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    <br> At least we have Chrysler’s turbine tale and a few of its artifacts to remember a future that almost was, but in the end never could be. According to one project official, left stillborn was an eighth-generation turbine designed, ironically enough, for Chrysler’s all-important new front-drive K-car compacts and their future derivatives. Chrysler’s headquarters in Highland Park was swamped with more than 30,000 inquiries about its after announcing its Turbine Car evaluation program, which called for each “consumer representative” to use a Turbine Car for about three months. Lots of things go into figuring out that rate, and car insurance companies employ statisticians called actuaries to do it. So an expensive car will probably raise your insurance rate, but so will a fast car. Will you commute via ‘personal rapid transit? One technological perk where the present has yet to catch up with the future sci-fi has painted for us, however, is the elusive, personal flying car.<br>
    <br> This article will look at five contemporary prototypes of flying cars (in no particular order). Because of the small number involved, the 50 “production” Turbine Cars plus the five prototypes (three of which differed in roof/paint schemes) were contracted to Ghia in Italy, which could build them for less money than Chrysler. Import duty on these “foreign” cars had been waived only for purposes of the testing program; once that ended, Chrysler had the choice of either returning them to Italy or paying considerable sums to keep them on American soil. While solar-powered cars remain the stuff of science fiction tales for most of us, some forward-thinking engineers have been building — and racing — them for years. Corrosion or stains mean it could have a leak. Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately. The Environmental Protection Agency’s city and highway mileage estimates for 2005, which were put together in late 2004, assumed 2005 gas prices of $1.90 per gallon for regular and $1.95 for premium. His mileage also disappointed — just 11.5 mpg — though he usually ran on cheap kerosene.<br>
    <br> Horsepower was only 104 versus the sixth-generation’s 150, but this newest turbine ran somewhat hotter, so 125 horsepower was available via water injection at the compressor inlet and repositioned inlet guide vanes. Maximum-output engine speed after gear reduction was 4680 rpm, versus the CR2A’s 5360. Horsepower was down 10, to 130, but torque went from 375 to a mighty 425 pounds-feet. If I wanted to buy a new hardtop Cooper, I’d have different trim levels (or option packages) that range from a 121-horsepower to a turbocharged, 208-horsepower engine. The cost of maintaining the gasoline engine. Even an average hybrid system typically gets 20 – 35% better fuel economy than equivalent-sized gasoline engines. These two systems work together, however, to ensure hybrids can save fuel in the city and drive at faster speeds on the highway or even climb steep hills. Determined by your implement, an electricity efficient lamp can last as long as one or two years. That means the panel is only able to convert 15 percent of the sunlight it receives into electricity. Other major devices include Toyota’s Hybrid System Indicator for the Prius Batteries mn, a central instrument display with a digital speedometer, fuel gauge, shift-level indicator and odometer reading, along with an LCD multi-information display panel that lets drivers know energy and fuel consumption, inside and outside temperatures and audio levels.<br>
    <br> You know what happens when you shake a bottle of soda: Pressure builds until the energy is released. It just so happens that more than a few companies are working on these dual-use vehicles. But because hybrid buyers are interested in miles per gallon, engineers try to add as many of them as possible to the cars’ engineering. Hybrid cars definitely have a lot going for them, which explains their popularity. If many points have a low or negative value, then the clustering configuration may have too many or too few clusters. It’s not just about the specific make and model of the car, either; what’s under the hood may be driving up your insurance rate. An automobile fuel source must be able to hold a lot of energy but be lightweight, a property known as specific energy and measured in units of energy per unit mass, or Watt-hours/Kilograms (Wh/kg). Exceptions will be considered only on specific occasions, such as reliability issues or proven performance deficits. This is possible owing to the concept of performance windows, where the minimum and maximum values were set for areas such as power unit and aerodynamic performance, with each of the cars having to fit into those windows.<br>

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