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In The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer illustrates the medieval society. The Prologue is an introduction to the thirty-one characters, who go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The people in pilgrimage want to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Two of these characters are the Knight and the Squire. The Knight is the father of the Squire, and they both are warriors and gentleman, who ride their horses gallantly. Even though they have these similarities…

Date: Automotive Design. Automotive research has developed over the years into a mainstream department in the vehicle manufacturing industry. It has been among the primary focus in generating the demand required to boost the sales of the vehicle. General Motors is a vehicle manufacturing company which was fading out before the introduction of the designing department. This department led to the introduction of the Chevrolet which transformed the company’s fortunes into profits. The Chevrolet…

Imagine that you are in a world where you can control everything. Flying, apparition, transforming into any form, deciding what happen next, massacre or resurrecting, all these things can be done simply by idiodynamics . Is it a world far from reality? In fact, some people could spend nearly one third of a day in such a world which is called lucid dreams. In a lucid dream, dreamers are aware that they are dreaming and then, if they are skilled enough, control the dream. Lucid dream is a vital…

JAGUAR INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS Jaguar Land Rover has undergone a period of unparalleled growth since 2009.For the very first time since it entered the home market of its parent, Tata Motors Ltd, JLR India saw its sales declinewhile most other automobile manufacturers saw sales advance, although at a slower pace when compared to the previous year, that is 2013. In line with its global plans, JLR in India phased out the Freelander 2 to make way for the Discovery Sport, which was due for launch…

CHAPTER 3 Adaptive Cruise Control 3.1 Introduction Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is one of the ADAS systems, introduced by General Motors in 1990 that is similar to conventional cruise control. ACC assists the driver to keep a safe distance from preceding vehicle by controlling the engine, throttle and brake. Figure 3.1.1: Prabs, (2010), Adaptive Cruise Control system As shown in the above Figure 3.1.1. ACC uses a forward-looking radar sensor, which is installed behind the front grill of…

Introduction General Electric Company is currently an American International conglomerate. The enterprise was established in 1892 from the amalgamation of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company. General Electric Company offers many diversified services that also involve technology and manufacturing with a significant commitment towards the achievement of customer success and also global leadership in all its operations (Wilson, 2014). The paper will focus on…

Competing against Tesla 3, the Bolt has the potential to lead the market. The lessons learnt from Volt would serve GM well. Tesla had planned on selling 500,000 cars to achieve economies of scale. Due to production issues it could only sell 4000 cars. Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla says they are aware of the problems & will fix in no time to produce 500,000 vehicles. However, he also accepted that it is a “production hell”(Debord, 2017). Companies have formal training programs, trouble-shooting manuals…

As the world is moving to a 'sharing economy', where a dominant part of the populace is depending on taxi aggregators, for example, Ola and Uber to drive to work, more individuals are currently quitting acquiring their own particular vehicles. Purchasers dependably have the alternative to lease vehicles for outstation trips. Zoomcar is the most conspicuous player in the auto rental space and had as of late raised a $25 million arrangement C round, drove by Ford Motor Company. Coming to…

is the relationship between the company and its drivers. Because they almost use the app to communicate and there is no physical contract, it leads lacking of real connection and loyalty. As we know, Uber considers their drivers as independent contractor, so the drivers do not have any benefits in health care or health insurance. Based on an article from forbes.com on 6/17/2015, Uber has faced protests from the drivers over its working condition. It broke the relationship between the company…

The net income of Hyundai Motors from the year 2011 to 2015, had increased during the year 2012 to 2013 at the rate of 11.62 % and fell drastically in the subsequent year 2014 by 34.5% indicating the company’s bottom line performance and profitability position. Jurevicius (2016, online) highlights the reasons for the increase in Hyundai’s revenue in the last 3 years, however, the profit had gone down to a significant proportion which was due to poorly managed operations of the company. The…