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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Road & motor vehicles: general interest > Motor cars: general interest
The book tells the complete story of the Range Rover in UK Police
service from 1971 until the present day; a record unsurpassed by
any other Police vehicle. The book covers the Range Rover's
introduction into Police service, the competition it faced from
other vehicles, the markings, the roles and the Range Rovers used
by UK Police forces in the last 50 years. Also featured are a
number of ex-Police Range Rovers that have survived to be preserved
as historic vehicles. The book contains 260 pages and over 300
photographs, most of which have never been seen in print before.
Straight Motion of Road Vehicles explores the straight motion of
road vehicles with particular focus on the role played by tires,
vehicle suspensions, and road cross slope. The authors consider
vehicles currently in production as well as automated vehicles,
which are likely to become more prevalent in the future. This work
will lead to the production of safer, smarter, and more comfortable
vehicles, enabling engineering solutions for vehicles that
naturally run straight ahead, saving fuel and minimizing tire wear.
Gridlocked, asphyxiating cities. Looming climate disaster. A main
cause of this nightmare is the conventional car and its basic
design which is unchanged since its origin in the nineteenth
century. ‘The Ghost Car’ is the fascinating story of a
radically different type of urban car which could sweep away the
traffic jams and the air pollution and energy wastage that go with
them. The inventor, and author of this book, Edmund Jephcott, gave
up an academic career in a determined bid to turn his idea into
reality. He built a successful prototype which was presented to
major car producers worldwide. The vehicle was well received by the
public and press. Yet… the traffic jams are still there, along
with the ever-_worsening weather events and fears of some ultimate
catastrophe. Why? This book gives the answer, and readers of it
might never look at existing cars in the same way again.
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