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cafe standard

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Enacted by Congress in 1975, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program mandates that all manufacturers marketing vehicles in the United States meet average fuel economy requirements for each ...

catalyst

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A substance that accelerates a chemical change without actually entering into the chemical reaction. A catalyst usually consists of platinum powder very thinly coated onto carbon paper or cloth. The ...

aerosol

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A cloud consisting of particles dispersed in a gas or gases.

automotive integrated power module (AIPM)

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A U.S. Department of Energy program to integrate the power devices, control electronics, and thermal management of a vehicle into a single low-cost package that will meet all requirements for ...

aliphatic compounds

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A class of organic compounds that consists of open chains of carbon atoms, the molecules of which do not have carbon atoms in a ring structure.

alloy

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Mixture containing mostly metals. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Steel contains iron and other metals, but also carbon.

ambient temperature

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

The temperature of the medium surrounding an object.

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