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Ford Motor Company Winter Months
2,349 words... he Edsel, the importance of a target market is extremely high. "Loss of a targeted marketing focus usually means a loss in sales" (Gallagher). Ford has a different car targeted towards different age groups, personalities, genders and economic standing and more. The Ford Mustang, for example, is targeted mainly at the middle aged. This is exhibited by its slogan of "it is what it was and more" This implies that the targeted consumer would be old enough to remember what the mustang was when it...
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Internal Combustion Engine Reformulated Gasoline
2,401 wordsAs time approaches the 21 st century, the automobile has become our major source of mass transportation. Everything about our culture and society has developed around this necessary form of travel. However, along with this necessity comes the issue of pollution to the environment. These great gasoline powered vehicles have contributed greatly to the impurity of our environment. The two prominent alternative fueled vehicles yet brought up are the Electric car (EV) and the Hybrid electric car (HEV...
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2,234 words... ering, February 1992, pp. 58 - 61. Schmidt, R. , Bogdan, P. , and Gilsdorf, N. , 1993 Meeting the Challenge of Reformulated Gasoline, Chem tech, February 1993. pp. 41 42. Schoonveld, G. A. ; W. F. Marshall (1991). The Total Effect of a Reformulated Gasoline on Vehicle Emissions by Technology (1973 to 1989). Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE 910380. Schuetzle, D. , et al, 1994 The Relationship between Gasoline Composition and Vehicle Hydrocarbon Emissions: A Revie...
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Internal Combustion Engine Reformulated Gasoline
1,965 wordsAs time approaches the 21 st century, the automobile has become our major source of mass transportation. Everything about our culture and society has developed around this necessary form of travel. However, along with this necessity comes the issue of pollution to the environment. These great gasoline powered vehicles have contributed greatly to the impurity of our environment. The two prominent alternative fueled vehicles yet brought up are the Electric car (EV) and the Hybrid electric car (HEV...
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Four Wheel Drive Center Of Gravity
1,663 wordsThese vehicles are stylish to have, but how safe are they to the public? The Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) is supposed of as one of the safest vehicles on the road today. People out looking for a new vehicle look at the design of a SUV and cannot see why it wouldnt be the best choice. The tall frame of an SUV it gives the driver better visibility and ground clearance. The optional 4 x 4 makes it better for snow and going off road. Their heavy weight and large body are supposed to make these vehic...
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Lead Acid Battery Electric Vehicles
1,670 wordsThe technology of electric vehicles has been around since the turn of the nineteenth century but faded as the gasoline powered engine took the spotlight. Now the future of electric vehicles is very bright. Their impacts are very significant ranging from economic, to new technology that can be applied elsewhere, to most importantly, the environment. Ford and GM, through its Saturn plant, have already begun production on their own version of the electric vehicle and have made them available to the...
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Opposite Direction Automatic Transmission
795 wordsTo skid means to slide or slip (without revolving) over a surface, because of loss of traction. Skidding caused over 24, 000 accidents in 2001. Out of these 24, 000, about 200 caused death, 7, 000 caused personal injury, and 17, 000 caused property damage. Applying the brakes or accelerator too hard, spinning the wheels, and going around a curve too fast can all cause you to start skidding? Other factors that contribute to skidding include how well your vehicle holds the road, traction (what mak...
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Alaska Defensive Driving Section 1 2 3
2,742 wordsAlaska Defensive Driving Section 1 & 2 & 3 Table of Contents Section 1: Driving Defensively 1. 1 Common Driving Mistakes 1. 2 Concepts and Techniques of Defensive Driving 1. 3 The Importance of Defensive Driving Section 2: Traffic Laws and Point system Alaska laws of Point System Drivers License Point Assignment Section 3: Alaska licensing laws 3. 1 Licenses and Permits 3. 2 Driver License requirements 3. 3 Identification 3. 4 Parent Consent 3. 5 Instruction Permit 3. 6 Types of Commercial Licen...
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Alternative Vehicle Fuel Sources
1,633 wordsAlternative Vehicle Fuel Sources For last years there is a tendency to increasing the number of vehicles in the United States. According to National Household Travel Survey this number tripled from 1969 to 2001. The same tendency is noticed in other progressive countries. Almost all of them use hydrocarbon fuels. But the sources of hydrocarbon fuels will come to end; and, most of all, carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions causes global warming. Hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal and natural gas, are burn...
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One Of The First Electric Vehicles
2,512 wordsHybrid-Electric Vehicle Through the early period of the automotive industry until about 1920, electric automobiles were competitive with petroleum-fueled cars particularly as luxury cars for urban use and as trucks for deliveries at closely related points, for which the relatively low speed and limited range, until battery recharge, were not detrimental. Electrics, many of which were steered with a tiller rather than a wheel, were especially popular for their quietness and low maintenance costs....
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Sport Utility Vehicles Air Bags
1,563 wordsAuto-related deaths and injuries place a stain on society. In addition to causing grief and suffering, vehicle crashes add billions to the cost of health care and vehicle insurance. Buying a safer car can help consumers confidently identify the safest vehicles. Each year about 40, 000 Americans lose their lives in motor vehicle collisions. This means that one in 8. 5 drivers are involved in an automobile collision and one out of nine hospital beds are occupied by a victim of an auto-related inci...
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4,653 wordsI. INTRODUCTION Let me make this very clear. The Maryland State police has not, does not, nor will it ever condone the use of race-based profiling in determining which cars to stop on the highway. 1 Chief State Trooper Colonel David Mitchell issued this statement in response to a lawsuit filed against the Maryland State Troopers. The suit was filed on behalf of African-American motorists who alleged that these officers had engaged in a practice of targeting black motorists for traffic stops alon...
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4,309 wordsAlternative Electric Vehicles Alternative Fuels Alternative Fuel Vehicles You Can Buy Today From the earliest days of the automotive industry alternative fuels have always competed with petroleum for powering vehicles. Nicholas Cugnot made the first self-powered road vehicle in 1769 with a steam engine, and the first gasoline automobile didnt appear until over 100 years later from Karl Benz. Through the late 19 th and early 20 th century steam and electric power remained strong contenders. The i...
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Carbon Monoxide Carbon Dioxide
4,029 wordsThe Exhaust Systems Exhaust Systems The exhaust system on a car is the most important device to keep our environment clean. Many exhaust emissions from the engine such as water, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide, are of little concern. Others, such as hydrocarbons (HC), oxides of nitrogen (NO), and carbon monoxide (CO), can cause environmental and health problems if not controlled. Hydrocarbon emissions react with sunlight, which cause photochemical smog. The exhaust system controls these the...
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Ford Motor Company Joint Ventures
3,601 wordsFord Motor Company is the worlds largest producer of trucks, and the second largest producer of cars and trucks combined. Ford has manufacturing, assembly or sales affiliates in 34 countries and Ford companies employed 337, 800 people world-wide in 1996. Ford has manufacturing facilities in 22 countries on 5 continents, with 87 plants in North America and 41 in Europe. In Europe, in 1995, Fords combined vehicle market share, at 12. 2 %, was the highest for eleven years, with three of the eight b...
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Wide Area Network Relies Heavily
3,075 wordsCompany provides auto insurance coverage for licensed drivers in the state of Indiana. The company? s headquarter is located in the city of Speedway where it has two strategic business units located at the cities of Waterloo and Corydon. In all, BWAIC employs approximately 150 people with internal departments consisting of the Policy, Claims, Payroll, Personnel, and Insurance Agents. Currently, BWAIC insures 50, 000 policyholders statewide. Last year, BWAIC? s net profit was $ 875, 000. With cer...
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Motor Vehicle Task Force
1,304 wordsMotor Vehicle Theft One vehicle is stolen every 27 seconds in the United States. Motor vehicle theft is widespread throughout the United States, more so than in any other country. An estimated 1. 1 million auto thefts occurred during the 1999 -year, this was the lowest total since 1985. According to the Uniform Crime Report, the 1999 figures show the greatest number of motor vehicle thefts occurred during the month of August, and the fewest during the month of February. The national rate of car ...
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Law Enforcement Officers Police Officers
3,734 wordsPolice Officers Overstep Their Rights When Searching People One of the main powers law enforcement officers carry is the authority to make citizens involuntarily give up their rights. Most people when confronted by police get mild to moderate panic reaction, can become nervous or anxious, and do as much as possible to limit the time spent with the officer. Due to the difference in power between a citizen and a police officer, citizens often unknowingly, give up their constitutional rights when a...
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National Highway Traffic Center Of Gravity
1,136 wordsSports Utility Vehicles Are they really worth it? There has been an increase in the trendiness and consumer popularity of the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in the last few years, but there is no doubt in my mind that these vehicles are a danger on and off road. Not only are these vehicles beginning to overpower and outnumber cars on roadways and highways, they are beginning to outnumber them in accidents and ditches as well. Chrysler, Ford, Dodge, even Toyota and Honda are beginning to gear their ...
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Utility Vehicle Mini Van
801 wordsWe see them everywhere these days, on the way to work, on the highways, parked in every driveway and hundreds of them by every shopping center. Sports utility vehicles have given a new meaning to the word car. When it comes to safety, SUVs (sports utility vehicle) are by far the most dangerous vehicles on the road, and the road is exactly the place they should not be. Sports utility vehicles are designed for off road driving. It seems like bigger the body is on a SUV, the more popular it is; the...
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