The AA is the largest motoring organization in the United Kingdom that provides services such as breakdown assistance and motorist insurance. For a number of years, only AA members could take advantage of the company's route planning services by picking up paper maps and routes from the organization's local office. The AA now provides free online route planning for consumers on their website's AA route planner. The online service allows drivers to plan multi-leg trips across the United Kingdom,
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One of the most prominent gauges on an automobile's dashboard is the speedometer. Its primary function is to give a visual indication of a vehicle's speed in miles or kilometers (or both) per hour. Since the majority of these devices are still analog, they may require speedometer calibration when new tires are installed, major automotive repair work is completed, or it gives incorrect readings on a consistent basis.
When Were Speedometers First Used?
Automobile manufacturers first included Spe
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OnStar is a telematic service that provides communication, tracking and emergency response services to car owners. It makes use of different technological applications like computers, wireless telecommunications and the Global Positioning System to address the needs of car owners.
OnStar was developed and deployed by General Motors for the purpose of providing fast and effective response in the event of vehicular accidents. OnStar has now been improved to provide more than the basic services. N
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A throttle position sensor is a device that can detect a difference in throttle position. The Engine Control Unit (ECU) uses throttle position sensors in internal combustion engines to gauge the throttle's position as well as the rate of change in the throttle's position in order to relay this information to other devices in the engine. In fact, virtually all internal combustion engines' ignition timing and fuel injection rely on a throttle position sensor.
Applications
Although throttle pos
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A hybrid airship is an aircraft that combines the technologies found in conventional aircrafts and airships in starting and maintaining its flight. It will have the large airbag within a cylindrical body so it looks like a conventional airship, but it will also have wings and rudders like a regular airplane.
Airships, Balloons and Conventional Aircrafts
An airship (better known as a dirigible or blimp) is an aircraft that uses a large inflatable compartment or chamber which is filled with a ga
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A flying car is a personal flying machine that does not require special equipment, runways, or traffic routes. Flying cars differ from commercial aircraft such as airliners, helicopters, and jets. Flying cars are designed to hold only a few people and are no larger than a regular automobile. While flying car designs have been in the works for over a century, it is still unclear whether a flying car would operate via magnetic forces, anti-gravity, or standard aerodynamics. What is clear, however,
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Jets are able to move much faster than other types of aircraft and they especially move faster than regular forms of transportation such as trains and automobiles. In exchange for all the extra speed, however, jet engines must be designed and built differently than normal engines. This article will explain what jet engines do that are so special and list a number of parts that are crucial to the jet engine's ability to generate such high speeds.
What Do Jet Engines Do
Jet engines, al
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Hydrogen-powered cars are still currently under the development stage. A hydrogen car runs mainly on either a hydrogen fuel source like that of an internal combustion engine, or on a fuel cell like that of an electric car.
Hydrogen comes in abundance in many of the things we could see today, most especially petroleum. It is a very light gas that is flammable and could be used as a fuel source, or could be directly burned in a way similar to that in conventional internal combustion engines.
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Many street lights are equipped with Traffic Signal Preemption systems like the 3M Opticom or the Tomar Strobecom. These systems enable emergency vehicles to change the traffic signals from Red to Green, and to change the traffic signals for others from Green to Red. This enables emergency vehicles to travel more quickly and more safely.
These systems operate by means of a receiver mounted on the traffic signal and a transmitted mounted inside the emergency vehicle.
The transmitter is an i
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Vehicle platooning is one of the innovations in the automotive industry that aim to improve the safety, efficiency, mileage, and time of travel of vehicles while relieving traffic congestion, decreasing pollution and reducing stress for passengers. One of the recent demonstrations of this technology was during the PATH program done in California by 8 Buicks operating as a platoon.
Advantages of Vehicle Platooning
Maximizes Highway Throughput
Vehicle platooning makes it possible for vehicles t
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