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.

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EGR is a method of reducing NOx (oxides of nitrogen) exhaust emissions by recirculating some of the engine's exhaust gas into the intake manifold. The exhaust gas serves as inert filler that absorbs ...

Engine control system

Automotive; Automobile

A computerised brain—often called the ECU, for Engine Control Unit—that regulates an engine's operation by monitoring certain engine characteristics (rpm, coolant temperature, intake airflow, etc.) ...

Epa fuel economy

Automotive; Automobile

Laboratory fuel-economy tests administered by the Environmental Protection Agency using simulated weight and drag to re-create real driving conditions. The tests were updated for the 2008 model year ...

Exhaust manifold

Automotive; Automobile

The network of passages that gathers the exhaust gases from the various exhaust ports and routes them toward the catalysts and mufflers of the exhaust system. A manifold with free-flowing passages of ...

Exhaust port

Automotive; Automobile

The passageway in the cylinder head leading from the exhaust valves to the exhaust manifold.

Oversteer

Automotive; Automobile

A handling condition in which the slip angles of the rear tyres are greater than the slip angles of the front tires. An oversteering car is sometimes said to be "loose," because its tail tends to ...

Panhard rod

Automotive; Automobile

A long lateral link that provides lateral location of a rigid axle. It usually sits roughly parallel to the axle, with one end attached to the body and the other attached to theaxle.