Fuel economy in automobiles

Climate Change is a worldwide phenomenon, that affects the regular conditions of the environment. Historically, there have been several conventions, as the Kyoto Protocol, in order to address this problem. However, only until the Paris Agreement, countries have committed to take actions to mitigate this issue. In fact, Canada did not demonstrate any interest in the subject, but rather the provinces took the initiative and started to use regulations to reduce CO2 emissions. By 2015, Canada has…

associated with the Volkswagen Beetle, Porsche was contacted by the Third Reich to design a car for the 1939 Auto-Union Grand Prix. This marked the beginning of Porsche as a sports car manufacturer. By the end of the war, Porsche established it first automobile factory. Two years later, in the design for their first sports car, the 356. “The first sports car bearing the Porsche name rolled out of a small test workshop in Gmund, Austria in June 1948,” (History of Porsche AG – FundingUniverse.…

The power of the sun is what makes life on Earth possible. Efforts to harness solar energy in concentrated form have long been a human pursuit. Solar technology has existed since the 19th century and has received substantial government support since at least the 1970s. Despite these efforts, solar power comprises less than 1% of U.S. electricity generation (History of Solar Power, para.1, 2016). There have been many applications besides bulk power generation, and the solar-powered vehicle is one…

needs and services to farmers. The major Key players are Kisan Bazaar (DCM), Aadhars (Godrej), Choupal sagar (ITC), Kisan sansar (TATA), Reliance fresh, Project Shakti (HUL). Opportunities and opportunities sectors: The rural sector of the Indian economy is growing at high speed with the rate of 8-10% per annum and has a future growth in consumption of 90-100 billion over the period from 2012-2017. Leading opportunity sectors…

ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR – APPLICATION AND GLOBAL DEMAND ABSTRACT: The steep increase in the energy utilization leads us to search for a perfect alternative that can replace the conventional source and introduces a new-generation capacitors called supercapacitors with incredible storage capacity. Much research and investment have been carried out in this impressive technology. It is same as that of the normal capacitor the only thing is it utilizes higher surface area electrode and…

advanced tools. Even after several years of touting composites as the “material of the future,” economies of scale are still not well developed. As a result, composites are almost always more expensive – often much more expensive – than traditional materials, so the designer must look to composites’ various advantages to offset the extra cost. During the energy-crisis period of the 1970’s, automobile manufacturers were so anxious to reduce vehicle weight that they were willing to pay a premium…

Being a dominate player in the auto business for over a century, Ford Motors have been reluctant to keep up with current trends and evolving competitors from growing economies. This has forced Ford to take dramatic measures by cutting jobs and closing a large numbers of its manufacturing facilities. Considering the company’s external and internal opportunities, and directing their resources towards a more skillfully R& D (research and development) department would be the first step to recovering…

Environmental impacts of air pollution can result precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids produced by the burning of fossil fuels (EPA, 2016). These acids can fall in the form of wet precipitation, such as rain, snow, or fog, or dry precipitation, such as in gas and particulates (EPA, 2016). Acids in the environment can cause significant property damage through the erosion buildings…

decrease in emissions and increase in MPH per car. Although not producing a sufficient amount of change in the automobile industry, these changes are necessary for improving the environment. Regulations such as those monitoring the emissions and average fuel economy have set a positive precedent for other large businesses that attribute as much pollution to the environment as automobiles. These regulations are a helpful step, a possible solution to current mass-production of only gas-guzzling…

is a natural occurrence or if the recent increase in temperatures is because of humans. Both sides of this argument make very good points. Each side has a lot of scientific evidence that supports the side. Some argue that humans burning fossil fuels is the main reason that the average global temperatures have increased. Others argue that the amount…