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• Frame (vehicle)
  [[Image:Chassis_with_suspension_and_exhaust_system.jpg|thumb|right|Motor vehicle chassis with its suspension, exhaust system, and steering box]] ...bject, analogous to an [[animal]]'s [[skeleton]], for example in a [[motor vehicle]] or a [[firearm]].
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• Axle
  ==Vehicle axles== ...serve one or more of the following purposes depending on the design of the vehicle:
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• Non-synchronous transmission
  ...l, or national [[laws]]. Some countries require the operator to obtain a [[commercial driver's license]]. ...including the [[continuously variable transmission]] installed in [[hybrid vehicle]]s that are powered partly by an [[internal combustion engine]], and partly
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• IVECO
  ...It is a [[subsidiary]] of the [[Fiat Group]], and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended [[2003 ...hicle '''''CO'''''rporation, an alliance among leading European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as [[Fiat]] (including [[Officine Meccaniche]] and [[Lan
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• Micro-Vett
  ...and then, since 1991, with the electrification of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles for transport. All the know-how is Micro-Vett original. ...in Italy (beyond 2000) and the second in Europe; it is the only electrical vehicle sold in series.
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• Iveco
  |Products || [[Commercial vehicle]]s, [[Diesel]] engines ...It is a [[subsidiary]] of the [[Fiat Group]], and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2007 t
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• Iveco Massif
  |Class || [[Off-road vehicle]] ...Rover Defender]] at the utility end of the 4x4 market. The Iveco UK light vehicle product manager Jon Stokes announced that pricing of the Massif in the UK w
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• Vehicle size class
  ...[[automobile]]s by their relative [[length]]s and [[volume]]s. Widely used vehicle size classes include: Vehicle segments in Europe don't have formal characterization or regulations. Model
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• Powertrain
  In a [[vehicle]], the term '''drivetrain''' or '''powertrain''' refers to the group of com ...of a vehicle, after the transmission, that changes depending on whether a vehicle is [[front wheel drive]], [[four wheel drive]], or [[rear wheel drive]].
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• Casalini
  ...''the Sulky'', produced by 1971: a three-wheeled vehicle that had achieved commercial success. ...driving without a licence. Over the years many thousands of copies of this vehicle were produced.
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• Brass Era car
  ...me for such things as lights and [[radiator]]s. It extends from the first commercial [[automobile]]s marketed in the 1890s down to about [[World War I]]. These * [[Baker Motor Vehicle|Baker Motor Vehicle Company]] ([[Cleveland, Ohio]])
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• Regenerative braking
  A '''regenerative brake''' is a mechanism that reduces [[vehicle]] speed by converting some of its [[kinetic energy]] into electrical energy ...ly system]]. In [[Battery electric vehicle|battery electric]] and [[hybrid vehicle|hybrid electric]] vehicles, the energy is stored in a [[battery (electricit
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• Di Blasi
  ...973]], obtaining good appreciation of the press, immediately followed by a commercial success, as well attractiveness of the products, was also encouraged by the ...inuous updates. His job opportunities are manifold: as the auxiliary motor vehicle, boat or car.
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• Bianchi
  ...ion of [[bicycle]]s, and along with cars, manufactured [[motorcycles]] and commercial [[vehicles]]. The S1 was launched in 1915. It was a two-seater utility vehicle with a 1244cc engine.
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• Moretti
  ...0px|thumb|'''The Moretti 350 Cita of built from 1948 to 1949: on board the vehicle, the manufacturer, Giovanni Moretti''']] ...s times including [[motorcycles]], [[microcars]], and several [[commercial vehicle]].
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• Bertoli
  ...b|right|300px|'''1938 Bertoli Pentaro Autoarticolato 300 cc 3HP, this wild vehicle had an enormous payload of 2000 kg (4409 lbs)''' [http://www.officinebertol ...s destined to play a determining factor in the motorization of [[Italian]] commercial and industrial vehicles.
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• Drum brake
  ...cars owing to weight and cost advantages. An advanced technology [[hybrid vehicle|hybrid]] car using drum rear brakes is the [[Toyota]] [[Prius]]. (Hybrid ve ...s can be used to make a very powerful brake (as on the rear axles of large commercial vehicles), but it does reduce the ability of the driver to modulate the bra
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• Effedi
  ...and built by the EFFEDI Automotive Group, Italy's third largest commercial vehicle manufacturer. ...the driving and seating position, and the high visibility windscreen. The vehicle's height, its bright colours and the third stop-light position guarantee it
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• Fiat 2
  ...engine in various cylinder capacities, the Tipo 2 was made in both car and commercial forms, the latter with a straight frame instead of the in swept and up swep ...3, though the flood of war surplus trucks such as this one had reduced new vehicle sales to a trickle.
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• Fiat Scudo
  | Class || [[Light commercial vehicle|LCV]] ...is basically a normal Scudo van with rear seats and windows, is a popular vehicle of choice of taxi drivers, as their size can accommodate up to seven people
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• Air brake (road vehicle)
  ...forms of the automatic brake, thus, its use was expanded to include [[road vehicle]]s. ...ervice brakes on the towing vehicle will be capable of stopping the towing vehicle."
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• Double clutch
  ...e and transmission speeds. When shifting up on a non-synchroniser equipped vehicle, the [[clutch]] pedal is pressed, the [[throttle]] is released, and the gea Although double clutching is a testing requirement when obtaining a commercial driver license, many experienced truckers will float gears or slip shift, t
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...c]] propulsion, creating a [[battery electric vehicle]]. In some cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [[kit car]], and vehicle ...en built by two separate manufacturers. The result is a standard, complete vehicle.
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• Serpollet
  ...ricyclo]] steam vehicle. In [[1890]], with an improved version of the same vehicle that could travel from Paris to [[Lyons]]. <br> [[Image:VEHICLEShalf.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''1904 Serpollet Commercial vehicle lineup''']]
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• Stola
  '''1950 ''' The Fifties were characterized by important commercial developments, such as a search for outlets in foreign markets, not only in ...ups and production tools, to a more complex range of activities, including vehicle design and prototype construction.
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• Electric car
  ...lants, as is common in electric trains; from chemical energy stored on the vehicle in batteries or diesel fuel; from nuclear energy, on nuclear submarines and ...o]]s, [[tram]]s, [[train]]s and [[trolleybus]]es. A hypothetical electric vehicle design is [[Personal rapid transit]], a cross between cars and trains optim
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• Fissore
  ...they turned to various vehicles including cars, ambulances, hearses, light commercial vehicles etc. ...s structure (later some steel panels were used), it was an open, jeep like vehicle. It was built in some numbers, including for export.
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• Spaceframe
  ...tural technique especially for large roof spans in [[modernism|modernist]] commercial and industrial buildings. * [[Frame (vehicle)]]
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• Aurea
  ...m 1926 to WWII under Ceirano management producing Aurea spares and Ceirano Commercial vehicles (not cars). Factory was bombed and lost in @ 1941 (supposed date). * Series 400 - 1 remnant vehicle in Australia, NSW; One ex Australian vehicle now being driven in UK.
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• Tire code
  * An optional letter (or letters) indicating the intended use or vehicle class for the tire * C (commercial) - Tires for light trucks (Example: 185 R14 C)
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• Anti-lock braking system
  ...n why a [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] is used in virtually all commercial cars.</small> ...tch or improve on the performance of a typical driver with an ABS-equipped vehicle. However, for a majority of drivers, in most conditions, in typical states
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• Fiat Ducato
  | Class || [[Light commercial vehicle|LCV]] | Video || '''Fiat Ducato Commercial'''
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• Electric vehicle
  An '''electric vehicle''', or EV, is a [[vehicle]] with one or more [[electric motor]]s for propulsion. The motion may be p The [[energy]] used to propel the vehicle may be obtained from several sources:
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• Ceirano GB & C
  ...Moreover, in their own way, were the artists, creators, certainly not for commercial or technical pure and brought them only the creative phase, that of the fou ...t was an original and innovative initiative in the field of industrial and commercial vehicles, which stimulated the spread in Italy of the road haulage industry
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• Fiat Strada
  :''This article refers to a 1990s–2000s commercial vehicle. For the 1970s–1980s small car of this name, see [[Fiat Ritmo]].''
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• Brake-by-wire
  Some x-by-wire technologies have been already installed on commercial vehicles such as steer-by-wire, and throttle-by-wire. Brake-by-wire technol ...high level brake functions such as [[anti-lock braking system]] (ABS) or [[vehicle stability control]] (VSC). These command signals are sent to the four elect
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• Turbo-Hydramatic
  ...t after by collectors and drag racers. These can be identified outside the vehicle by a noticeably narrower front pump spline. Externally there are no differe ...G-series (full size) vans. Today, the [[U.S. Army]] [[HUMVEE]] is the only vehicle using the THM400. The civilian [[Hummer H1]] originally had the 3L80s, but
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• Ferenc Szisz
  ...first Grand Prix race]]. His victory in the [[French Grand Prix]] and the commercial success of the race soon led to the establishing of other Grand Prix races ...rcedes-Benz|Mercedes]], Szisz was honored with the No.1 designation on his vehicle but an injury forced him out a little more than halfway through the race. E
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...d only the context determines which type is meant. In particular, the only commercial producer of (pistonless) rotary engines as of 2005, Mazda, consistently ref ...lcolm Bricklin]] for use in place of the [[V8]] powering the Bricklin SV-1 vehicle, but never used.
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• Diatto
  ...e introduced (the 18HP, 20-25HP and 30-40HP) as well as chassis' for light commercial vehicles for the military. Diatto 30 (1925)An expansion program led to the ...this March 2007. Zagato has since released Official Photos of the upcoming vehicle as of [[13 February]], [[2007]].
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• Hydraulic fluid
  ...driven by the engines directly, or by electrically driven pumps. In modern commercial aircraft these are electrically driven pumps, should all the engines fail i [[Category:Vehicle braking technologies]]
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• Auto rickshaw
  ...'auto''' or '''[[rickshaw]]''' or '''tempo''' in popular parlance) is a [[vehicle for hire]] that is one of the chief modes of [[transport]] in [[India]], [[ ==Vehicle overview==
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• Imperia
  |Vehicle:||IM ...dustrial centre and has a more modern appearance. Both centres have small commercial and fishing ports.
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• Hot rod
  ...f]], [[hood (vehicle)|hood]], [[bumper]]s, [[windshield]] and/or [[fender (vehicle)|fenders]]), lowering it, modifying, [[Engine tuning|tuning]], or replacing ...many magazines that feature real hot rods, including The Rodders Journal. Commercial magazines include [[Hot Rod Magazine]], [[Street Rodder]], and [[Popular Ho
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• Motor oil
  In the crankcase of a vehicle engine, the [[crankshaft]] [[Plain bearing|bearings]], and big ends of [[co ...y colored red to distinguish it from the motor oil and other fluids in the vehicle.
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...e:DSCN1474.JPG|thumb|[[General Motors Sequel|Sequel]], a fuel cell powered vehicle from [[General Motors]]]] A '''hydrogen vehicle''' is a [[vehicle]], such as an [[automobile]] or [[aircraft]], which uses [[hydrogen]] as it
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• Station wagon
  ...nguished from a [[minivan]] ([[multi-purpose vehicle]]) or [[sport utility vehicle]] by still being a car, sharing its forward bodywork with other cars in a m ...he framing of the early station wagons were left unsheathed because of the commercial nature of the vehicles. Early station wagons were fixed roof vehicles, but
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• Automobile safety
  '''Automobile safety''' is the study and practice of [[Automobile|vehicle]] design, construction, and equipment to minimise the occurrence and conseq ...countless other job tasks. In these instances, the employer providing the vehicle generally plays a major role in setting safety, maintenance, and training p
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• Electronic stability control
  ...until control is regained. Electronic stability control does not improve a vehicle's cornering performance; rather it helps to minimize a loss of control. Th ...intended line through a corner; an onboard [[computer]] monitored several vehicle operating parameters through various sensors. When too much [[throttle]] ha
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• Abarth
  [[Image:abarth group 2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|'''Abarth vehicle lineup''' [http://www.ferrariexperts.com/etceterini.htm <small>Source</smal * http://www.abarth.be : a non commercial website about the Abarth cars of [[Scuderia La Fortuna]]
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