Automotive

AUTOMOTIVE



Automotive – relating to or concerned with motor vehicles.

Motor Vehicle – a road vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine; an automobile.

Internal Combustion Engine – An engine that generates motive power by the burning of gasoline, oil, or other fuel with air inside the engine.

Automobile
 The word automobile comes, via the French automobile, from the Ancient Greek word αὐτός (autós, "self") and the Latin mobilis ("movable"); meaning a vehicle that moves itself, rather than being pulled or pushed by a separate animal or another vehicle.

Automobile – Motorized vehicle consisting of four wheels and powered by an internal engine.



Classification of Automobiles

1. Based on Purpose

  • Passenger vehicles: These vehicles carry passengers. e.g.: Buses, Cars, passenger trains.

  • Goods vehicles: These vehicles carry goods from one place to another place. e.g.: Goods lorry, Goods carrier.

  • Special Purpose: These vehicles include Ambulance, Fire engines, Army Vehicles.

2. Based on Load Capacity

  • Light duty vehicle: Small motor vehicles. e.g.: Car, jeep, Scooter, motorcycle.

  • Heavy duty vehicle: Large and bulky motor vehicles. e.g.: Bus, Truck, Tractor.

3. Based on Fuel Used

  • Petrol engine vehicles (Gasoline)

  • Diesel engine vehicles

  • Electric vehicles

  • Gas vehicles: Vehicles that use a gas turbine as a power source. e.g.: Turbine powered cars.

  • Steam Engine vehicles: Automobiles powered by steam engine. e.g.: Steamboat, steam locomotive, steam wagon.

4. Based on Drive of the Vehicles

  • Left-Hand drive: Steering wheel fitted on the left-hand side.

  • Right-Hand drive: Steering wheel fitted on the right-hand side.

  • Fluid drive:dddddd Vehicles employing torque converter, fluid flywheel or hydramatic transmission.

5. Based on Number of Wheels and Axles

  • Two wheeler: motorcycles, scooters

  • Three-wheelers: Tempo, auto-rickshaws

  • Four wheeler: car, Jeep, Bus, truck

  • Six-wheelers: Buses and trucks have six tires out of which four are carried on the rear wheels for additional reaction.

  • Six axle wheeler: Dodge (10 tire) vehicle

6. Based on Type of Transmission

  • Automatic transmission vehicles: Automobiles that are capable of changing gear ratios automatically as they move. e.g.: Automatic Transmission Cars.

  • Manual transmission vehicles: Automobiles whose gear ratios have to be changed manually.

  • Semi-automatic transmission vehicles: Vehicles that facilitate manual gear changing with a clutch pedal.

7. Based on Suspension System Used

  • Conventional – Leaf Spring

  • Independent – Coil spring, Torsion bar, Pneumatic.



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