New Car Technology Advancements

Car technology is advancing at amazing speed so it's no surprise that at least a couple cool things turn up each model year. Here are some of the latest innovations that will be coming out sometime in the near future that new car buyers can look forward to seeing.

Economy Mode

While we consider that most of us drivers are set in their ways and odds are we will never make the necessary changes to conserve on fuel. One example of such would be, we know that by simply not using our AC increases our fuel economy when we drive, but rather than just rolling down our window when we could to save fuel we opt to use the air conditioner to keep us cool. We are simply set in our ways when it comes to running our AC even when we could be just as comfortable at this time with a window down. With the new idea and innovation of the Economy Mode the car it will be able to determine what systems in your car are non-essential at the time and turn them off to save on fuel for the driver; examples could be the AC, Cruise Controls and others. The car would begin making these adjustments for the driver automatically. It’s not just an idea in fact; some Hybrids feature an economy mode that limits A/C use on several models right now.

Black Box Technology

Planes have them and cars will too, and why not the Black box on planes have be literally invaluable for many years with its ability to get detail records of trips and logs of what happens to a plane in flight or when accidents occur. It’s still being debated like most things that come to personal privacy and many people will no doubt object to the idea of the black box being implemented into their personal vehicles. The fact is that both Ford and General Motors already are using black Box technology in around two-thirds of the models built, but they are referred to as "recorders". Drivers can expect the advancement of these “recorders” to be able to tell police officers and insurance companies about car accidents, how fast you were driving, where you had driven that day and much more.

Cars That Park for You

Yes, a car that actually will do the parking is already in production today. There is already one type of system where the driver keeps his foot on the brake while the car amazingly enough parallel parks it’s self. Its future looks bright, as this type of application could be very useful in the future not just in parking but also use in other tight places like garages.

Let the Car do the Driving

It’s no longer just a dream or something we have seen in the movies, with the advancement of GPS and robotic technology setting your car on Auto Pilot where the navigation system guides the car to its destination while the driver sits back and relaxes will become a reality sooner than many people could imagine. Experimentation and planning is underway with the use of magnets and GPS to make this dream become a reality.

Crash Detection

Is already a reality with the Acura RL and it’s called the Collision Mitigation System. Hopefully, one day all cars will include this type of safety feature. Where the cars decides on its own that a wreck is unavoidable and will warn the driver to brace for impacts as it automatically takes action for the driver by deploying the airbags hitting the brakes and tightens up seatbelts etc. all own its own.

The near future is indeed an exciting time.

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The Technology Behind Electric Car Motors

Electric cars use electric motors and rechargeable batteries instead of an internal combustion engine that runs on gasoline or diesel.

Interestingly, electric motors were among the first motors used in automobiles, going back to the 1830s. Yes...that's over 175 years ago!

One of the benefits then, and now, is that electric car motors run silently. That advantage was negated by the invention of the muffler and, combined with the far better range offered by gasoline-driven cars as well as by the efforts of the oil industry, led to the decline...and for over a hundred years, demise...of the electric car industry.

However, as people have become more environmentally conscious and it has become more and more clear that oil won't last forever - never mind will never be inexpensive again - electric cars have been making a comeback, both as pure electric cars such as the Tesla and as hybrids.

Note that an electric car motor is not the same thing as an engine. Engines use fuel that combusts, and that combustions causes the engine to turn. On the other hand, electric motors are used in anything from a car to a power drill to an electric toothbrush. They use electrical energy, rather than combustable fuel.

The basic way an electric car motor works is this:

1. An electric motor is used instead of an internal combustion engine

2.The electric power is powered by a controller

3. The controller is powered by rechargeable batteries, rather than gasoline, diesel, or other combustable fuel.

An electric car's fuel is stored in its batteries, not in a fuel tank. These battery packs may weigh 1,000 lbs. And newer batteries, such as lithium ion, hold their charge much longer than older batteries, giving electric cars a long driving range. Plus work has been done successfully on decreasing the recharge time significantly.

A device called a controller (which replaces the distributor found in vehicles powered by internal combustion engines) delivers the power from the batteries to the electric motor. When you push down on the accelerator pedal, just like you would in a gas-powered car, the controller measures the pressure and transfers power to the motor.

The electric motor itself can be either AC or DC. Electric motors are commonly used in electric wheelchairs, golf carts, fork lifts and the like. The DC electric motors used in electric cars tend to be based on motors used in the forklift industry as they are more powerful than others. If an electric car uses an AC motor, it is probably a 3-phase motor (since electric motors use magnetism to generate force, having 3 phases allows the motor not to get 'stuck' between the magnetic poles.)

Some people complain that electric cars aren't as "clean" as we might think, because they require electricity to recharge the battery and that requires electric power generating plants. However, as electric car batteries improve, the amount of electricity need to recharge them decreases significantly, thereby decreasing the need for electricity generation as well.

Most importantly by converting your car to an alternative fuel you are investing in the future of our environment.

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How to Check a Used Car Before You Buy it

A used car always has faults that reduce the comfort of using the car or that must be repaired before using it comfortably and safely. This is all right, as long the prize you pay is not too high when you also add the prize, time and efforts for subsequent repair and adjustments. Here are some tips for checking a used car before any purchase.

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSING A CAR BEFORE YOU BUY

The basic principles of assessing a used car before you buy it are:

- Look at everything.

- Test everything.

- Check the car's history.

- Write down what you find.

Before you begin checking the car, make sure you have ready something to note down your findings upon.

If you only remember these four depicted principles, you will probably make a good assessment even without any more detailed plan. However, in the following a plan for the assessment is presented. It is not always possible to do it exactly as described, but try to follow the procedures as well as you can.

LOOK IT ALL OVER

Before starting the car, you should watch the whole car externally and internally in a systematic manner:

- Go around the car and watch every point. Look for broken windows, unclear windows, unclear or broken mirrors, bumps, rust or damaged painting.

- Then look especially well at the channels on the sides. Look for any rust and injuries.

- Try to open and close all doors. Look around the doors, both at the doors themselves and the frames around the doors. Try the locks in every door.

- Look at the wheels and the wheel suspensions.

- Look under the car. Look especially for rust, broken parts or unsymmetrical parts.

- Look into the luggage room. Look under carpets and covers. Look especially for cracks, rust or unsymmetrical parts. Such symptoms can indicate that the car has been subjected to an injury.

- Look into the motor room. Check for loose parts. Does everything seems solid and in place? Is there much rust? Are there signs of oil leakage? Is it very dirty, and what kind of dirt is present? Some dirt is normal, but extreme and unusual dirt should give you something to think about. Do you see any cracks or any asymmetry? Are there any signs of repair work done? Such symptoms indicate that the car has been through an accident.

- Try the suspension by bouncing each of the corners of the car. They should bounce only one or two times in every corner, and without any cracking noise.

- Look to see if the car has spare wheels, standard tools for repair and wheel shift, and both summer and winter wheels present.

- Then turn the key so that the electric systems are activated.

- Look at everything in the cabin. Look under the carpets. Sit down in all seats. Try all regulatory possibilities of the seats.

- Try all electric windows, electric mirrors and other commodities that are electrically operated.

- Try out all lights, including the signal lights and the serene. If some of them do not work, set in a new bulb, to see if this is the only problem.

- Try the radio, car computer, music equipment and any GPS navigation unit.

START THE MOTOR AND TEST

After having seen the car all over, it is time to start the motor. The motor should ideally be started when it is cold. A motor started easily when it is warm, does not necessarily start easily when cold.

- Start the motor. Does the motor start easily or not? Listen for sound of uneven motor work, sounds of vibrations or sounds of friction. Do you feel any vibrations outside the normal?

- When starting the motor, kick the brake pedal. It should easily go down and kick in the brakes when the motor is started. If not, the brake servo can be broken.

- Listen for unusual or high sounds from the exhaust system indicating breakage.

- Look at the dashboard panel. Do all indicators work? Does any indicator signal any problem?

- Try the steering by turning the steering wheels. How much do you have to rotate it before the wheels turn? It should not be more than around 2 cm or 0.8 inch.

- Try the window washers and the window wipers, and any light wiper and washers.

- Kick in the clutch, and try all the gears if it is manually geared.

- Try out the cabin heater or air conditioning.

TEST DRIVE

Then there is the time for a test drive. When you are test-driving the car, you should try out the following:

- Set the gearbox in reverse, and back out of the parking place. Does the gas and the clutch work smoothly when backing? Does the car get smoothly into motion?

- Set the car in motion forewords. Does the gas and the clutch work smoothly in foreword motion? Does the car get smoothly into foreword motion?

- Increase the speed and gear up to second gear if the car is manually geared. If it has automatic gearshift, just speed up until the second gear sets in. Are there any problems to go up one gear? If the car has an automatic gearbox, does the second gear kick in when expected?

- Try the breaks from a low speed. Is there any problem with the brakes, like poor action, vibrations or unmoral noises? Does the car pull to one side when you use the brakes?

- Park the car and note down all your findings so far. Then start again.

- Try a wider range of speeds, and the rest of the gears. If the car has an automatic gearbox, do the other gears kick in when expected? Does the motor feel quick, or is it lazy?

- Listen to the car mechanics. Is there any rattling or whining sounds from anywhere? Be especially aware of singling sounds from the gearbox or unexpected motor sounds.

- Watch out for any smell of gasoline, diesel, oil or anything burnt during drive?

- Does the car go in a straight line and direction at higher speeds, or does it wiggle or pull to one side. Is it still easy to steer it both to right and left? Is the steering accurate?

- Try the breaks from a higher speed and notice any irregularities.

- Look at the figures for motor temperature. Is it in the normal range?

- Finish by testing the reverse once again when parking.

- When finished the test drive, look into the motor room. Do you see any oil leaks, or water leaks, or is there any unexpected high temperature? Is there any smell of burnt substance? Is there any smell of gasoline or diesel?

- Note down all your findings.

CHECK THE PAPERS AND CAR HISTORY

Then, before buying the car, check all the papers.

- Look at the service book. Has the car had all its services?

- Look at all repair bills. All of these should ideally follow the car.

- Look at the mileage indicator to see how long the car has been driven.

- Take out a history report of the car from authorities, insurance companies or other instances offering such reports. An example of such a report is a Carfax report that can be taken out online.

- In some countries or areas dept issues or fines that an owner has generated follow the car to the new owner. Such issues are especially important to check out. How you can do so, will vary from place to place.

- Ask the seller about history issues, for example accidents the car has gone through. If you have found some signs indicating some issue, ask directly about them. Many sellers will be honest and tell any truth. In other cases you can guess from the way that the seller answers if he is lying or not.

DECIDING

At the end, you must decide several things based on the findings.

- First of all, is this really the car type you need? If not, decline the offer, even though everything looks fine.

If you have decided that this is the car type for you, then think further.

- Is the car in such a technical condition that it is possible to bring it to the standard you want? If not, decline the offer.

- Then think about how much time and effort the repair of the car will cost you. Even though you let a workshop repair the car, you must spend time by bringing the car to and from the workshop, by explaining what to repair, by waiting, by checking after repair, and so on.

- What do you think the repair of the car will cost?

- Now you can decide if the car is worth buying after all, and the maximal prize worth paying.

- As the last point, discuss the prize with the seller, even if it is within the right prize range.

Then at last, after all checking, and all thinking, and discussing the prize, you can decide to buy or not.

Buying Cars

The purchase of a car can be very long and difficult process for some. In this article I will give the entrances and exits to buy a car when a used car or a new car. There are other aspects, I will be talking about how car insurance and car loans. Since the Internet revolution in car buying process has been strong, and we can getter better treated than ever before!

The first thing to do is research! Find out what cars you are interested in. If you buy a car for a while, so it is better so! The Internet is a good place to start when the investigation cars. There are many sites that have a wealth of information on all car models. Take a look around and find some cars that are in your price range. Note the brand and model cars for later use. If you buy a new car, you should also write the blue book value of the car. This comes in handy when a seller of cars trying to get extra money.

The next step in buying a new car're. Take a look at your local car dealers and see whether it is one of the car models, which were interested in them to take a good piece of evidence to ensure that the car you like, and units. Sometimes looking for the best cars do not meet their needs or by car. Make sure that you just go and see! You do not even think to buy everything at this moment. Do not let a salesman cloud their judgement about the brand and model of car you want. You just want to sell more expensive (normally). Once you test driven a few cars, go home! A little more research into cars that are really interested and wanted. Once you've noticed that the car in its price class units and the way you wish, you can looking to buy.

The most important thing when it comes to the sale of cars not! You know how much your car is worth, because research on the Internet. Let the seller know that you have examined, and you know what you are talking about. The biggest tip when buying a new car is patience. Its ok to go to the car dealership a few times before you the price you want. Finally, if the price you want, buy it!

If you buy a used car's very important to ask a lot of questions. There are a lot of things that people are not informed of their used cars. Ask for all cars upgrades, repairs, accidents and everything else. A good idea is also reviewing the VIN number on the Web and see all the information about the car. You can find almost all of these searches use of VIN numbers. I usually try to stay away from cars in buying a used car. The Internet is really a very good place to find used cars. EBay is a great resource for finding used cars. There are also some other sites for the sale of used cars, as Autotrader.com. Its also important to be patient when you buy a used car as well. Third-party providers are more willing to reduce their prices, and just want to get the car out of his hands. Give him some time, and that brings prices down.

I hope this article has given you much information about the purchase of new cars and used vehicles. Please note that your research and be patient. The purchase of a car is a difficult process, but in the application of these steps to the car you want at the price you can afford

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Run Your Car On Water - Is It Real or Scam?

You probably have read about how you can save money when you run your car on water and how easy it could be done. If you are landing here, it means you have not yet believed what you have heard or read. Yes, it is possible to power your car with water, in fact this technology has been written secretly in our history book and has been kept for more than 80 years (older than me and you) because of political reason.

Today it has been redeveloped and researched again to meet today's car standard. Gas price is becoming more and more unbearable, it keeps rising every year. The experts, who reinvented the system, must have thought about changing. We cannot depend on gasoline forever, it is true. Moreover, people are more conscious about going green, before you go and search for the guide or tips on the search engine, hold on and read on.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 1

when we talk about running your car on water, we are not discussing about powering your car with water 100%. It is still impossible to achieve because of the complexity of today's car (in the future, it may well be achievable). But we are talking about combining two resources of power such as gasoline and water. And you are going to function them at the ratio of 50-50, which means increase in gas mileage and again it means you are going to cut half of your gas expense every month. It gradually leads to saving thousands of Dollars every year.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 2

Again, it will put even more money in your pocket if you decide to claim your IRS tax refund for running a more environment friendly engine. Less gasoline combustion means reducing the gas emission, that will indirectly improve your and your family's healthy life and reducing the level of global warming. Less gasoline combustion also means increasing your car's longevity.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 3

Convert your car to run on water is not a very difficult task if you know exactly what you are doing. Knowing exactly what you are doing does not mean that you have to understand the process (chemical processes), but you know what to use and what not to use. Which is why you need a guide that shows you a step by step instruction with additional picture. To save money massively, you of course want to know which needed materials and tools are the most affordable yet high in quality. For that matter you need to pick up the right manual.

If you are looking forward to saving more money, improving your family's health life, and laughing at increasing gas price, you would want to check out Run Your Car On Water - Is It Real or Scam? To find out the best guide that people trust and buy.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell - Tips to Convert Your Car to Use Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Gasoline prices have been rising everyday and many people around the world are suffering because of that. Blue collar workers especially are finding it hard to fuel their cars. Most people have no choice but to travel less in order to save cost. Are there any solution to the issue of high fuel prices? One suggestion is to use hydrogen fuel cell as an alternative energy source for cars. How feasible is this new technology? This article will provide some information about the science behind the idea.

A hydrogen fuel cell is a device that converts water into an energy source for cars through the process of electrolysis. Electrolysis is a process of passing electricity current through water resulting the formation of Hydroxy. Hydroxy is the combination of hydrogen and oxygen and can produce energy three times greater than conventional gasoline.

The concept of using hydrogen fuel cell is to gather the Hydroxy and divert it into the engine air intake system. There, it will be channeled into the combustion chambers and mixed with gasoline vapor. The end results is an engine output much strong than normal gasoline and air mixture. As an added benefit, there is no emission from the fuel cells and the only by product is pure water vapor discharged from the exhaust pipe.

It will be awhile before any car manufacturers will install a hydrogen fuel cell as a standard specification. For the time being, anyone can build their own electrolysis device with a budget of less than $150. Most of the parts needed are available from a hardware store. What you will need is a step by step installation guide to assist you. Most of these guides are available online.

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