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What Is Mobility?
Mobility is the ability to move about freely. In transportation, mobility is a catch-all term for all available types of…
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What Is Methanol?
Methanol is a simple alcohol compound. It is naturally colorless but not odorless and is extremely toxic to humans and…
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What Is a Manual Transmission?
A manual transmission is a vehicle transmission that relies on the human operator to select the gear. The transmission is…
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What Is Telematics?
Telematics is a system that gathers data from the operation of a vehicle and transmits that data wirelessly to a…
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What Is a Turbocharger?
A turbocharger (“turbo” for short) is an air compressor driven by the engine’s exhaust gas flow. A turbocharger has…
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What Is a Lithium-Metal Battery?
A lithium-metal battery is any battery with metallic lithium (Li) as the anode (negative pole) material. Lithium-metal batteries have a…
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What Is a Transmission?
In vehicles, a transmission is a device that helps apply the engine’s rotational force to the drive wheels. A transmission…
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What Is System Horsepower?
System horsepower is the combined maximum output of the electric motor and the internal combustion gasoline engine in a hybrid…
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What Is Transit?
Transit refers to public transportation systems such as buses, subways, light rail, and trains. Also known as public transit or…
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What Is Torque?
Torque measures the turning or twisting force of a running engine or motor. We measure torque in pound-foot (lb-ft) increments in the United States, while most of the world measures it in Newton-meters (Nm). A lb-ft of torque is the turning force felt when one pound is placed at the end of a one-foot-long lever.