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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.

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Kinetic dynamic suspension system (KDSS)

Automotive; Automobile

Optimum front and rear stabilizers based on a set of interconnected hydraulic cylinders. Road conditions, had reduced the KDSS wheels are activated if detected.

N-Form

Automotive; Automobile

Nissan's intelligent control system. It groups commonly used functions onto one central console. Essential information is displayed on a screen in the instrument panel.

McLaren crossover

Automotive; Automobile

Planned for 2020 release, the McLaren crossover will be an off-road, two seater supercar. McLaren have collaborated with students from the Istituto Europeo di Design, Turin, to create the designs for ...

Power density

Automotive; Automobile

The amount of power (time rate of energy transfer) per unit volume.

Continuously variable transmission

Automotive; Automobile

A transmission that can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gear ratios between maximum and minimum values. 

Fatigue strength

Automotive; Automobile

Number of cycles of stress of a specific character that a specimen of material can withstand before failure of a specific nature occurs.

Gear

Automotive; Automobile

The mechanical arrangements connecting a motor with its work

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