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A two-wheel-drive bicycle with the front wheel propelled by the arms and the rear wheel by the legs (demonstrated by its Dutch inventor on Polygoon, 1942). For two-wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles and bicycles, the term is used to describe vehicles that can power the front as well as the back wheel.
The first car to use magneto ignition was the 1901 German Mercedes 35 hp racing car, followed by various cars produced by Benz, Mors, Turcat-Mery, and Nesseldorf. [8] Ignition magnetos were soon used on most cars, for both low voltage systems (which used secondary coils to fire the spark plugs) and high voltage magnetos (which fired the spark ...
E-Four also adds additional regenerative braking. [2] In North America, Toyota uses the term AWD-i (All-Wheel Drive with Intelligence). [3] [4] [5] There is no drive shaft between the front combustion engine and rear wheels. The rear wheels only receive power and torque from the rear electric motor(s).
Group Rally5 cars are defined in FIA document Appendix J - Article 260 as Touring Cars or Large Scale Series Production Cars, supercharged Petrol engine (including rotary engines), 2-wheel drive (front or rear wheel drive). A production touring car with at least 2500 identical units manufactured must be homologated in Group A, with all the ...
Among those who were awarded patents: Wellington Adams of St. Louis in 1884; [9] Edward Parkhurst of Woburn in 1890; [10] Albert Parcelle later in 1890; [11] Charles Theryc in 1896, who cites no transmission losses thanks to an absence of classic transmission rods from engines to wheels; [12] C F Goddard in 1896 who cites a piston hub motor for ...
Pages in category "Rear mid-engine, all-wheel-drive vehicles" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The 4T80-E is a hydramatic transmission and was developed for use with V8 front-wheel-drive cars, and at the time exclusively the Cadillac Northstar engine. [3] It was designed with extreme power handling capabilities at the time. The 4T80-E debuted in the Cadillac Allanté in 1993 along with the Northstar Double Overhead Camshaft (DOHC) V8.
Pages in category "Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 338 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .