Formula One car

A MODERN FORMULA ONE CAR IS A SINGLE-SEAT, OPEN COCKPIT, OPEN WHEEL RACE CAR WITH SUBSTANTIAL FRONT AND REAR WINGS, AND AN ENGINE POSITIONED BEHIND THE DRIVER. THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CARS ARE UNIQUE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FORMULA ONE REGULATIONS SPECIFY THAT CARS MUST BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE RACING TEAMS THEMSELVES, THOUGH THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE CAN BE OUTSOURCED.
FOR A DECADE F1 CARS HAD RUN WITH 3.0 LITRE NATURALLY-ASPIRATED V10 ENGINES, BUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW THE CARS DOWN, THE FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE (FIA) MANDATED THAT AS OF THE 2006 SEASON, THE CARS MUST BE POWERED BY 2.4 LITRE NATURALLY-ASPIRATED ENGINES IN THE V8 ENGINE CONFIGURATION THAT HAVE NO MORE THAN FOUR VALVES PER CYLINDER. FURTHER TECHNICAL RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS A BAN ON VARIABLE INTAKE TRUMPETS HAVE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE NEW 2.4 L V8 FORMULA TO PREVENT THE TEAMS FROM ACHIEVING HIGHER RPM AND HORSEPOWER TOO QUICKLY. AS OF THE START OF THE 2009 SEASON ALL ENGINES ARE NOW LIMITED TO 18,000 RPM IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE ENGINE RELIABILITY AND TO CUT COSTS DOWN IN GENERAL.

Auto racing

AUTO RACING (ALSO KNOWN AS AUTOMOBILE RACING OR CAR RACING) IS A MOTORSPORT INVOLVING RACING CARS. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WATCHED TELEVISION SPORTS.RACING BEGAN SOON AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL GASOLINE-FUELED AUTOMOBILES. THE FIRST RACE EVER ORGANIZED WAS ON APRIL 28, 1887 BY THE CHIEF EDITOR OF PARIS PUBLICATION LE VÉLOCIPÈDE, MONSIEUR FOSSIER.[CITATION NEEDED] IT RAN 2 KILOMETERS FROM NEUILLY BRIDGE TO THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE. IT WAS WON BY GEORGES BOUTON OF THE DE DION-BOUTON COMPANY, IN A CAR HE HAD CONSTRUCTED WITH ALBERT, THE COMTE DE DION, BUT AS HE WAS THE ONLY COMPETITOR TO SHOW UP IT IS RATHER DIFFICULT TO CALL IT A RACE.

FUTURE CAR TECHNOLOGIES

POTENTIAL FUTURE CAR TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDE NEW ENERGY SOURCES AND MATERIALS, WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO MAKE AUTOMOBILES MORE SUSTAINABLE, SAFER, MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, OR LESS POLLUTING. CARS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. WITH RISING GAS PRICES, THE FUTURE OF CARS IS LEANING TOWARDS FUEL EFFICIENCY, ENERGY SAVERS, HYBRID VEHICLES, BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND THE FUEL CELL VEHICLE (XIANG, JIA, JIANZHONG, ZHIBIAO, YUANZHANG, & QINGLIN 2008).
ENERGY SOURCE

ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING CLEANER, ENERGY EFFICIENT AUTOMOBILES IS THE SOURCE OF POWER TO DRIVE THE ENGINE. A VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OR SOLD, INCLUDING ELECTRIC CARS, HYDROGEN CARS, AND COMPRESSED-AIR CARS. IN ONE EXPERIMENT DONE TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE OF CARS, A NEW KIND OF BATTERY WAS INSTALLED WHICH CAN BE EASILY REMOVED, AND RECHARGED IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. FIRST, BY A GENERATOR INTEGRATED WITH THE IC AND SECOND BY REMOVING THE CASSETTES SO THAT THEY CAN BE RECHARGED OFF-BOARD IN THE HOME

Automobile

AN AUTOMOBILE, MOTOR CAR OR CAR IS A WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE USED FOR TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS, WHICH ALSO CARRIES ITS OWN ENGINE OR MOTOR. MOST DEFINITIONS OF THE TERM SPECIFY THAT AUTOMOBILES ARE DESIGNED TO RUN PRIMARILY ON ROADS, TO HAVE SEATING FOR ONE TO EIGHT PEOPLE, TO TYPICALLY HAVE FOUR WHEELS, AND TO BE CONSTRUCTED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE TRANSPORT OF PEOPLE RATHER THAN GOODS HOWEVER, THE TERM AUTOMOBILE IS FAR FROM PRECISE, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT DO SIMILAR TASKS.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 600 MILLION PASSENGER CARS WORLDWIDE (ROUGHLY ONE CAR PER ELEVEN PEOPLE). AROUND THE WORLD, THERE WERE ABOUT 806 MILLION CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS ON THE ROAD IN 2007; THEY BURN OVER 1 BILLION M³ (260 BILLION US GALLONS) OF PETROL/GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL YEARLY. THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY, ESPECIALLY IN CHINA AND INDIA

MUSCLE CARS

MUSCLE CAR IS A TERM USED TO REFER TO A VARIETY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE AUTOMOBILES. AT ITS MOST WIDELY ACCEPTED THE TERM REFERS TO AMERICAN 2-DOOR REAR WHEEL DRIVE MID-SIZE CARS OF THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S EQUIPPED WITH LARGE, POWERFUL V8S, AND SOLD AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE FOR STREET USE AND DRAG RACING, FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY
AS SUCH, THEY ARE DISTINCT FROM TWO-SEAT SPORTS CARS AND EXPENSIVE 2+2 GTS INTENDED FOR HIGH-SPEED TOURING AND ROAD RACING.
BUILDING ON THE AMERICAN PHENOMENON AND DEVELOPING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THEIR OWN MARKETS, MUSCLE CARS ALSO EMERGED IN THEIR OWN FASHIONS IN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, THE UK, AND ELSEWHERE.

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