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  2. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Pumping the brakes" is strongly discouraged during an unintended acceleration event, as this can lead to a loss of braking power. [74] It is also strongly recommended not to shut off the engine, which disables all control including the steering wheel. [75] Unresponsive (entrapped) pedals can be avoided by using car mat clips. [76]

  3. Burnout (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    To do a burnout in a manual transmission vehicle, you first start in neutral, then you press and hold the clutch, shift into first gear, floor the gas, and finally dump the clutch and quickly move your foot onto the brake pedal to hold the brakes. After this you can then release off the brakes to peel out or you can stand on it.

  4. Onboard refueling vapor recovery - Wikipedia

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    If the car's own vapor recovery system is working properly, then the Stage II nozzle will only be vacuuming normal fresh air and depositing that into the gas station's underground fuel storage tanks. That ends up causing evaporation of fuel vapors into the atmosphere, because too much pressure builds up in those fuel storage tanks.

  5. List of automobiles known for negative reception - Wikipedia

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    Including the Bricklin on its list of "The 20 Dumbest Cars of All Time", Autoblog wrote, "Memo to the world: When an automobile executive starts a new car company and proposes to name the car after himself, run like a stag in the opposite direction, lock your check book and credit cards in a safe and ask your best friend to keep the combination ...

  6. Tank steering systems - Wikipedia

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    Leopard 2. Tank steering systems allow a tank, or other continuous track vehicle, to turn. Because the tracks cannot be angled relative to the hull (in any operational design), steering must be accomplished by speeding one track up, slowing the other down (or reversing it), or a combination of both.

  7. Hold on tight to your gas-powered car [Video]

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  8. Push start - Wikipedia

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    The Honker II, a midget racing car, getting a push start at the 144th Wagga Wagga Show. A group of people attempting to push start a motorcycle.. Push starting, also known as bump starting, roll starting, clutch starting, popping the clutch or crash starting, is a method of starting a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine that has a manual transmission, a mechanical fuel pump, and a ...

  9. Kamala Harris – who backed ban on gas-powered cars - AOL

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    The mandate would ramp up 5% each year until 2040, when 100% of new vehicles sold would be required to be electric or hydrogen powered. Harris had backed the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019. AP