Sensor degradation is intrinsically linked to the most crucial issue in the automotive design world: safety. Now add advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle designs to the equation, and the critical importance of sensor degradation becomes self-evident. That’s why sensor degradation will be a panel discussion subject at […]
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Velocipede Bicycle History and Facts
Velocipede is a term that describes human powered land vehicle with two or more wheels that has managed to become a synonym for the word bicycle in the early history of those travel devices. However, even though the word “velocipede” was most famously used to describe balanced bicycle designs […]
Automobile History – Top 10 Interesting Facts
By Vikas Yogi | Updated: 05-Jun-14 02:02 PM Automobiles have been around since as early as 1769, when the first steam engine powered automobiles were produced. In 1807, Francois Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car that was powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas. The […]
Fatality Facts 2018State by state
Overview The number and types of motor vehicle crash deaths differ widely among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A state’s population has an obvious effect on the number of motor vehicle deaths. Fatality rates per capita and per vehicle miles traveled provide a way of examining […]
Public Transportation Facts – American Public Transportation Association
Public transportation transforms communities and the lives of the people living in them by spurring economic development, promoting sustainable lifestyles and providing a higher quality of life. Every segment of American society—-individuals, families, communities, and businesses—benefits from public transportation. Public Transportation Consists of a Variety of Modes Buses Light rail […]
automotive industry | History, Developments, & Facts
Although steam-powered road vehicles were produced earlier, the origins of the automotive industry are rooted in the development of the gasoline engine in the 1860s and ’70s, principally in France and Germany. By the beginning of the 20th century, German and French manufacturers had been joined by British, Italian, and […]
bicycle | Definition, History, Types, & Facts
Bicycle predecessors Historians disagree about the invention of the bicycle, and many dates are challenged. It is most likely that no individual qualifies as the inventor and that the bicycle evolved through the efforts of many. Although Leonardo da Vinci was credited with having sketched a bicycle in 1492 in […]