Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

[kach22i]

The US Marines Hybrid Transformer Helicopter/Plane in Action - V-22 Osprey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZCcj4KWwjk

[kach22i]

Oct 18, 2011
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1067465_will-military-necessity-push-hybrid-vehicle-development

The Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV) shown at left is a good example of the military's latest efforts in hybrid research and development. Featuring a diesel hybrid-electric drivetrain, the CERV can hit 80 miles per hour and climb a 60 percent grade, while using 25 percent less fuel than a comparable but non-hybrid vehicle.

[kach22i]

2017's most important green car story: internal-combustion engine ban in China
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114525_2017s-most-important-green-car-story-internal-combustion-engine-ban-in-china

The impact of the world's largest country, and largest car market, saying that it will ban sales of cars with internal-combustion engines at some point in the future cannot be understated.

[kach22i]

Dec 22, 2017
First Euro prices for Jaguar I-Pace electric car released; US $70K to $80K?
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114440_first-euro-prices-for-jaguar-i-pace-electric-car-released-us-70k-to-80k

While prices for the Jaguar I-Pace electric car that launches next year haven't been announced for the U.S., figures appearing across the pond provide a good starting point for some guesstimation.

According to Dutch website Autoblog.nl, the I-Pace electric SUV will get a starting price of 82,000 EUR when it goes on sale this summer, with "First Edition" models topping 106,000 EUR.

[kach22i]

Dec 20, 2017
VW extends dirty-diesel bonus in Germany; 8 percent traded for new electric car
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114404_vw-extends-dirty-diesel-bonus-in-germany-8-percent-traded-for-new-electric-car

The program further incentivizes the purchase of an electric, hybrid, or natural-gas vehicle with additional bonuses of €1,000 to €2,380 ($1,200 to $2,800)..................

VW said that more than 8 percent of buyers opted for an all-electric vehicle, requiring the addition of a second shift to produce Volkswagen e-Golf hatchbacks at the "Transparent Factory" in Dresden where they are built.

[kach22i]

Nov 2016
BYD partners with U.S. firm to launch all-electric garbage truck
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1107418_byd-partners-with-u-s-firm-to-launch-all-electric-garbage-truck

The humble garbage truck will be the next to be electrified—which, if nothing else, will eliminate the unpleasant noise from huge diesel trucks that often wake people up in the wee hours of the morning......................

The electric garbage truck is a collaboration between Chinese automaker BYD and U.S. firm Wayne Engineering, which specializes in garbage-truck bodies.

The 3.9-ton truck has a driving range of 100 miles, according to BYD, and takes 2.5 hours to recharge.

[kach22i]

Dec 27, 2017
All-wheel drive now standard on all Tesla Model S, Model X cars
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114465_all-wheel-drive-now-standard-on-all-tesla-model-s-model-x-cars

[kach22i]

2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid first drive
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114263_2018-honda-clarity-plug-in-hybrid-first-drive

..............the plug-in Clarity will be the high-volume entry, at up to 20,000 sales a year, according to Honda.

[widgeon13]

[kach22i]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/842032461552132518/



The English Citroën 2 CV


Such a lovely car | Super2CV



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn

[kach22i]

CITROËN CXPERIENCE CONCEPT REWARDS - Citroen Cyprus

Citroën CXPERIENCE CONCEPT won this Sunday September 10th the Elégance contest at the 4th edition of the "Chantilly Arts & Elégance Richard Mille 2017" car show.

GTbyCitroën
http://www.citroen.co.uk/about-citroen/concept-cars/gtbycitroen

The GTbyCitroën features innovative equipment like enlarged air intakes at the front, a flat underside, and a mobile spoiler and air diffuser at the back. All these features play an active role in reducing lift and drag, pinning the car to the ground.

[kach22i]

CITROËN RACING RESUMES WAY OF VICTORY - Citroen Cyprus

[Racerbvd]

[sammyg2]

[john70t]

In honor of page 1964

https://inspirationseek.com/porsche-911-classic-1964-photo-gallery/

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

During assembly, Volvo places the heater core on the assembly line first...

...then builds the car around it.

Seems like that when you replace it.

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

The Snake Pit. Originally built by Jay Orberg. Barris had it when I worked for him. That thing weighed around two tons and was impossible to move around. We had a special built to carry it.
Any clue to the origin of this photo?

[john70t]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XP-55_Ascender
First flight: 19 July 1943
Maximum speed: 390 mph
Guns: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns in the nose


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_J7W (featured in japanese animes "Sky Crawlers" and "The Princess and the Pilot")
First flight: 3 August 1945
Maximum speed: 750 km/h (469 mph)
Guns: 4× 30 mm Type 5 cannon
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/what-if-the-japs-had-got-the-shinden-into-mass-production.35158/


Going full on delta wing and now with turbine..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_4000
First flight: 9 March 1979
Maximum speed: 2,445 km/h (1,320 kn, 1,519 mph)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon
First flight: 27 March 1994
At altitude: Mach 2 class (2,495 km/h or 1,550 mph at 10,975m altitude)
Guns: 1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 150 rounds

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by tcar

During assembly, Volvo places the heater core on the assembly line first...

...then builds the car around it.

Seems like that when you replace it.

I flush the cooling system on my old S-10 twice a year now so that I have heat most of the time.

I've seen what others do to replace the heater core, and it scares me to death.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/1rr4mt/s10_heater_core_nothing_to_it_in_my_drive_way_not/


I lost my ashtray when I fixed the heating dampers eight years ago, some small plastic tab snapped and that was that. The less I go into the dash to fix things, the fewer damaged parts there will be.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by KevinP73

The Snake Pit. Originally built by Jay Orberg. Barris had it when I worked for him. ...
Any clue to the origin of this photo?

Yep, it was on the interwebs
Lots more too.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bp/snake-pit-six-engined-barris-custom-heads-auction-154311303.html

“Snake Pit,” the six-engined Barris custom, heads for auction again
,Motoramic•January 17, 2012

If you can sum up the early 1970s in one car, this might be it: a George Barris-designed exercise in horsepower hedonism that, best one can tell, never turned a wheel at speed. Still, if the money's right, you could own the six-engined, six-wheeled Snake Pit.

The lore of the Snake Pit is legion: Barris and associates in California set forth to build not just any custom car, but one that could tackle land speed records north of 300 mph. For motive power, they chose six Cobra-Ford V8s, good for roughly 2,000 hp, tied to a pair of Ford C-6 automatic transmissions and Pontiac rear-ends feeding the rear wheels. The body, which looks like an early prototype of the land speeder from the first "Star Wars," received 30 coats of hand-rubbed lacquer. Total build time: Four years. Total value upon completion: $100,000, by Barris' own estimate.

Total records achieved: Zero.

If there's proof the Snake Pit ever ran at speed, it doesn't exist upon the internets. Transported to France as part of a failed EuroDisney display, the Snake Pit was last sold in 2006 for 27,225 euros. Now for sale again at the Historics at Brooklands auction in England next month with no reserve -- and not in running condition. Other builders managed to go drag racing with multiple V8s, so there's a chance it could run someday -- once a hearty mechanic attempts a 96-piece valve job.

CARHUNTER : JANUARY 2014 CUSTOM CAR