OVERVIEW China and its economy Capital : Beijing Population : 1.3 billion Area : 9.6 million sq km Currency : Yuan Ren Min Bi GNP : $4 Trillion (2001) GDP : PPP $7.262 trillion (2004 est.) Per Capita : $5‚600 (2004 est.) Form : People ’s Republic Official Languages : Chinese (Mandarin) Growth Rate in Real GDP : 1999 7.1% 2000 8.0% 2001 7.3% 2002 8.0% 2003 8.4% 2004 9.1% Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.1% (2004 est.) Located in South East Asia‚ China is home to
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Self-Driving cars self-driving cars should be subsidized by the government. Self-driving cars should be subsidized for several reasons. My first reason is that handicap people will have more freedom and they will be able to be more independent. They won’t need someone to drive them around everywhere they need to go. Having self-driving cars will help handicap people get around easier. Instead of relying on public transportation or assistance from others to get around‚ handicap individuals can get
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could be a possible outcome due to the fact that over the years‚ thousands of cars have been manufactured and most of them run and depend on fossil fuels. Today these fossil fuels are potentially in danger of running out due to the use of them in the vehicles we travel in every day. Currently cars such as hybrids are being manufactured and are being brought to attention so this problem will be less likely to occur. Hybrid cars are able to run on electricity and if the battery runs out of electricity
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The advantages of hybrid cars Hybrid car is mainly focusing on green energy that obviously can offer a lot of advantages for us. The advantages of hybrid car itself begin right from its distinction in the model compared to other models. Two energy sources are used for the hybrid car movement as it has two engines that are working under one hood. They are the electric motor and the gasoline engine. These two engines can help in saving the usage of gas as it can save as much as 30
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The electric car is a vehicle that uses electric power and there are many applications to design and one of these applications is replacing the original engine of the car and put an electric motor position is the easiest way to switch from oil to electricity while maintaining the other components of the car and is provided with the power required by batteries storage power. The design of the electric car is based on an electric motor‚ an electric control system‚ and a powerful battery can be recharged
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Period 7 Mouse Trap Car Essay This purpose of this essay is to relate what I learned in first semester to my mouse trap car and its motion. My mouse trap car is made with paint stirring sticks as the body‚ and CD’s serve as the wheels. The back wheels‚ or CD’s‚ have a rubber balloon around them‚ and there is a string wrapped around them attached to the mouse trap in order to make it move. My mouse trap car is decorated very festive‚ in order for Christmas. I predict my car will go farther than
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FUEL CELL CARS Fuel Cell cars are a major part of the fleet of Zero-Emission Vehicles. The fuel cells are fueled with pure hydrogen and hence they are considered to be zero emission vehicles. Fuel cells have been used on spacecraft for many years to power electric equipment. These are fueled with liquid hydrogen from the spacecraft ’s rocket fuel tanks. Basic Mechanics Fuel cell vehicles turn hydrogen fuel and oxygen into electricity. The electricity then powers an electric motor‚ just like
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Car Crash While Hitchhiking In the story “Car Crash While Hitchhiking” by Denis Johnson wrote the story talking about a man who is a drug addict who soon recovers from the addiction after a car crash. The drug addict is also the narrator in the story and claims to be able to see the future‚ the story jumps from time to time talking about different days. When reading the story I found 2 themes in the story; death and love. The main characters in the story were the drug addict and the married man
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predict what others are doing around are us. How much you trust an autonomous car But real moral dilemma is accidents are happening right now For last 130 year‚ people are working on least reliable part of a car‚ the driver‚ made the car stronger‚ added seat belts‚ added air begs‚ and made the car smarter to the bug‚ the driver. An autonomous car takes inputs from laser sensors‚ radar‚ ultrasonic‚ cameras‚ and GPS. Car captures the 360-degree image and millions of data points every second. GPS
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From the moment Google announced the road toward a future of driverless cars‚ the public was abuzz. Wherever you went‚ you could not escape the questions of curious internet browsers. “What do they look like? Will I be able to use one?” they queried. While the buzz has died down‚ pressing questions still remain about these autonomous cars. Even among excited fans of this new technology‚ few understand the inner workings of these vehicles. Moreover‚ technology rarely stays dormant for long. How will
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