Author: Kenneth S. KuraniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Diesel Cars
Author: Kenneth S. KuraniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Diesel Cars
Author: Assembly of Engineering (U.S.). Diesel Impacts Study CommitteePublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Chrysler's Turbine Car
Author: Steve LehtoPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569767718
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Offering a behind-the-scenes look into the world of automotive research and development in the 1960s, this engaging narrative traces the birth of Chrysler’s alternative “jet” car and reveals the story behind its sudden and mysterious demise. Relying on extensive research and firsthand accounts from surviving members of the turbine car program—including the metallurgist who created the exotic metals for the engine and the test driver who drove it at Chrysler's proving grounds—this chronicle documents the bold development of an automobile with a jet turbine engine. In addition to running well on virtually any flammable liquid—including kerosene, vodka, heating oil, and Chanel N°5 perfume—the pioneering engines had one fifth the number of moving parts and required less maintenance than conventional engines. Despite the fleet’s amazing performance over millions of miles by test drivers, Chrysler pulled the plug on the project and crushed almost all of the cars. The reasons behind the surprising end to the jet car fleet are finally explained here.
Comeback
Author: Paul IngrassiaPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780684804378
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Documents the collapse and comeback of America's largest industry in a saga of greed and stubbornness, spotlighting dedicated managers, engineers, and financiers.
Fuels
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Yugo
Author: Jason VuicPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429945397
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and one of the greatest untold business-cum-morality tales of the 1980s. Mix one rabid entrepreneur, several thousand "good" communists, a willing U.S. State Department, the shortsighted Detroit auto industry, and improvident bankers, shake vigorously, and you've got The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History. Brilliantly re-creating the amazing confluence of events that produced the Yugo, Yugoslav expert Jason Vuic uproariously tells the story of the car that became an international joke: The American CEO who happens upon a Yugo right when his company needs to find a new import or go under. A State Department eager to aid Yugoslavia's nonaligned communist government. Zastava Automobiles, which overhauls its factory to produce an American-ready Yugo in six months. And a hole left by Detroit in the cheap subcompact market that creates a race to the bottom that leaves the Yugo . . . at the bottom.
Restless Giant
Author: James T. PattersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195305221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Examines recent American history, from the end of the Watergate scandal to the hotly contested presidential election of 2000, describing the events, movements, and players that shaped the era.
The Future of DOE's Automotive Research Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on SciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Transportation Research Record
Author: The Road to Zero Emissions
Author: Dennis EvansPublisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 1789665612
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The transport industry has an important role to play in addressing climate change and the environmental challenges facing governments, businesses and individuals. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require this sector, which is a large contributor of emissions, to innovate, adapt and drive positive change. New technologies including batteries and alternative fuels will all be significant, as will developing different approaches and outlooks. The Road to Zero Emissions is the comprehensive guide for those in the transport industry to understanding what can and is being done to tackle climate change. Through examining established companies and new entrants in the automotive space, readers are provided with examples of the importance of infrastructure, business innovation and financing for the future. In addition to this, the role of governments in establishing policies, such as zero-emission zones, is also discussed. Progressing towards zero emissions requires immediate change and this book will start you on the journey.