Cars & Autos

September 19, 2009

How much voltage would it take to fry a cars electrical system?

Filed under: Engineering — Tags: , — chatyak @ 1:55 am
cars
harlacan asked:


My goal is to stop the engine. I don’t care if the cars computer is ruined.

This is all an experiment.

July 22, 2009

How many ways can a car generate its own electricity as it travels?

Filed under: Engineering — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 3:56 pm
car
ron j asked:


lets say a car is traveling from New Youk to Los Angeles.
YOu are assigned to design this car so that it makes it to Los Angeles. YOu are only allowed 10 gallon tank of gas to start and thats the only gas you are allowed to have for the entire trip.

Your car design must be for an electric car that will therefore be able to generate power while it travels from solar energy, using the wind, plus any other innovative ideas you can come up with.

Could this car be designed. HOw many different power sources can you imagine creating as the car travels?

November 29, 2008

why are cars first water cooled and then air used to cool the water?

Filed under: Engineering — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 9:53 am
cool cars
neoga illinois asked:


why not just cool the engine with the air directly like in the early vw beetles?

November 2, 2007

Why don’t cars technologically advance at the rate that computers do, when car demand is higher?

Filed under: Engineering — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 10:49 pm
cars
Brianman3 asked:


I see on Discovery now and then what the future of cars will bring, but I’ve been seeing them for years and the only changes in cars I see are gadgets (like voice activated phones, and auto start). Seems like cars by now (with 100 years of studying technology) could be and should be smaller, lighter, and much more efficient in accordance with energy/miles/speed. What is holding it back?
Oh, and cheaper, too. They should be getting cheaper and cheaper.

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