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• Fuel
  ...nuclear fission]] or [[nuclear fusion]]. An important property of a useful fuel is that its energy can be stored to be released only when needed, and that ==Extraction of energy from fuel==
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• Drivetrain
  ...fficiency of [[alternative propulsion]] systems are better. This refers to fuel cells with additional reformer losses, electric vehicles powered from the Last but not least new fuel qualities (no sulphur and aromates) allow new combustion concepts. So calle
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• Fossil fuel
  ...d by [[Mikhail Lomonosov]] in 1757. In common dialogue, the term ''fossil fuel'' also includes [[hydrocarbon]]-containing [[natural resource]]s that are n Fossil fuel is a general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic mater
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  [[Image:DSCN1474.JPG|thumb|[[General Motors Sequel|Sequel]], a fuel cell powered vehicle from [[General Motors]]]] ...cles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: [[combustion]] or [[fuel-cell]] conversion:
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• Liquid fuels
  ...gen fuel (for [[automotive]] uses), which are also categorized as a liquid fuel. ...d fuels in relation to ground transport. However, others such as [[rocket fuel]] also play an important role in the economy.
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...engine]]'s operation. The most simple ECUs simply control the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on ECUs determine the quantity of fuel, ignition timing and other parameters by monitoring the engine through sens
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• Hemi engine
  ...ear the center of the chamber aids in achieving complete combustion of the fuel/air mixture, though it is not mandatory. ...olyspherical]] chamber, which Chrysler engineers developed as a lower cost alternative head for their [[V8 engine|V8]] engines. The [[Chrysler A engine|Polyspher
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• Run flat tires
  ...d mandated that run-flat tires provide low rolling-resistance for improved fuel-efficiency, a ...spare wheel contributes to lower vehicle weight which will in turn reduce fuel consumption, reduce harmful exhaust emissions, improve performance, handlin
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• Fuel injection
  ...into an [[internal combustion engine]]. In modern automotive applications, fuel metering is one of several functions performed by an "engine management sys ...e predominant method to meter fuel before the widespread use of electronic fuel injection (EFI). However, a wide variety of injection systems have existed
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• Supercharger
  ...lumetric efficiency]] of the engine which allows the engine to burn more [[fuel]] and makes it more powerful. A supercharger can be powered mechanically by ...r]] is more important than any other consideration, such as [[Top Fuel|top-fuel dragsters]] and vehicles used in [[tractor pulling]] competitions, positive
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• Electric car
  ...trains; from chemical energy stored on the vehicle in batteries or diesel fuel; from nuclear energy, on nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers; or more ...Chemical energy is usually in the form of [[diesel]] or [[petrol]]. The fuel is usually converted into electricity by a [[generator]] powered by an inte
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• Automobile
  ...arly for mobile purposes in vehicles. Lenoir is said to have tested liquid fuel, such as [[alcohol]], in his stationary engines; but it does not appear tha ...rking in [[Vienna]], Austria. He developed the idea of using gasoline as a fuel in a two-stroke internal combustion engine. In 1870, using a simple handcar
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• Four-cylinder
  ...occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. Combustion of a [[fuel]] creates high [[temperature]]/[[pressure]] gases, which are permitted to e Internal combustion engines can be powered by any [[fuel]] that can be combined with an "[[oxidizer]]" in the chamber.
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• Alfa Romeo 2500
  |Fuel capacity || 6C 2300 was designed by [[Vittorio Jano]] as cheaper alternative to [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C]]. Engine capacity was now 2309 cc.
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• Internal-combustion engine
  ...ccurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. Combustion of the [[fuel]] charge inside a chamber causes a rapid rise in [[temperature]] and [[pres ...le through the [[fuel system]] to the [[combustion chamber]], and that the fuel release sufficient [[energy]] in the form of [[heat]] upon [[combustion]] t
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• Electric vehicle
  *generated on-board using a [[fuel cell]]: [[fuel cell vehicle]] ...This is due to the higher carnot efficiency through directly oxidizing the fuel and by avoiding several unnecessary energy conversions. Furthermore, elect
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• Lee Iacocca
  ...its money on large, fuel thirsty cars that the public didn't want due to a fuel crisis at the time. First, Iacocca announced plant closures, job layoffs, ...'''C'''hairman '''O'''f '''C'''hrysler '''C'''orporation '''A'''lways. An alternative mnemonic can be '''I''' '''A'''m '''C'''hairman '''O'''f '''C'''hrysler '''
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• De Tomaso Deauville
  |Fuel capacity || 2 x 60 litres (120.5 litre, 26.5 Imp gal, 31.8 US gal) ...m shorter and allegedly 160 kg lighter. De Tomaso wanted [[Jaguar XJ|XJ6]] alternative of its own, with the glamour of an exotic name but with less complicated te
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• Engine displacement
  '''Engine displacement''' is defined as the total [[volume]] of air/fuel mixture an [[engine]] can draw in during one complete engine cycle; it is n Displacement is equal to the volume of combustible air/fuel mixture ingested during one cycle of all the cylinders at 100% [[volumetric
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...t reliable cars. This would drive innovation in not only reliable but also fuel-efficient vehicles, since the nature of [[endurance racing]] requires as li ...rmulas, fuel economy would still be important to some teams as alternative fuel sources would appear in the early 21st century, attempting to overcome time
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