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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Passenger cars"”.
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Air conditioning of railway passenger cars
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1939
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The future of plug-in hybrid passenger cars in Europe
… most likely scenarios for which plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles will be used as company cars within the European Union by 2035. Due to increasing oil costs and environmental unpopularity of the normal diesel or petrol engine car, it is expected that the electric car will eventually take over. …
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The design of a hydraulic draft gear for railway passenger cars
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1922
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An Econometric Study of Consumer Demand for Passenger Cars in the United States
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Design optimization of aerodynamic drag at the rear of generic passenger cars using nurbs representation
The rear geometry of a passenger car has the most significant influence on its aerodynamic characteristics. This thesis studied aerodynamic shape optimization of the rear geometry of passenger cars. The Non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) curve was used to represent the rear body of a generic …
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Acceptance of E-mobility in India
… the transportation sector, but since passenger cars are the major source of CO2- emissions within the Indian transportation sector, the share of electric passenger cars is supporting to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this research is to identify and define the key …
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On the Control Aspects of Semiactive Suspensions for Automobile Applications
… the suspension displacement for typical passenger cars. The results also indicate that for typical passenger cars, the hybrid control policy results in a better compromise between comfort, road-holding and suspension travel requirements than the skyhook and groundhook control policies. …
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Potential for meeting the EU new passenger car CO₂ emissions targets
… agreed to limit the CO2 emissions from new passenger cars sold in the European Union to an average of 130g/km by 2015. Further, a probable longer-term CO2 emissions target of 95g/km is specified for 2020. This thesis attempts to assess the feasibility of meeting these targets in a …
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Computer model to simulate truck accidents on exit ramps
… poses a major threat to the safety of both passenger cars and trucks. To improve the safety of the trucks as well as the passenger cars, understanding of the factors affecting the truck safety is essential. Models developed in the past were mostly regression models which tried to relate the …
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Competitive Analysis of New Energy Vehicle Market in China
… government set an ambitious goal that 20% of all passenger cars sold in 2025 would be NEV. Who are the leading players in this vast market? What vehicles are they selling? What are their competitive strategies? What are the trends? What can automakers do? The purpose of this paper is to study the …
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of CFC-replacement Compounds in Different Technical Applications
… Mobile air conditioning (A/C) systems in passenger cars are chosen as an example for technical application of refrigerants. The environmental impacts due to life cycles of different possible substitute refrigerants are compared with the presently used 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a). …
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The politics of consensus-building : case study of diesel vehicles and urban air pollution in South Korea
… efforts to resolve public disputes over diesel passenger cars and urban air quality management in South Korea. this dissertation explores the main obstacles in nascent democracies to meeting the necessary conditions for successful dispute resolution prescribed by Western scholars of …
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Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Stopping and Jackknifing Dynamics
With autonomy becoming a reality for passenger cars, developing an autonomous for tractor-trailers is the next step for driverless roads. Tractor-trailers are heavy, large, and have a pivot joint between the tractor and trailer that makes the movement between the two more complicated. The purpose …
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Highway work zone capacity estimation using field data from Kansas
… Rate Method provided an average capacity of 1469 passenger cars per hour per lane (pcphpl) with a standard deviation of 141 pcphpl, while the Platooning Method provided a maximum average capacity of 1195 pcphpl and a standard deviation of 28 pcphpl. Based on observed data and analysis carried out …
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A critical evaluation of road pricing in South Africa Duncan Lishman.
… of the externalities considered in this paper, passenger cars should, in fact, face a toll negligible in comparison to heavy vehicles. That they do not points to massive cross-subsidisation and that the relative price between light and heavy vehicles should be revisited. Appropriate pricing will …
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Effect of Vehicular Electrification on Transportation Emissions in Florida
<p>Vehicular emissions from fuel-based passenger cars emit an array of gases and particles that are detrimental for human health and the environment. In that regard, electric vehicles (EVs) present a viable, sustainable solution. This study investigated the impact of electrification of passenger …
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Personal city mobility in the context of sustainable development = Személyes városi mobilitás a fenntartható fejlődés kontextusában
… presented in my dissertation, has made private passenger cars so affordable, that we have reached a point, where most people in the developed countries (and not only there) cannot imagine a day without driving. The number of passenger cars continuously increases. The evolution of the automobile, …
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Automotive features : mass impact and deployment characterization
Passenger car use is a major driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fossil fuel consumption in the United States. Vehicles continue to incorporate increasing levels of technology, these advances do not translate directly into improved fuel economy. Vehicle weight, interior volume and …
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