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Vehicle equipment
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Vehicle equipment
emissions standards
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Regulatory standards that govern the amount of a given substance that can be discharged into the air.
electrochemistry
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Science that deals with the relation of electricity to chemical changes and with the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy.
energy loss
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Typical internal combustion engine vehicles convert fuel energy to shaft work, which is used to overcome the tractive energy needed to drive forward. The same energy is used to operate a vehicle's ...
drag
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Horizontal aerodynamic retarding force on a vehicle parallel to the relative wind direction.
drag coefficient
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Drag divided by the product of dynamic pressure and projected area.
dynamometer
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A device used to simulate road conditions and loads in stationary settings and to gather data about vehicle performance under those conditions.
