In rail transport, the expression power car may refer to either of two distinct types of rail vehicle: a vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls...
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Some solar cars can be plugged into external power sources to supplement the power of sunlight used to charge their battery. Solar cars combine technology...
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cost less to buy than petrol-driven cars before 2025. The transition from fossil fuel-powered cars to electric cars features prominently in most climate...
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automobile auxiliary power outlet (also known as car cigarette lighter or auxiliary power outlet) in an automobile was initially designed to power an electrically...
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by electrolysis. The resulting hydrogen is an energy carrier that can power a car by reacting with oxygen from the air to create water, either through...
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Hydrogen vehicle (redirect from Hydrogen powered car)
directly, or as a feedstock for efuel, for vintage and muscle cars. The first road vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell was the Chevrolet Electrovan, introduced...
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A control car, cab car (North America), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK, Ireland, Australia and India) is a non-powered rail vehicle from which...
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Nuclear propulsion (redirect from Nuclear-powered car)
nuclear-powered car. Despite the shielding problem, through the late 1940s and early 1950s debate continued around the possibility of nuclear-powered cars. The...
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A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine. A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows. Jet...
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hotel electric power. A successful attempt by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in October 1881 to light the passenger cars on the London to...
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A compressed-air car is a compressed-air vehicle powered by pressure vessels filled with compressed air. It is propelled by the release and expansion...
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List of Amtrak rolling stock (section Passenger cars)
consist between a power car (locomotive) and the nearest end car, resulting in a train with two power cars and seven intermediate cars rather than the normal...
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William Steven Power (born 1 March 1981) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 12 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team...
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InterCity 125 High Speed Train (formerly Classes 253 and 254) diesel-electric power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service...
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the TOPS classification used for the power cars of British Rail's InterCity 125 High Speed Train. The power cars were built by British Rail Engineering...
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ICE 1 (category Electric multiple units with locomotive-like power cars)
consist of two power cars (Class 401) and up to 14 intermediate cars (Classes 801 to 804). Occasionally, power cars and intermediate cars of the ICE 2 are...
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collapsed and crushed two coaches. The remaining coaches and the rear power car crashed into the wreckage. After the incident, many investigations into...
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trains have two power cars, one on each end. Between those power cars are a set of semi-permanently coupled articulated un-powered coaches. Cars are connected...
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Power Battle Watch Car is an animated television series produced by SAMG Animation, in association with Hyundai Motor Company, Innocen Worldwide (an in-house...
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Multiple unit (redirect from Self-powered car)
head-end power generation; an EMU might have one car carry the pantograph and transformer, and another car carry the traction motors. MU cars can be a...
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Ford Nucleon (redirect from Atomic car)
The Ford Nucleon is a concept car developed by Ford in 1957, designed as a future nuclear-powered car—one of a handful of such designs during the 1950s...
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steel double deck power-cars entered service. These cars (C3805–3857) were loosely based on the recently introduced inter-urban cars, the V set. Their...
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Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from...
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The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States...
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passenger car construction market building 80 power cars C3001–3080 and 70 trailer cars T4101–4170. Unlike the Comeng cars, the power cars had a flat...
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diesel-powered train, that operates in push-pull with one or two power cars and Talgo VII intermediate cars. The North American version has four-axle power cars...
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resurgence of interest in using steam technology to power road vehicles. While gasoline-powered ICE cars have an operational thermal efficiency of 15% to...
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Top Gear test track (redirect from Star in a Reasonably Priced Car)
Power Laps and Star in a ... Car. For the 23rd series of Top Gear the track was expanded with a rallycross section for the "Star in a Rallycross Car"...
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British Rail Derby Lightweight (section Four Car Units)
various formations, including 12 power-twin 2-car units, 84 power-trailer 2-car units, four 4-car units, and two single car units. Body framing was extruded...
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Gas turbine (redirect from Gas turbine power plant)
Oldsmobile was powered by a coal-burning turbine engine". 16 January 2017. "GM made a coal-powered car in the 80s". 20 March 2018. "Article in Green Car". Greencar...
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