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Fiat ESV 2000. The ESV 2000 is first presented in 1973, in Kyoto. It has five doors and front wheel drive; it is derived from the 128. The engine displacement is 1300 cc instead of 1100 cc, because the car weighs 360 kg (794 lb) more than the standard model. For the styling of this car, Fiat Centro Stile is asked to make the proposals.
Experimental safety vehicle (ESV) is the designation for experimental concept cars which are used to test car safety ideas. In 1973, the U.S. DOT announced its ESV project, the aim of which was to obtain safer vehicles by 1981. [1] A car produced by this effort was known as the Minicar RSV.
The ESV was a 2-door, 2-seater concept car built to conform to the Japanese government's Experimental Safety Vehicle specifications and shown during the 1972 Tokyo Motor Show. [1] Weight had to be under 1,150 kg (2,535 lb) and prevent serious injury in a crash with a 1,814 kg (4,000 lb) vehicle at 80 km/h (50 mph).
The 5,520 mm (217 in) long car was designed for surviving a frontal collision at 80 km/h (50 mph): The front bumper area was made particularly long; in the case of a collision, the engine would be forced down under the cabin floor by a suitably shaped and reinforced firewall; a spring would pull the steering column into the dashboard (this has since become standard, but in those times it was ...
The M1132 engineer squad vehicle (ESV) is the combat engineering variant of the Stryker wheeled armored fighting vehicle. It is issued to combat engineer squads in the US Army Stryker brigade combat teams. Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1257 ESVV.
The Aurora was an American automobile prototype manufactured by Father Alfred A. Juliano, a Catholic priest, [1] from 1957 to 1958. The Aurora is arguably the first Experimental Safety Vehicle ever made, even before the coinage of the ESV initialism. This safety car was to be available with a Chrysler, Cadillac, or Lincoln engine, built on a ...
The K2XX platform marks the first time that no sport utility trucks or hybrid SUVs would be built on this platform, as the Chevrolet Avalanche and Cadillac Escalade EXT SUTs, and the hybrid versions of the Silverado, Sierra, and full-size SUVs were discontinued after the 2013 model year. [6]
In 1999, NASA projected the cost of the X-38 program at US$96 million (Space Flight Advanced Projects funds) and the actual CRV program at US$1.1 billion (ISS Program funds). [21] A year later, the X-38 costs had risen to US$124.3 million, with the increased cost being paid for by ISS funds. [ 20 ]