estate car using the 1050cc engine and uprated suspension.
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• Electric vehicle
  ...ires. Similar trolley poles are used singularly on some [[tram]] (trolley) cars. Each pole is connected by a nonconductive cord to a self-winding wheel, al ...able energy storage system|RESS]]) and a fueled propulsion power source: [[hybrid vehicle]]
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• Gull-wing door
  The most well-known examples of road-cars with gull-wing doors are the [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]] from the 1950s, the [[ ...then used simple pneumatic struts similar to those found in [[hatchback]] cars to open the doors and dampen the movement of the doors.
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• Electric car
  ...cal electric vehicle design is [[Personal rapid transit]], a cross between cars and trains optimised for independent travel. ...]]. This approach is known as [[diesel-electric]] or gas-[[hybrid vehicle|hybrid]] locomotion.
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• Continuously variable transmission
  ...was produced in [[1958]]. Van Doorne's patents were later sold to [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] along with DAF's car business. [[General Motors]] designed a CVT for use in small cars, which was first offered in [[2002]]. After just three years, however, thi
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...urned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars. ...but they produce more pollution than would use of that energy in [[plug-in hybrid electric vehicles]]. Hydrogen fuel cells generate less CO₂ than
  22 KB (3,293 words) - 00:01, 23 June 2009
• Rolling friction
  It is worth noting that for all vehicles that travel upon [[wheel]]s (such as cars and [[bicycles]]), the sum of rolling friction and [[static friction]] is w ...tent tend to have a lower rolling friction. This is one strategy that most hybrid car vendors use to improve fuel efficiency.
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...T), the level of boost maintained by the [[turbocharger]] (in turbocharged cars), and control other peripherals. ...gramming changed through the OBD port. Automotive enthusiasts with modern cars take advantage of this technology when tuning their engines. Rather than u
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...left Austro-Daimler after differences about the future directions of their cars. ...ity]] for his work for Daimler. He constructed more very successful racing cars, dominating racing in the [[1920s in Sports|1920s]]. His idea of a small, l
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• Formula SAE
  [[Image:FSAE Design 2007.JPG|thumb|right|400px|The 2007 design finalist cars; from the left, [[University of Michigan - Ann Arbor]], [[Graz University o ...on a series of rules, whose purpose is both ensuring on-track safety (the cars are driven by the students themselves) and promoting clever problem solving
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• Henri Pescarolo
  |Team(s) || [[Matra]], [[March Engineering|March]], [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Williams]], [[British Racing Motors|BRM]], privateer [[Surtees]] ...and the standard C60. In 2005, it was developed further still to meet the "hybrid" regulations, before the change to LMP1/2 format. It is unknown whether Pes
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• Hybrid vehicles
  A '''hybrid vehicle''' (HV) is a vehicle using an on-board [[rechargeable energy storag ...nol]] or plant based oils have also seen occasional use. A number of other hybrid vehicles use hydrogen fuel.
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