This design may offer an advantage over conventional 4WD systems, which
have all wheels directly coupled, with the resulting complexity, and wear and tear issues.
Not exact matches
The luxury automaker
has put its GLA compact SUV
directly in the titles and Mario behind the
wheel, looking to market the $ 32,500 vehicle with gamers who grew up with Nintendo and still tap their thumbs today.
Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible
wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 -
D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals
directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.
LA cards
have fraction
wheels on for students to colour, allowing them to
directly compare the shapes the
have coloured in.
There are also many pencasts online that are free and available for anyone to use, especially for math and science topics, so you don't
have to reinvent the
wheel — just upload them
directly into your LMS software.
Like Ferrari did in its LaFerrari, Aston Martin
has mounted the seats
directly to the tub to save space, while inside, all the controls
have been placed on an F1 inspired steering
wheel.
@Aron most electric cars
have a gearbox, so far I
have only seen prototypes with
wheels connected
directly to electric motors.
We doubt the Mercedes - Benz Vision Gran Turismo will ever turn a
wheel in anger on an actual, physical road course, nor do we think it will
directly translate into a production car, but we wouldn't be surprised if many of its design cues wind up in future Mercedes - Benz models.
Another possibility is an all -
wheel - drive variant that
would more
directly compete with the Volkswagen Golf R and Subaru WRX STI.
Because of the fixed gear ratio, that's not
directly comparable to a gasoline engine's rating: at full throttle, the peak torque available at the rear
wheels of a
V - 8 Porsche Panamera S is 7780 lb - ft in first gear; the Karma's peak is about half that, or 4022 lb - ft.
The rear
has also been extensively revised with aluminum control arms and
wheel hubs and an axle that is bolted
directly to the body without the use of rubber bushings, shaving 7 pounds.
To reduce fuel consumption the engineers
have added a «Twin Motor Unit,» two electric motors that deliver more than enough torque
directly to the rear
wheels.
Oddly enough, the car dashboard is not
directly in front of the driver's seat and the steering
wheel but is in between the front passenger's seat and the driver's seat, which does take a bit of getting used to when you are used to driving cars which
has the dashboard right in front of you in the driver's seat.
At highway speeds, the gasoline engine is able to engage a lock - up clutch and
directly drive the
wheels in what — for most cars —
would be a sixth - gear ratio, but when you squeeze the pedal to accelerate again, the gas engine disconnects and hands control back over to the electric motor.
The all -
wheel - drive variant
has the front differential bolted
directly to the right - hand side of the engine block and the driveline runs through the lower third of the powerplant itself.
One
has been integrated into the turbocharger, another
has been installed
directly on the combustion engine with a link to the crankcase and the two remaining motors drive the front
wheels.
A 5.2 - liter
V - 10 sits
directly behind the passenger compartment of the Lamborghini Huracán LP 610 - 4, where it produces 602 horsepower and 413 lb - ft of torque - numbers good enough to catapult the all -
wheel drive coupe to 60 - mph in a brisk 2.9 seconds with launch control engaged.
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Cars with the rear
wheels driven a) don't
have the weight of the engine
directly over them (except some Porsches) and b) rear - drive makes the car more likely to fishtail, or slide left - right - left when accelerating, something that
has been curtailed with the traction control that is on most cars today.
Nor is it the R - Line features, which include a driver's sport seat that could
have been molded
directly from my carcass; a leather - wrapped, square - bottomed steering
wheel with cruise and stereo controls built in; a pod atop the dashboard with boost - pressure and oil - temperature gauges plus a lap timer / stopwatch (as if); a handsome black - and - carbon - fiber / brushed aluminum interior; and the current - gen lowered, widened body with «aero» styling and cool, turbine - vane 18 - inch
wheels.
Independently of the Dynamic Select programs, the driver
has the option of pressing M button to switch
directly to manual mode in which gearshifts are changed exclusively with the shift paddles from the steering
wheel.
This
has the effect of taking the output shaft drive through the step - up gear to the attached
wheel, while the other shaft continues to drive its
wheel directly (i.e., the clutch pack not actuated).
The driver
has the option of driving in fully automatic mode or selecting the gears with paddles on the steering
wheel or
directly with the shift lever — all of which provide impressively quick gearshifts.
Mated to an AMG Speedshift DCT seven - speed dual - clutch sports transmission —
directly flange - mounted on the transversely - installed engine — and with AMG 4MATIC all -
wheel drive as standard, the car
has a 0 - 100 km / h time of 4.6 seconds and an electronically - limited 250 km / h top speed.
According to the company, the AMG GT Concept
has a balanced axle load distribution — the fully variable AMG performance 4MATIC + all -
wheel drive system is supported by an electric motor which drives the rear
wheels directly and
has the effect of an additional booster.
Also, the paddle shifters
have now been mounted
directly to the newly designed steering
wheel (as opposed to the steering column), which allows the driver to select gears of the 6 - speed dual clutch transmission without
having to take his hands off the
wheel during mid-turn.
It may be a bit outdated, but it is nice to
have Bluetooth media and phone calling built into the media system, accessible
directly through the steering
wheel.
The new - design 18 - inch alloy
wheels have a dark silver finish and black centre Lexus roundel,
directly inspired by the IS F. Inside the sports factor continues with F - Sport steering
wheel, gear lever and sports pedals and front seats finished in leather and Alcantara.
The Vision concept uses a naturally aspirated, 4.5 - liter,
V - 8 engine paired with an electric motor to create a front mid - ship / trans - axle powertrain, with every ounce of juice sent
directly to the rear
wheels.
Independently of the DYNAMIC SELECT drive programs, the driver
has the option of pressing the «M» button to switch
directly to manual mode, in which gearshifts are executed exclusively using the shift paddles on the steering
wheel.
While the NextWheels Online program
has been available for several years as a tool for visually previewing
wheels and tires on their car, only now can retailers actually sell these products
directly through the program, giving the instant response that today's consumers demand when they are ready to buy.
Customers can now buy custom
wheels and tires
directly through the NextWheels Online program after they
have visually previewed exactly how the
wheels and tires will look on their vehicle.
The suspension, brakes,
wheels and tyres
have all been modified, reducing the vehicle's unsprung weight and giving sharper, more
directly responsive handling.
The system drives the rear
wheels directly and
has the effect of an additional booster.
All MINI Cooper S Countryman and MINI Cooper
D Countryman are optionally available with permanent MINI ALL4 all -
wheel drive, with an electro - hydraulic differential positioned
directly on the final drive varying the distribution from front to rear in an infinite process.
The GT
had already featured a radically styled body, but the GTR took this a little further with features such as a very large rear spoiler bolted
directly to the chassis like a true race car, 18 inch hollow magnesium Speedline centerlock
wheels, pneumatic air jacks for raising the car in the pit lane (like the SV - R, it was too low for a rolling jack), and an emergency fuel shutoff switch on the left front fender.
Japan's third largest car - maker
has taken a current model CR - Z and fitted it with four electric motors — technology inherited
directly from the Legend's rear - motor SH - AWD (Super Handling All
Wheel Drive) system, but now extending to motors on both the front and rear axles.
RACE mode I
would suggest leaving for the track because with a peak torque of 680 Nm being sent
directly to the rear
wheels, you will need a little extra space (if you get what I am trying to say) to get used to the dynamics.
Directly coupling the
wheels to the gas engine makes the Volt more efficient than
having the gas engine turn a generator to supply electricity to the battery, which
would then power the electric motor.
In terms of reinventing the
wheel, CCCL
had been working quietly on its own approach to developing an ebook platform for which libraries manage file distribution and digital rights management (DRM)
directly, and was in the process of applying for grant funding just prior to Califa's announcement of the project last year.
Firstly, I observed that it doesn't explore much and stays in it's house / corner under the
wheel a lot, which is probably because it is nervous in a new environment, but it doesn't really go to the water bottle for water all day long (i
have to hold the water bottle
directly in front of it's mouth for it to drink) and it's never explored the bath sand (which is contained in a bath tub looking porcelain model).
While Mad Catz are billing their force feedback
wheel as a premium product, more serious racing gamers will derride the
wheel for its lack of gear shifter and clutch pedal - two crucial factors in the premium racing peripheral market that put it
directly behind its competitor Fanatec, who
have provided high - end Forza licensed
wheels for the Xbox 360.
It wasn't just the single
wheel that broke the mould, it was also how it connected
directly to a bikes rear axle (once you
'd swapped over the skewers for longer ones.)
The engine is an extremely efficient and simple rotary design that wouldn't
directly power the
wheels but charge the battery in a hybrid.
Neither a
wheel falling off nor a breaking fuel pump point
directly to a root cause: the car
had been assembled in Detroit on Monday.
All of us
have experienced this at some point while behind the
wheel of a car — the sun is rising, or setting, and its angle in relation to your car means that the sun is shining
directly into your eyes.
The galleon
has three sails — one in the very front of the ship, one near the middle, and one
directly behind the steering
wheel.
The mouse also
has a left button, a right button, a scroll
wheel that clicks in three directions, and two buttons
directly underneath the scroll
wheel that
have no preprogrammed purpose.