Get a grip: electronics in cars

Article Abstract:

The automobile industry, which already uses advanced electronics in anti-lock braking systems (ABSs), is now developing chip-based systems for engine control, four-wheel drive systems, and other components. The typical vehicle now contains an estimated $2,000-worth of such electronic equipment.

Product development, Equipment and supplies, Automotive parts, Electronics, Transportation, Electronics in transportation

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Credit cars

Article Abstract:

Britain's Department of Transport is trying to establish standards for automobile carbon dioxide emissions that would apply to the entire European Community. The proposal would set a target for auto makers and reward them with 'credits' for meeting emission standards.

United Kingdom, Pollution, Carbon dioxide, Environmental policy, Control, United Kingdom. Department for Transport

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Rosen cavalier: alternative engines for cars

Article Abstract:

Ben and Harold Rosen have designed a new gas-turbine automobile engine that may have eliminated the design flaws in many previous efforts. It uses a generator that is coupled to the turbine and a flywheel instead of a battery.

Motor and Generator Manufacturing, Motors and generators, Gas Turbine Generators, Innovations, Gas turbine power plants, Engines, Automobile engineering, Automotive engineering, Automotive engines, Automobile engines, Rosen, Benjamin M., Automotive gas turbines, Rosen, Harold

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