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New Vehicle Sales Continue to Surge: New vehicle sales in Australia are still running at record levels, according to new figures.The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries FCAI said 106,541 new cars and trucks were retailed in June, a 1.4 per cent increase on the same month last year.The result put sales for the first half...; Tags: Vehicle, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AAP; News items 2008-07-03
Static Environment Recognition Using Omni-camera From a Moving Vehicle: This white paper research aims to develop a sensor system which will be able to recognize city area environments from a moving vehicle. Toward this goal, it employs an omni-directional camera and vehicle odometry. Also, for better recognition in the total sensing system, estimated geometrical information is fed-back to image...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, environment, image processing, camera; White papers
Comparing Auto Insurance Quotes Online: Auto insurance refers to the insurance which is used for insuring the automobiles against any kind of uncertain accidents that may cause damages to the vehicle. The main purpose that the insurance serves is to give protection against the losses incurred due to accidents. Auto insurance is a type of...; Tags: Policies and procedures, Financial Planning, accident, insurance; White papers
Ultracapacitor System Design: Optimizing Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Fuel Cell Power: The automotive industry's recent push towards developing electric and hybrid electric vehicles EV and HEVs is a direct response to the growing global pressure to improve the environment and has resulted in a search for significantly cleaner and more efficient vehicles. So far, the outcome of this search has not...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, environment, industry; White papers
Ultracapacitors, the New Thinking in the Automotive World: Due to the increasing power demand in future vehicles for comfort improvement, as well as ongoing pressures for more environmentally friendly means of transportation, automotive manufacturers are developing alternatives to existing fossil fuel-driven vehicles. Perhaps the most promising near-term alternative to fuel-cell vehicles, which will not be ready for volume...; Tags: transportation, storage system, battery, storage; White papers

How Long Should I Keep A Vehicle?: This calculator calculates the cheaper option: buying a vehicle and owning it for a long period, or selling and buying a new vehicle more often. Vehicle depreciation expense will affect its book value. If you owe more on a vehicle than you receive in sale proceeds or trade-in value, you...; Tags: Vehicle, Operational Accounting, Finance; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
What Vehicle Can I Afford?: This calculator attempts to calculate the size of vehicle loan you can obtain, based on your down payment, vehicle purchase price, and loan terms.; Tags: Vehicle, Operational Accounting, Finance; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Should I Lease Or Purchase A Vehicle?: This calculator helps you to decide if leasing is preferable to borrowing to buy a vehicle. The calculator assumes you do not exercise the purchase option at the end of the lease term. With a vehicle loan, you will own the vehicle when the loan is paid off. Your average...; Tags: financing, leasing; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
How Much Will My Vehicle Payments Be?: The size of your monthly payment depends on loan amount, loan term, and interest rate. Loan amount equals vehicle purchase price minus down payment, rebate if applicable, and net trade-in value. Net trade-in value is equal to the vehicle trade-in value minus the amount owed on the vehicle.; Tags: Operational accounting, payment, interest rate; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Which Is Better: A New Or Used Vehicle?: The decision to buy a new vehicle instead of a used one requires considering the purchase price, depreciation, operating costs, years of ownership, and financing cost.; Tags: financing; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
What Will It Take To Save For A Vehicle, Home, Etc.?: "What will it take to save for a vehicle, home, etc.?" calculates different combinations to save a lump-sum amount that you intend to use to buy a vehicle, home or other big-ticket item by using this tool. You designate how much you currently have saved towards your goal, monthly savings...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, tool; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Sale of A Motor Vehicle: This template can be used to prepare a sale of motor vehicle to document the private sale of any type of motor vehicle. It is a power of attorney for sale of motor vehicle.; Tags: FreeBusinessForms.com, Sale, Vehicle; Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Annual Vehicle Lease Table: If you are an employer and you provide a vehicle to an employee for an entire year, you may value the use of that vehicle a fringe benefit to your employee by using the vehicle's annual lease value. A vehicle's annual lease value is based on the fair market value...; Tags: Office Depot Inc., lease, benefit; Tools & templates 2007-03-15
Larger, Quieter Vehicles Create Driveway Dangers: Parents and others who allow kids to play in a driveway have always foolishly overlooked a safety hazard that comes with the potential for injury or death. Now larger vehicles and quieter vehicle technology exacerbate the risk. Blind spots - areas as large as 50 feet deep by 7 feet...; Tags: Vehicle; White papers 2006-02-08
Efficient Vehicles Versus Efficient Transportation: This paper compares four transportation energy conservation strategies using a comprehensive evaluation framework that takes into account how each strategy affects annual vehicle travel, and therefore mileage-related impacts such as traffic congestion, road and parking facility costs, and crashes. These mileage-related impacts tend to be large in magnitude compared with...; Tags: Benefits, alternative fuel, benefit, strategy, mobility, transportation, tax; White papers 2005-05-06
California's Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate: To reduce transportation emissions and energy consumption, policy makers typically employ one of two approaches- changing technology or changing behavior. These strategies include demand management tools, such as ridesharing and vehicle control technologies that involve cleaner fuels and fuel economy. In 1990, the California Air Resources Board CARB focused on...; Tags: transportation, strategy; White papers 2005-02-11
Integrating Vehicle Design and Human Factors: Minimizing Elderly Driving Constraints: With a projected rise in the number of elderly, most of whom have also relied primarily on the private automobile for their mobility; it is likely that future adaptations in vehicle design will be linked in some part to the physical infirmities often faced by the elderly. This paper offers...; Tags: impairment, medical research, mobility; White papers 2005-02-10
Rear Infrared Thermography in Heat Fluxes Determination on Hypersonics Vehicles: Due to aggressive external conditions during a hypersonic flight, parameters such as external wall temperature are not easily measurable with the usual approach. Hence this study develops a promising in flight measurements methodology to estimate heat fluxes on space vehicle external surface, in order to improve the aerodynamic models. One...; Tags: Construction, ONERA, flux, wall, technique; White papers 2004-09-15
Making the New Mini Cooper: What will It Take to Keep an Already-Perfect Package Competitive?: This article discusses the new mini cooper. Automakers are always trying to improve upon existing platforms and vehicles; within certain limits, it's the best way to stay competitive and keep existing and new owners wanting more. That's how they make their money, right? Rare is the time when a vehicle...; Tags: Manufacturing, IGN Entertainment Inc.; White papers 2004-09-10
Coordinated Policy Measures for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of the U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet: This research finds that there exists no silver bullet for reducing the fuel consumption of motor vehicles in the U.S. However, there are several different policy measures available to affect the production and purchase of more fuel efficient vehicles as well as reduce the amount of driving. Qualitative and quantitative...; Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, quantitative analysis; White papers 2004-06-01