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  2. Automotive industry - Wikipedia

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    The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, repairing, and modification of motor vehicles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of the world's largest industries by revenue (from 16% such as in France up to 40% to countries such as Slovakia).

  3. Automotive industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States was the first country in the world to have a mass market for vehicle production and sales and is a pioneer of the automotive industry [1] and mass market production process. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During the 20th century, global competitors emerged, especially in the second half of the century primarily across European and Asian markets ...

  4. Advanced product quality planning - Wikipedia

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    Advanced product quality planning (APQP) is a framework of procedures and techniques used to develop products in industry, particularly in the automotive industry.It differs from Six Sigma in that the goal of Six Sigma is to reduce variation but has similarities to Design for Six Sigma (DFSS).

  5. IATF 16949 - Wikipedia

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    IATF 16949:2016 replaced ISO/TS 16949 in October 2016 by International Automotive Task Force. [2] [3] The goal of the standard is to provide for continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the automotive industry supply chain and assembly process. The standard was designed to fit into an ...

  6. Car - Wikipedia

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    In the automotive industry, its success was dominating, and quickly spread worldwide seeing the founding of Ford France and Ford Britain in 1911, Ford Denmark 1923, Ford Germany 1925; in 1921, Citroën was the first native European manufacturer to adopt the production method. Soon, companies had to have assembly lines, or risk going bankrupt ...

  7. Automotive engineering - Wikipedia

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    Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Motor vehicle - Wikipedia

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    A motor vehicle, also known as a motorized vehicle, automotive vehicle, automobile, or road vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams), does not fly (such as airplanes or helicopters), does not float on water (such as boats or ships), and is used for the transportation ...