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First-generation Honda Ridgeline. The first-generation Ridgeline went on sale in March 2005 as a 2006 model year vehicle. [6] The Car Design Yearbook called it "Honda's first foray into the true heartland of the American automotive way of life—the pickup truck." [7] An engineering team from Honda R&D Americas, led by Gary Flint, designed the ...
Still in business as a subsidiary of Vortech, Paxton now supplies complete supercharging kits for popular performance-modified cars, as well as bare superchargers for more customised installations. One of the more unusual applications for the Paxton brand superchargers was as an air pump in the air purifying CO 2 scrubbers of U.S. Navy submarines.
Honda is paying homage to its 1980s days of racing with a new prototype: a motorcycle with a 3-cylinder, 4-stroke, electrically supercharged engine.
Also in 1878, Scottish engineer Dugald Clerk designed the first supercharger which was used with an engine. [16] This supercharger was used with a two-stroke gas engine. [17] Gottlieb Daimler received a German patent for supercharging an internal combustion engine in 1885. [18] Louis Renault patented a centrifugal supercharger in France in 1902 ...
The Wade supercharger was a Roots-type supercharger designed for internal combustion engines and produced from 1947 by the newly formed Wade Engineering Ltd, of Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey. The name 'WADE' comes from W inslett A nd DE nsham, after Bryan Winslett and Costin Densham.
The Marshall superchargers were initially manufactured by Marshall Drew and Co Ltd in the 1930s and marketed for increasing car performance. [2] Toward the end of the 1930s Marshall superchargers were listed by Sir George Godfrey and Partners (Holdings) Ltd of Hanworth, Middlesex, made by them to the designs of J.W. Marshall. [3]
MotoAmerica is the organization that promotes the AMA Superbike Series since 2015. Sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), it features eight classes of road racing: Superbike, Stock 1000, Supersport, King of the Baggers, Super Hooligan National Championship, Twins Cup, Junior Cup, and Mini Cup.
The Tesla Supercharger network is an electric vehicle fast charging network built and operated by American vehicle manufacturer Tesla, Inc.. The Supercharger network was introduced on September 24, 2012, as the Tesla Model S entered production, with six sites in California and Nevada.