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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Crumple zones

Automotive; Automobile

Crumple Zones are at the front and rear of a vehicle. They are designed to crumple during a crash and absorb impact to keep the vehicle's occupants safe.

Ground clearance

Automotive; Automobile

This is measured as the lowest-hanging point under a vehicle (usually a differential, part of the suspension or the exhaust system) towards the ground.

Lugging is defined as when an engine's rpm is below its power curve and requires great effort to give motion to the vehicle. This often occurs when the car is going at an incline in a higher gear, ...

Passenger presence detection

Automotive; Automobile

Also referred to as PPD. This is a sensor system that distinguishes the presence of a rider in the vehicle.

Shift-on-the-fly

Automotive; Automobile

The ability to shift from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive mode.

Trickle charge

Automotive; Automobile

This is a techniqued applied to a battery wherein the state of charge is maintained by a continual, long term, regulated small electric current.

Turn-by-turn route guidance

Automotive; Automobile

This is a method that provides guidance on the direction by sequentially distributing upcoming manoeuvre information to the driver visually and/or audibly as the drive goes along that route.