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  2. Automotive acronyms and abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    LDT2: an LEV II light-duty truck with a loaded vehicle weight of 3751 pounds to a gross vehicle weight of 8500 pounds; LED: Light Emitting Diode; LEV: Low-emission vehicle; LPG: Liquified petroleum gas; LVW: Loaded vehicle weight; MAC: Mobile air conditioning; MDPV: Medium-duty passenger vehicle; MDV: Medium-duty vehicle; mg/mi: Milligrams per mile

  3. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    Also gas pedal. A throttle in the form of a foot-operated pedal, or sometimes a hand-operated lever or paddle, by which the flow of fuel to the engine (and thereby the engine speed) is controlled, with depression of the pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. admission stroke See induction stroke. aftermarket air brake 1. A type of brake in which the force that actuates the brake mechanism is ...

  4. Vehicle category - Wikipedia

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    Category Description 2.1 L Motor vehicles with less than four wheels [but does include light four-wheelers] : 2.1.1 L1 A two-wheeled vehicle with an engine cylinder capacity in the case of a thermic engine not exceeding 50 cm³ and whatever the means of propulsion a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h.

  5. Vehicle classification by propulsion system - Wikipedia

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    Alternative abbreviations: EV (Electric Vehicle), AEV (All Electric Vehicle). These vehicles are propelled by at least one electric motor that gets the power from onboard battery. [5] Energy can temporarily be held in a different device (flywheel, supercapacitor).

  6. International vehicle registration code - Wikipedia

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    The term distinguishing mark was adopted by the 1924 International Convention Relative to Motor Traffic signed in Paris, which extended the maximum length of mark from two to three Latin letters, and permitted not just distinguishing marks for states, but also for non-sovereign territories which operated their own vehicle registration systems. [8]

  7. List of car brands - Wikipedia

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    Mercedes-Benz (Ceased passenger vehicles production in 2020, still produce trucks and bus chassis) Miura (Currently owned by Rangel & Lima Indústria de Veículos, Formerly owned by Besson, Gobbi & Cia) [28] MMC Automotores do Brasil; Mobilis (Startup focused in urban mobility solution, produced a small electric vehicle in 2017.) [29]

  8. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  9. List of automotive manufacturers by production - Wikipedia

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    The summary chart includes the five largest worldwide automotive manufacturing groups as of 2017 by number of vehicles produced. Those same groups held the top 5 positions 2007 to 2019; Hyundai Motor Group had a lower rank until it took the fifth spot in 2007 from the at that time split German-American auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler, while Ford became surpassed by Honda in 2020, and even ...