Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

Industry: Automotive

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The changes in the direction of a wheel that occur without driver steering input. Toe steer can be caused by ride steer or by deflections in suspension components caused by the stresses of cornering, ...

Torque

Automotive; Automobile

The rotational equivalent of force, measured in pound-feet.

Torque converter

Automotive; Automobile

A particular kind of fluid coupling with a third element added to the usual input and output turbines. Called "the stator," this additional element redirects the churning fluid against the output ...

Torque steer

Automotive; Automobile

A tendency for a car to turn in a particular direction when power is applied. Torque steer is common in front-drive cars because reaction forces created in the half-shafts can generate uneven ...

Torsion bar

Automotive; Automobile

A spring consisting of a long solid or tubular rod with one end fixed to the chassis and the other twisted by a lever connected to the suspension.

Traction control

Automotive; Automobile

An electronic control system that prevents wheelspin by detecting when a driven wheel is about to break traction, and then reducing engine power and/or applying the appropriate brakes to prevent it.

Trail-braking

Automotive; Automobile

A driving technique in which the driver begins to brake before entering a turn and then continues to brake as he eases into the corner. As cornering forces build, the driver gradually feathers off ...