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  2. Revolutions per minute - Wikipedia

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    Modern automobile engines are typically operated around 2000 rpm – 3000 rpm (33 Hz – 50 Hz) when cruising, with a minimum (idle) speed around 750 rpm – 900 rpm (12.5 Hz – 15 Hz), and an upper limit anywhere from 4500 rpm to up to 10 000 rpm (75 Hz – 166 Hz) for a road car, very rarely reaching up to 12 000 rpm for certain cars (such ...

  3. Power band - Wikipedia

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    In this case, unless external limitations are applied, the maximum torque is achieved at low RPM. For example, the AC motor found in the Tesla Roadster (2008) produces near constant maximum torque from 0 to about 6000 RPM, while maximum power occurs at about 10000 RPM, long after torque begins to drop off. The Roadster's redline is 14000 RPM.

  4. Tachometer - Wikipedia

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    A tachometer (revolution-counter, tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine. [1] The device usually displays the revolutions per minute (RPM) on a calibrated analogue dial, but digital displays are increasingly common.

  5. Transportation Research Center - Wikipedia

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    The other lane provides a vehicle testing course to allow stone chipping of test vehicles. Paved Rough Roads & Salt Bath: Ideal for durability testing of passenger cars to sport utility vehicles compromises 855 ft. of light duty and 1,215 ft. of medium duty concrete bumps embedded in a 4,200-ft. asphalt roadway.

  6. Dynamometer - Wikipedia

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    A chassis dynamometer.. A dynamometer or "dyno" is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by the dynamometer itself as kW or bhp.

  7. Redline - Wikipedia

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    Tachometer showing red lines above 14,000 rpm.. The redline is the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine. [1]

  8. Cruise control - Wikipedia

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    The cruise control takes its speed signal from a rotating driveshaft, speedometer cable, wheel speed sensor from the engine's RPM, or internal speed pulses produced electronically by the vehicle. Most systems do not allow the use of the cruise control below a certain speed - typically around 25 or 30 mph (40 or 48 km/h).

  9. Idle (engine) - Wikipedia

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    Idle speed, sometimes simply called "idle", is the rotational speed an engine runs at when the engine is idling, that is when the engine is uncoupled from the drivetrain and the throttle pedal is not depressed. In combustion engines, idle speed is generally measured in revolutions per minute (rpm) of the crankshaft.