The BMW Group has set course for a successful future with its strategic realignment. The Group’s strategic direction up to 2020 is clearly defined: The BMW Group is the world’s leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility. Return on sales target of 8 to 10 percent in Automobile segment The future strategy focuses on ensuring the company’s long-term success and safeguarding its independence. The BMW Group has set ambitious interim targets for the first five…
Maruti S-Cross Facelift 2017 Price, Launch and Features – Nexa Pune Put up for a showcase in the 2016 Sao Paulo Auto Show, the Maruti S-Cross 2017 has been launched in the UK in three variants, namely, SZ4, SZ-T and SZ5. This latest model from the Japanese car-maker is said to be fit with all the new and advanced features that are sure to give its competitors the run for their money. Considered to be an upgrade to its predecessors, the new S-Cross from Maruti Suzuki is soon to be released in the…
1.1 Overview Electric motors are the majority of the industry prime movers. Induction motor is the most popular ones for their reliability and simplicity of construction .although induction motors are reliable they are subjected to some mode of failures. These failures may be inherent to the machine itself or due to operating conditions. The origins of inherent failures are due to mechanical or electrical forces acting in the machine enclosure. Researchers have studied a variety of machine…
Power wheelchairs have two main modules: the base (formed by the batteries, the controller, the wheels and the motors) and the seating system. The wheels configuration will have a direct effect on the wheelchair’s performance in different situations. As we have two types of wheels (drive wheels and castors), depending on how they are positioned and how the weight is distributed, they will be more or less efficient in different situations, environments, terrains, etc. The first critical…
Evolving from the prenatal period up into infancy many things are underway. Entering the new period of life you begin to develop not only biologically but as well as cognitively and socioemotionally. Within each dimension there are other components that effect how a human grows. The external influences we have throughout life effects the pattern of development and how a human grows. Development is the pattern of movement or change that starts at conception and continues through the human pathway…
CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION TO ZVT 1.1 What is ZVT? Zero voltage switching can best be defined as conventional square wave power conversion during the switch’s on-time with “resonant” switching transitions. For the most part, it can be considered as square wave power utilizing a constant off-time control which varies the conversion frequency, or on-time to maintain regulation of the output voltage. For a given unit of time, this method is similar to fixed frequency conversion which uses an adjustable…
What is power train? In context to automobile engineering, the term power train is explained as the integral component that generates power and delivers it to the road surface, water, or air. It consists of engine, differentials, transmission, drive shafts, and the final drive. In a simple language, it is defined as “A train which comprises of gears and shaft for transmitting power from an engine.” Or “An assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from an engine to a…
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: 2ND STAGE AFTER BUYING A CAR BECOMES COMPETITION/CONSUMER FRIENDLY ABSTRACT To a consumer, buying a car is not a simple task. A great deal of thought, price-comparison, cross-brand research and several other factors go into buying a car; not to mention the high costs of buying and maintaining it. What happens when the costs of car-repair eventually outweigh the cost of buying a car? What happens when the consumer has no option but to pay the high-costs of repair, because…
At the end of the 19th century, there were three major technological advancements that made the American Dream possible for middle class families resulting in an expansion of American suburbs. The streetcar, balloon frame construction, and pattern book house all made the suburban home affordable to the average American. The streetcar provided Americans with easy access to cheap and reliable transportation to and from the suburb and city. Many cities like New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and…
In boundless huge crowd, some are successful, some are trying their best to be succeed. Successful people always inspire people to keep going on. However, to be succeed is always not easy. There are many difficulties and hardships undergo and thousands of failures behind the success. There are two famous successful persons presented in this essay, one is a famous leader from business, one is a famous actor and a government leader. Christopher Paul Gardner is a famous American millionaire, as a…