Research Assignment

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Automobile Design

• It takes about 3 years to design, the phase or stage they start out with is the sketch.
• The design is called problem solving because they have to come up with a good look and have to make it work like is it safe
•  The feasibility stage is the largest part it takes to design a car.
• I think designing an automobile or other type of vehicle would interest me because I like cars and I would like to make one (design)

Automobile Body Styles and Designs

The body styles I like the best are:

1. Hatchback- is a car with a sloping back and a hinged rear door that opens upwards

     










     

           2. SUV- An SUV, or Sports Utility Vehicle, is similar to an estate, but usually bigger and higher off the ground. SUVs are often offered with four-wheel-drive and are designed for both on- and off-road use
           

          3. Coupe-  Coupes are often the sporty variants of saloon cars, with doors reduced from 4 to 2. However, the coupe body style varies from carmaker to carmaker, and now there are even four-door coupes like the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class.


        4. Convertible-  A convertible, or cabriolet, is a body style with a foldable or retractable roof. Such cars often have canvas or vinyl roofs, though nowadays these are also made of plastic, aluminium or steel. Convertibles are usually two-door cars. An example of such a car is the BMW Z4.



     5. Pickup (trucks)- A pickup is a light motor vehicle with an open rear cargo area known as a ‘bed'. These are extremely popular in the US, and feature factory-built integrated beds. The term also applies to coupe utility vehicles, where they are based on a car chassis or a dedicated platform. Pickups are called ‘utes' in Australia and New Zealand. They are often available with two or four doors for the passenger

Careers and in the Automotive Industry

1. Some of the high-tech systems on auto mobiles today that were unheard of 30 years ago are nation’s fleet of vehicles: stability and traction control systems, adaptive cruise control and variable valve timing, just to name a few.
2. Young people should have skills  for a career as an automotive technician is young persons with math, science, communications and technical skills. 
3. Some advantages in obtaining an education as an automotive technicians versus other high-tech educational options are   many high-tech careers that require four, six, or even eight years of college, automotive technology careers can begin after just two years of education.
4.  Many new jobs and at what percentage of growth do they forecast will occur in the automotive technician field up to 2020 are expected to add 237,500 new jobs and have a 30 percent growth rate through 2020.
5. The one thing that the automotive technician career is fairly "immune" to that has threatened other careers is And with the outsourcing of jobs picking up steam – first manufacturing jobs, now computer programming, customer call-center work, and accounting services all going overseas – it should be comforting to know that automotive service and repair is fairly immune to such moves.
6.  Four other positions that an automotive technician can do in the automotive industry are There is work in parts, parts distribution and wholesaling; collision repair, painting, and damage estimating; vehicle maintenance, repair, and performance upgrades; and motorsports.
7. The automotive technician role sometimes called "the portal career because In fact, so many people have started their careers in the automotive after market as an auto technician that it is viewed as something of a portal career.

Video

• Some aspects of being an automotive technician that I think I would enjoy is working on cars 
• One or two things I fount interesting about this video is watching the lads working on the cars and finding new parts i didnt know was on a car.
• Automotive technician requires life-long learning because technology keeps changing like its not gonna be the same 10 years from now. think are some characteristics and skills someone should possess when considering a career as an automotive technician? 
• I think are some characteristics and skills someone should possess when considering a career as an automotive technician because you need to know whats wrong with a car and know how to fix it.

Careers and  in the Automotive Industry

NAFEF- is to improve the quality of automotive technician training programs nationwide at secondary and post-secondary, public and proprietary schools 

SGS-We help every player in the automotive industry improve performance and reduce risk. Automotive services from SGS – manage your supply chain, provide safe and reliable vehicles, improve quality, efficiency and safety, and reduce environmental impact.

ASE- is short for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Since 1972 our independent non-profit organization has worked to improve the quality of vehicle repair and service by testing and certifying automotive professionals.

Jobs in the Automotive Industry."

I would enjoy doing Classic car restorer because i like the older cars and  think they  are better then the new ones today  

I wouldn't  like to do Automotive journalist because I don't really like writing.

Tech for the Sake of Tech?

1. No i don't think that this generation would feel the same because a lot of people cant go a day without a phone.
2. I think that this help's people stay away from dangers but you still have to pay  attention on the road.
3. The importance of technology in a brand new car are very important because you have to know what  you are buying and how the technology works. 
4. one new feature i would look for is having a phone built into the car for your not distracted from the road.
5. One thing they might of thought in the older cars that were  was seat belts or air bags maybe.

Technologies in Development

• Which one do you think is less likely to happen? I think flying cars are the less likely to happen because you wouldn't need flying cars because there are planes.
• The one i think will have the most impacted on society is Autonomous car ( car drive by then self) it can help people that cant drive good or any one who is not able to drive.
• Out of the six of them, which is likely to be the first technology used in automobiles?) I think the safety features 
•  I think this technology can help keep the driver and passengers safe because it tells you if you are in to much stress to be driving.
• My thoughts on this technology is is that flying cars look cool but i dont think people would want to use it and   I think  the benefits and the disadvantages of having an automobile that can travel by land and air are the benefits are that if you wanna get some place fast you can fly instead of driving and the disadvantages are that i think it would take up to much room on the roads.
• I stand that i like driving i wouldn't want self driving cars yet maybe when i get older i would

Automobile Timeline

1908 Model T introduced

1. Henry Ford begins making the Model T. First-year production is 10,660 cars. 

• That point is important because back then 10 660 cars was a lot because people didn't have a lot of money back then.

1926 First power steering system

1. Francis Wright Davis uses a Pierce-Arrow to introduce the first power steering system. It works by integrating the steering linkage with a hydraulics system

• I think this point is important because it makes the car streer better for you cant urn around turns better

1931 First modern independent front suspension system

1. Mercedes-Benz introduces the first modern independent front suspension system, giving cars a smoother ride and better handling. By making each front wheel virtually independent of the other though attached to a single axle, independent front suspension minimizes the transfer of road shock from one wheel to the other.

• I think this is important because its a easy way to control the car by just turning the 2 front wheels it will make it alot easier turn around turns.

1966

Electronic fuel injection system developed An electronic fuel injection system is developed in Britain. Fuel injection delivers carefully controlled fuel and air to the cylinders to keep a car’s engine running at its most efficient. I think this is important because it makes the car start easier in the winter because with carburettor you have to pump it to pump the gad through the motor but corroborator is easier to work on.

My video Selections

The inventions of the Auto mobile 

• They used steam engine 
• Henry ford was the first to bring the auto mobile to public
• Its the most important invention ever made 

 The Ford Edsel

• This car was named after Henry Fords only son Edsel
• Some people think the car looked ugly and some think it looked funny
• Had a toilet seat grill

Part Two of Four - Henry Ford and the Model T

 1. The assembly line changed by having the line move and not the workers.
2. They stayed longer because they were paid a more livable wage.
3. The first model T ford cost a little over $1000.
4. It dropped to $365 because probably not a lot of people would have a lot of money.
5. It offered people transportation.

Part One of Four - Carl Benz

1. Auto mobiles been around for 120 years.
2. Patent is a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
3.  In January of 1886 for his invention, the title did he use to describe the auto mobile is the vehicle with gas engine the birth of the auto mobile.
4. The family drives his invention in August of 1888 the first petro station was born.
5.  He so called "axial pivot steering system" the steering the 2 front wheels its still used today
6. The new name when the two auto mobile companies are merged is Mercedes Benz.
7. Benz experience as a pioneer in technology that many pioneers never experience Benz Lived to see his dream come true.