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    Jedlik, a Hungarian who invented a type of electric motor, created a small model car powered by his new motor. In 1834, Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport built a something as similar as tg electric motor which worked only on a short, circular, special electrified track. In 1834 a man named Professor Sibrandus Stratingh of Groningen, who lived in Netherlands and his assistant Christopher Becker created a small electrical car, powered by non-rechargeable primary cells. An electric vehicle held the land

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    Self-Driving Cars Do you think self-driving cars should be on our roads? In a recent article, it states that self driving cars should be ready in just a few years. Although these cars may be deemed ready, there are still far too many disadvantages to put these cars on our roads. Therefore I do not believe that these cars should be placed on our roads. Self-driving cars aren’t the greatest form of transportation because of the conditions they are put in. Because they run on a computer system the

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    time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical” (Carlos Ghoson). There is really no specific time or place for when the electric car was first invented. Hungary, the Netherlands, and the United States all were toying around with the idea of the electric car. Until the 19th century the inventors built some of the first electric cars. Electric cars were quite and easy, especially for women. They didn’t give off a pollutant smell that other non electric cars give off. Although, automakers

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    products come true. “Autonomous Car” (n.d.), the self-driving car is a vehicle that people can use it without any driving skill. The vehicle has to use the Internet to connect with the host computer. The function of the host computer is to control the self-driving car. A self-driving car is also known as a car robot car, self-driving car, and autonomous vehicle or driverless. In turn, the car people use now a day, although some of them are hybrid car or electric car, without connecting with the computer

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    drive(Goffman, “Electric Car Batteries Could Provide Energy for the Smart Grid”). Hybrid cars use clean electric , while gas powered cars use harmful polluting fossil fuels. For the most part, to make sure that this world becomes cleaner, hybrid cars will definitely need to be used in the future. Hybrid cars are environmentally better than gas cars. First of all, hybrids produce 0% emissions from the tailpipe, while a car that uses gasoline produces tons of

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    Are Electric Cars Better Than Gas Cars? Kyle O’Loughlin Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Collage   Are Electric Cars Better Than Gas Cars? I always hear how electric cars are cleaner than gas-powered car, but is that true. I asked myself Are Electric Cars Better Than Gas Cars? Then I sat down are started to think about the two types of cars. How are electric and gas cars made? How are the resources for the electric batteries gathered and how is oil for gas cars gathered? How much energy do electric

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    advertisements and will sign for anything just so they can get a vehicle. Auto dealers intentionally mislead their audience continuously. The United States is the world’s second largest market for vehicle sales (citation). Car dealers are in business to make money, however, the ambiguous car sale advertisements continue to deceive consumers. Auto dealers advertise using multiple ways, such as television commercials, printed ads in newspapers and magazines, and local radio broadcasting. As the consumer actually

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    Electric cars are becoming more and more a part of the world today. Society can see them everywhere, from the streets to TV. Car companies like Nissan and Chevy have their own line up of electric cars that perform well. Now one of the most popular car companies, Tesla, can make the Lamborghini of electric cars. To help lower emission levels and jumpstart the industry, the federal government offers a $7,500 tax credit for buyers of pure electric vehicles (Schaal, 2015). Which brings up some common

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    Self-driving cars are cars that are specifically engineered to operate without a human operator. This means individuals can travel by car without having to control the car themselves as the car does the driving for them. Waymo is Google’s self-driving car project. Waymo stands for ‘A new way forward in mobility’. The development of Waymo cars commenced in 2009 Mountain View, California, since then Waymo has significantly progressed in creating an extremely safe and easy to use car for everyone.

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    Hybrid cars are better than traditional cars because they more efficient. Automotive technicians explains that hybrid cars are getting a minimum of energy to be used on them. John Kelly says “This teamwork results in hybrids that get close to 50 miles per gallon, a 25-percent improvement over gasoline-only vehicles.” Basically, John Kelly is saying hybrid cars get up to 50 miles per gallon, they increased the amount of regular cars. This means they use less in gas at low speeds and at high speeds

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