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Originally incorporated in 1953 as Sparkomatic Corporation, it first operated primarily as a local wholesale distributor of automobile aftermarket parts. By 1961 the company began to sell products with their own Spark-O-Matic brand name.
Automatic Drive was the trade name for Studebaker Corporation's first automatic transmission, designed in conjunction with Borg-Warner's Detroit Gear division. Studebaker was one of two independent American auto manufacturers to invest in development and tooling for automatic transmissions, the other being Packard with its Ultramatic product.
The ABB main transformer has four secondary taps, switchable to supply 1360 V under all electrification supplies. There are two MITRAC TC 3360 DP V01 DC-AC main converters, [ 44 ] one per bogie, which convert the single phase input to a 2,8 kV intermediate DC-bus, using IGBT based switches.
[43] [44] [45] The Automatic Safety Transmission was replaced by the fully-automatic Hydra-Matic for the 1940 model year. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] The 1938–1939 Buick Special was available with another Self-Shifter 4-speed semi-automatic transmission, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] which used a manual clutch for starting from standstill and an automated clutch ...
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Ford-O-Matic was the first automatic transmission widely used by Ford Motor Company. [2] It was designed by the Warner Gear division of Borg Warner Corporation and introduced in 1951 model year cars, and was called the Merc-O-Matic when installed in Mercury branded cars and Turbo-Drive when installed in Lincoln branded cars. [ 2 ]
Francesco Friedrich got the 85th World Cup bobsled victory of his career Sunday, dominating the second heat to win a four-man race. Friedrich and his team of Matthias Sommer, Alexander Schuller ...