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21. Flexible manufacturing.
The days of single-vehicle volume-production assembly plants are gone. The Japanese set the standard over twenty years ago and the rest of the industry is ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
22. The new diesels.
It's impossible to launch a vehicle in Europe these days without an optional diesel powertrain. The 40 percent-plus penetration of diesels in Europe was driven ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
23. Safety.
New technologies to help vehicle occupants avoid crashes--and stay safer if there is one--have kept pace with ever-increasing government automotive safety regulations and media blitzing ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
24. Cylinder deactivation.
The idea of deactivating cylinders to reduce fuel consumption is nothing new. The technology, experimented with during WWII, made its North American debut in 1981 ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
25. Hybrids and fuel cells.
The parallel hybrid-electric powertrain system seems like the perfect symbiotic relationship. It allows for a smaller, more fuel-efficient gasoline or diesel engine with an electric ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
26. All-wheel drive.
Subaru pioneered all-wheel-drive cars thirty years ago, then AMC, Pontiac and others gave it a try. But the hardware was expensive, heavy, bulky, fuel-inefficient and ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
27. Advanced chassis technologies.
Anti-lock braking systems (ABS) led to automatic traction control using ABS hard- and software to brake spinning wheels under acceleration. Now "intelligent" chassis systems provide ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
28. Safe and sound.
With roadside help, real-time traffic reports, diagnostics and satellite communications, the car radio heads into the 21st century with an extreme makeover. Solid brand identities ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
29. 100 + 10: America's oldest automotive magazine
celebrates its 110th year...
Most of us will remember 1995 as the year that Johnny Cochran uttered those famous words, "if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit." Yes, ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
30. Hydrogen's heyday: green machines leave the lab
and hit the highway.
Powering your car with water is a fantasy that ranks with turning tin to gold. But the next best thing--[H.sub.2]O without the O--isn't so farfetched. (PERIODICAL ARTICLE) | |
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