Automotive Press
Author: 3C Creative Media
Publisher: 3C Creative Media
Published: 2019-10-01
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A compilation of some of the best news from the automotive industry.
Author: 3C Creative Media
Publisher: 3C Creative Media
Published: 2019-10-01
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A compilation of some of the best news from the automotive industry.
Author: Timothy J. Minchin
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2021-04-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0820358932
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 2018 almost half of all vehicles made in North America were produced at foreign-owned plants, and the sector was on track to monopolize the market. Despite this, the industry has been overlooked compared with its domestic counterpart, both in scholarship and popular memory. Redressing this neglect, America’s Other Automakers provides a new history of the foreignowned auto sector, the first to extensively draw on archival sources and to articulate the human agency of participants, including workers, managers, and industry recruiters. Timothy J. Minchin challenges the view that the industry’s growth primarily reflected incentives, stressing human agency and the complexity of individual stories instead. Deeply human in its approach, the book also explores the industry’s impact on grassroots communities, showing that it had more costs than supporters acknowledged. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, America’s Other Automakers uncovers significant tensions over unionization, reports of discriminatory hiring, and unease about the industry’s rapid growth, critically exploring seven large assembly facilities and their impact on the communities in which they were built.
Author: Peter Norton
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2021-10-21
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1642832405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, historian Peter Norton argues that driverless cars cannot be the safe, sustainable, and inclusive "mobility solutions" that tech companies and automakers are promising us. The salesmanship behind the "driverless future" is distracting us from better ways to get around that we can implement now. Unlike autonomous vehicles, these alternatives are inexpensive, safe, sustainable, and inclusive. Norton takes the reader on an engaging ride--from the GM Futurama exhibit to "smart" highways and vehicles--to show how we are once again being sold car dependency in the guise of mobility. Autonorama is hopeful, advocating for wise, proven, humane mobility that we can invest in now, without waiting for technology that is forever just out of reach.
Author: John Zimmermann
Publisher:
Published: 2021-03-15
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780999875445
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Venkat Sumantran
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2018-09-11
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 026253620X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A call to redefine mobility so that it is connected, heterogeneous, intelligent, and personalized, as well as sustainable, adaptable, and city-friendly. The twentieth century was the century of the automobile; the twenty-first will see mobility dramatically re-envisioned. Automobiles altered cityscapes, boosted economies, and made personal mobility efficient and convenient for many. We had a century-long love affair with the car. But today, people are more attached to their smartphones than their cars. Cars are not always the quickest mode of travel in cities; and emissions from the rapidly growing number of cars threaten the planet. This book, by three experts from industry and academia, envisions a new world of mobility that is connected, heterogeneous, intelligent, and personalized (the CHIP architecture). The authors describe the changes that are coming. City administrators are shifting from designing cities for cars to designing cities for people. Nations and cities will increasingly employ targeted user fees and offer subsidies to nudge consumers toward more sustainable modes. The sharing economy is coaxing many consumers to shift from being owners of assets to being users of services. The auto industry is responding with connected cars that double as virtual travel assistants and by introducing autonomous driving. The CHIP architecture embodies an integrated, multimode mobility system that builds on ubiquitous connectivity, electrified and autonomous vehicles, and a marketplace open to innovation and entrepreneurship. Consumers will exercise choice on the basis of user experience and efficiency, aided by “intelligent advisors,” accessible through their mobile devices. An innovative mobility architecture reconfigured for this century is a social and economic necessity; this book charts a course for achieving it.
Author: Chris Bruntlett
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1642831654
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett chronicle their experience living in the Netherlands and the benefits that result from treating cars as visitors rather than owners of the road. They weave their personal story with research and interviews with experts and Delft locals to help readers share the experience of living in a city designed for people. Their insights will help decision makers and advocates to better understand and communicate the human impacts of low-car cities: lower anxiety and stress, increased independence, social autonomy, inclusion, and improved mental and physical wellbeing. Curbing Traffic provides relatable, emotional, and personal reasons why it matters and inspiration for exporting the low-car city.
Author: Patrick Hossay
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-07-12
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0429877293
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Automotive Innovation: The Science and Engineering behind Cutting-Edge Automotive Technology provides a survey of innovative automotive technologies in the auto industry. Automobiles are rapidly changing, and this text explores these trends. IC engines, transmissions, and chassis are being improved, and there are advances in digital control, manufacturing, and materials. New vehicles demonstrate improved performance, safety and efficiency factors; electric vehicles represent a green energy alternative, while sensor technologies and computer processors redefine the nature of driving. The text explores these changes, the engineering and science behind them, and directions for the future.
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Published: 2015-10-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781441319586
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Keep track of mileage, maintenance costs, repairs, and other essentials with this compact auto log book. Record mileage and expenses for 440 trips.Easy to use -- makes on-the-go recording a snap.Small enough to fit in glove compartment or pocket.Simple charts for recording vehicle repairs and maintenance.Monthly and yearly fill-in summaries.Bookbound with a durable cover.Acid-free archival paper helps preserve your records.Convenient size -- 4-1/4 inches wide by 5-3/4 inches high.144 pages.
Author: Daniel Sperling
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2018-03
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 161091905X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Will the Transportation Revolutions Improve Our Lives-- or Make Them Worse? -- 2. Electric Vehicles: Approaching the Tipping Point -- 3. Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling -- 4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over? -- 5. Upgrading Transit for the Twenty-First Century -- 6. Bridging the Gap between Mobility Haves and Have-Nots -- 7. Remaking the Auto Industry -- 8. The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- IP Board of Directors
Author: A. Galip Ulsoy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 110701011X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This textbook introduces advanced control systems for vehicles, including advanced automotive concepts and the next generation of vehicles for ITS.