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Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965. Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts ), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.
The power seat adjustments in a Lincoln Town Car. The seat controls are located on the door panels, next to the memory seat controls. Above the seat settings are the memory control settings that also set the mirrors and foot pedals. Some car seat systems are set up with a battery-powered automatic control to adjust how the seat sits in the car.
Ball screw – a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft provides a helical raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as being able to apply or withstand high thrust loads, they can do so with minimum internal friction.
SEAT 1200 Sport, 'Bocanegra', the first car to be wholly developed in SEAT's Martorell Technical centre. SEAT 850 Spyder, a cabriolet in SEAT's range. SEAT 132, the last SEAT rear wheel drive mid-size car, powered with Fiat and Mercedes-Benz diesel engines. 1400 A / 1400 B / 1400 C (1953–1963) 600 N / 600 D / 600 E / 600 L (1957–1973)
Every car has an optimal speed range that results in minimum fuel consumption, but this range differs between vehicle types, design and age. Typically it looks like this graph below: fuel ...
He added a speed lock capability that maintained the car's speed until the driver tapped the brake pedal or turned off the system. [5] A 1955 U.S. patent for a "constant speed regulator" was filed in 1950 by M-Sgt Frank J. Riley. [6] He conceived the device while driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and installed his invention in his car in ...
In 2013, a new car seat regulation was introduced: "i-Size" is the name of a new European safety regulation that affects car seats for children under 15 months of age. It came into effect in July 2013 and provides extra protection in several ways, most notably by providing rearward facing travel for children up to 15 months instead of 9 to 12 ...
The first car model to have the three-point seat belt as a standard item was the 1959 Volvo 122, first outfitted with a two-point belt at initial delivery in 1958, replaced with the three-point seat belt the following year. [35]