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An engine has one or more devices for converting energy it produces into a usable form, electricity connection through the alternator, hydraulic connections from a pump or engine system, compressed air, and engine vacuum; or the engine may be directly tapped through a mechanical connection. Modern vehicles run most accessories on electrical power.
In this production Voltec (gen 1) powertrain, the internal combustion engine / range extender is on the left and the Voltec drive unit is on the right. The coiled bundle of orange high-voltage cables between the engine and drive unit connect the traction power inverter module (TPIM, on top) to the transaxle below (not visible).
The GT-300 was designed with a 3.5:1 compression ratio and nominal design turboshaft speeds of 24,000 RPM (gasifier) and 12,000 RPM (power). Engine accessories are driven by the gasifier turboshaft through a perpendicular bevel gear arrangement; a conventional automotive starting motor is used to crank the accessory drive shaft (and gasifier ...
A power-train control module, abbreviated PCM, is an automotive component, a control unit, used on motor vehicles. It is generally a combined controller consisting of the engine control unit (ECU) and the transmission control unit (TCU).
GT Power is a bulletin board system (BBS) and dial-up telecommunications/terminal application for MS-DOS. It was first introduced in the 1980s by P & M Software , founded by Paul Meiners. GT Power can be used both to host a BBS as well as to connect to other BBS systems via its full-featured dial-up "terminal mode".
The Quasar Unipower city car is related to the GT only in so far as it is built by the same parent company, and is powered by an engine from the same family. The Quasar was designed by Franco-Vietnamese designer N'Guyen Manh Khanh. [28] The car's body was shaped like that of a rectangular prism, with the four side faces and the top made of glass.
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A replacement automobile engine is an engine or a major part of one that is sold individually without any other parts required to make a functional car (for example a drivetrain). These engines are produced either as aftermarket parts or as reproductions of an engine that has gone out of production.