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With the development of technology, solar panel vehicles will replace the traditional energy vehicle in the future. How the solar system works? In this video, he introduces the whole system. “First, solar vehicles must have the solar panels. Solar panels can create DC electricity and transfer solar to electricity. The electricity goes into the charge controller. It also can protect the batteries from overcharging. Batteries are hooked up to the inverter. The last step is to turn DC electricity into AC electricity. AC electricity is that we use in our homes”. The video use some pictures and words to explain their solar system to readers. Although solar panels are expensive, it is still cheaper than gasoline for the long term. This video is good for those who want to buy a solar vehicle because the video explain the theory very well.

In my point of view, I think this video is very interesting because it introduces the working theory of solar panels. Many people do not know how the solar works. After watching this video, they will feel happy because solar panel vehicles can really help to protect the environment. There will be no carbon emissions from solar panel vehicles.

#Solar Panels #Vehicles

Final Wrap-Up Entry

I have worked on this blog with the topic cars this semester. I have worked on this topic for three months, and I am very happy to share my blog with readers. I really like cars, and I am excited to introduce the latest, the fastest and the most awesome cars in the world. This was the first time that I wrote my blog in English.

During three months, I have introduced many cars in my blog, Bugatti, Aston Martin and Ferrari. When introduced some cars, I also pay attention to the environment because cars are related to the global warming. One of the biggest reasons for the global warming is vehicles exhaust emissions. According to Daniel Tencer, the global number of cars exceeded 1,015 billion in 2011. In order to reduce the carbon emissions, more and more new energy cars appear in the world. I also mentioned many hybrid and solar cars in the world. In my opinion, car industry will become stronger in the future. I will continue write this topic in my blog and never say goodbye to my blog. I believe new energy cars will replace the traditional cars in the future.

Source: The Number of Cars in the World

#Final

Japanese Car

When mentioned Japanese cars, a lot of people think Japanese cars are fuel-efficient, durable, good quality. Japanese cars are famous for fuel economy, performance, interior refinement, cost performance and so on. In the auto market, Japanese cars are highly recommended. There are several well-equipment in the Japanese car, excellent maneuverability and braking performance, suitable for city and highway driving. Especially in the last two years, the oil prices raised sharply, those fuel-efficient, environmentally cars are more favor than before.

Some people argue that Japanese car cannot run very fast. The Japanese car company Nissan uses their fastest car to prove that Japanese supercars are better than most of the Italian supercars. That car calls GTR. In my point of view, I really like that car because it can run very fast. The Nissan GTR can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds. That’s faster than most of the supercar because of the car is very light, only 2900 lb. Another point is the price. As we all know, most of the Italian supercars are expensive. For example, if you want to buy a Ferrari, you need to pay 200 thousand dollars. Compared to Italian supercars, Japanese supercars are cheaper. If you want to buy a GTR, you only need to pay 100 thousand dollars. Almost half price of Italian supercars. In conclusion, I think Japanese cars are not only fuel-efficient but also cheap.

GTR

Source: GTR

#Japanese cars #GTR #Fuel-Effecient

Graffiti Art Related to Car

Leaf

What is the meaning of graffiti? "Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place". Graffiti has become a controversial topic for a long time. Some people argue that graffiti is a kind of hippies while other people think graffiti is a kind of art. From my point of view, I think graffiti is a kind of art, it shows some meaning.

In the article, the artist “using a wood stencil to blasted these concrete walls with high- pressure water to leave the images of a BMW i3, a Renault Twizy, a Nissan Leaf, and a Tesla Roadster remaining, a picture painted in pollution.” All these four cars are green energy cars; the graffiti car shows that we should pay attention to the environment problems. We could use new energy cars instead of traditional energy cars. That is what the artist wants to express. Graffiti also related to cars, it shows new energy cars are important to people’s daily life and new energy cars can reduce the carbon emissions. The graffiti about cars always appear on the significant position, such as tall buildings, wall and subway. People can easily see the graffiti and think about it. Graffiti can relate to the car very well because graffiti is a kind of culture.

Here is the Video of the Graffiti Cars. Video

Resource:Graffiti Cars

#Graffiti #New Energy Cars

Interview: Driving a Solar-Powered EV

The interview is about Stuart Rauvola who is the early adopter of the new generation of solar electric vehicles. The interview wants to know his experiences about the new solar electric vehicles.

At first, he received an email from the Japanese car company-Nissan two years ago. Nissan asked him about driving a new solar electric vehicle and Rauvola agreed. After test driving a new solar electric vehicle, he bought a 2012 Nissan Leaf which is one of the new solar electric vehicles. Because of the new solar electric vehicle’s fuel-efficient and new technology, he decided to buy a new energy vehicle. Stuart thought the acceleration of his new vehicle is amazing, which is better than he thought. Also, the gravity is low because of the batteries are located under the seats.

Because of Stuart’s new vehicle is a new energy vehicle, he should charge his vehicle. According to Stuart, he said his vehicle needs 2.2 cents per mile and his Jeep needs 20 cents per mile, which is 1/10 the cost of the Jeep.

In my point of view, I think we should drive solar electric vehicles instead of traditional energy because of their fuel-efficient, save traditional energy and protect the environment. This interview wants to show the advantage of the new solar electric energy and wants to encourage more people to buy the new energy solar electric vehicles.

Source: Driving a Solar-Powered EV

#Interview #Solar-Powered Vehicle #Fuel-Effecient

Book Review: Global Warming

In order to write my research paper, I have read many books related to my topic. The topic that I researched is the solar energy vehicle and the global warming. Because of the carbon emissions from vehicles and traditional energy will be used up in the future hundred years, people should find some ways to solve this extremely urgent problem as soon as possible.

The book I read is “Global Warming”, which is written by Chris Spence. The book talks about the global warming have become a controversial topic nowadays. People should pay attention to this issue because it will affect our life. At the first page of this book, the author uses an example to describe the effect of the global warming from the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”. “Tornadoes rip through the heart of downtown Los Angeles, leaving thousands dead and destroying countless homes and apartment blocks. In New York City, massive storms and flash floods paralyze downtown Manhattan. Hundreds perish as giant hailstones the size of footballs batter Tokyo” (quoted by Spence, 2005). That sounds horrible if we do not take measures immediately.

Spence introduce the definition of the global warming and how it affects humans’ life. The global warming is the climate change that will cause the greenhouse effect, which will change the way the Sun impacts the Earth. The global warming will have effect people’s health. According to Spence, he said that the global warming will cause floods, storms and so on, which will increase the injuries (2005).

The most important chapter is the “What Can I Do”. Spence suggests that people should develop the renewable energy to instead of traditional energy, such as solar energy, wind energy, water energy. Because of the unlimited resources of the renewable energy, they should be widely used in many industries, such as automobile, electricity generation, and so on. In order to protect our Earth and environment, we should support the green company. Many car companies are developing solar vehicles to solve this issue.

I really like this book and recommend this book because of the global warming is a global problem. All the country and people should pay attention to this problem and develop new energies.

#Global Warming

Response to the Op/Ed article: A Chinese City Moves to Limit New Cars

This article is from New York Times: A Chinese City Moves to Limit New Cars

The article "A Chinese City Moves to Limit New Cars" was written by Keith Bradsher in September 4, 2012. The article reported that GuangZhou, the third biggest city in China, started to limit new car in order to protect the environment and reduce the traffic jam. The Guangzhou government thought that the environment problems have affected their city for a long time, and they should do something to solve these problems by some effective ways. The GuangZhou government said that in order to consider long-term of China's development, they should give up something. That was the reason why they did this movement.

In my opinion, I completely agree with their idea. First of all, the traffic problem in China is serious, especially in the big city, such as Shanghai, Beijing and so on. We should pay attention to these problems because they are bad for our earth and health. You cannot believe that you should use two or three hours to work or go to school per day in China. We should solve these problems as soon as possible. Secondly, if countries want to develop and become strong, they should give up something. The country should pay attention to the long-term in order to give up something, just like the way limit new cars in the article. Lastly, limiting new cars can protect the environment. As we all known, the global warming has become a worldwide problem to effect human beings. We can reduce the carbon emissions by limiting new cars in such a huge population country. In conclusion, that is the three advantages of limiting new cars in big city in China, and I support their opinion.

#Limit new cars #China #Environment problems

Ferrari 458

The Ferrari vehicle company was the same name as their founder, Enzo Ferrari. They are famous about their sports car. I think their latest Ferrari 458 Italian was better than any other same kind of sports car in the world. The 458 Italia was officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show on 15 September 2009. It is the new substiute for the old Ferrari 430.

"The 458 Italia is powered by a 4.5 L V8 engine derived from a shared design, producing 562 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 540 N·m at 6,000 rpm with 80% torque available at 3,250 rpm.The engine feature direct fuel injection, which is a first for Ferrari mid-engine setups in its road cars. The 4.5 L V8 in the 458 currently holds the world record for most power per liter in a naturally aspirated production car engine". These are some information about this vehicle.

This information will make you crazy because its high performance. I really like this car because Ferrari is a symbol of speed. When you hear the name of Ferrari, the first word came in your mind is speed. Ferrari can really make you crazy because their engine, shape and color. If you have enough money, you should buy this car because this car can give you something other car cannot give you forever.

reference: Ferrari 458

#458 Italian #Ferrari

"OICA"

OICA

I find an organization on the website about cars. It is OICA, "The International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers". This organization was established in 1919 in Paris. It is an international automobile organization composed by many countries, such as China, America, German and so on. This organization arranges the international auto show and discusses how to reduce the carbon emission every year.

I really support this organization because they pay attention to the carbon emission problems. The global warming is mainly caused by carbon emission of the cars and trucks. I think we should reduce the carbon emission because it will destroy our earth. We should protect the environment in order to protect the earth. This organization is creating new energy vehicles, such as hybrid cars, electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, solar panel vehicles and so on. All these vehicles will reduce the carbon emission. We should start to think about our future because the source is not limited. It is our duty to protect the environment because it is our family.

Resources:OICA

#OICA #Auto show #Carbon emission

Aston Martin One-77 and Me

"The One-77 will feature a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis, a handcrafted aluminium body, and a naturally aspirated 7.3 litre V12 engine with 750 horsepower (560 kW). Aston Martin claims that this will be the most powerful naturally aspirated production engine in the world when the car is delivered".

This picture is one-77 and me in the Shanghai International Circuit in 2011. Can you imagine the price of this awesome sports car? If you have more than 47 million RMB, you can buy this car. There was a limited run of 77 units in the world and that is the reason why it is so expensive. This was the first time I met One-77. It is a Track Day in Shanghai International Circuit and my friends and I went there because we knew that there were some awesome cars there. When I saw the One-77 in front of me, I was shocked because I cannot believe my eyes. This was what I thought when I saw the car. One of my friends try this car because he was the friend of the owner. When he gets off the car, he said the engine sound like a beast and this car can run very fast. He cannot express that kind of feeling very well. He said that was the fastest he took in the world. That was the experience for One-77 and me.

Resources: One-77

#One-77 #Speed #Aston Martin

Own private cars or not

Camry

This picture was the best-selling car in the United States in 2011. With the development of our daily life, more and more people own private cars. I want to talk something about advantages and disadvantages of private cars. From my point of view, I think own a private car has both advantages and disadvantages.

I think own a private car can provide great convenience; you can no longer rely on public transport, free to go to other places. As we all known, although it is very convenient to take buses in the big cities, you should use a long time to wait for buses. For example, you are going to take a test in school and you should go to school on time by bus. You really do not know when the bus will come. You will probably miss the test because the bus did not come on time. If you own a private car, you can drive to the school and attend the test on time. You can control your time very well, and it is one of the obvious advantages.

In the other hand, own a private vehicle also has some disadvantages. The most important reason is too many vehicles will cause the traffic jam. Automobile emissions exhaust will pollute the environment and cause the global warming. The global warming has become a worldwide problem effect our life. Many animals have extinct, glaciers is started to melt and the temperature is increasing. All these effect are the advantages of owning a private vehicle.

In conclusion, I think owning a private vehicle has both sides. we should own a private vehicle because it can save our time to do some important things. Moreover, we should protect our environment.

resources:private car or public transport

#Advantages #Disadvantages

Some controversial issues about new energy cars

Pruis

New energy cars have become a controversial topic nowadays because more and more people own new energy cars. There are five controversial issues about the newest new energy cars.

Pollution

I think pollution is one of the problems. New energy cars seem more environmental protection than traditional gasoline cars. However, new energy cars will exhaust some chemical substances to the air, which will harm not only human being's health but also the environment.

Quiet

Some people complain that new energy cars are quiet enough for older and young children to hear. I think it is also dangerous because it will increase the rate of car accident.

Battery

I thick battery is another big problem. New energy vehicles use batteries and fuel instead of traditional gasoline energy. Although the new energy cars use less energy than traditional cars, batteries are dangerous because they use chemical batteries. Chemical batteries will explode when cars meet the crash, which will kill both the driver and the passenger. Another problem is the batteries should be charged frequently. If you need to go to another place more than one month, your car will lose power when you come back

Servicing

Because of the new energy cars have the different techniques. Technicist should use different equipment to service cars. However, this technology is not mature enough to service such a number of cars together.

Less Power

New energy cars usually use less power than traditional gas engines because new energy cars' engine uses less fuel than traditional cars. Sometimes cannot reach someone's speed requirements because new energy cars cannot drive very fast. If the driver is a person who needs speed, new energy cars cannot provide what he wants to.

Resources:Is an electric car in your future

#Battery #Pollution #Quiet #Sericing #Less Power

The fastest car in the world

Bugatti

Bugatti is a Italian sports car and it create a speed record in 2010. I could not believe that designers can create such a fast machine in the world. I was crazy about that vehicle because I like cars, especially the sports car. I could not imagine that what will happen if you drive a vehicle over 250 miles per hour. When I watched the speed test about this vehicle, I was amazed. If the Bugatti Super Sport reached the highest speed, the gasoline could only provide 15 minutes.

This vehicle is "4,462 mm long, 1,998 mm wide, 1,159 mm high and weigh 1,888kg. It uses a 8.0L W16 quad turbocharged and a 7-speed transmission over 1,200 horsepower engine". The Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph)".

In the other hand, there was a bad news for those who could buy this vehicle. In order to protect the tire and driver's safety, the highest speed was limited by electronic computer. The highest speed was 257 miles per hour. If you have enough money and you are crazy about vehicles, you should buy this car because this vehicle will never let you disappointed.

Bugatti Super Sport speed test

Reference: Bugatti Veyron (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/bugatti-veyron-super-sport-sets-speed-record/)

#the fastest car in the world #Bugatti

Rhetorical Precis

Pruis

In the news "New car fuel consumption could be halved" reported that new car fuel consumption could be halved in Sep 19, 2012 and the world's new cars could use half as much as much fuel as they do now in 20 years. The International Energy Agency claim their idea by using the example about 45 million oils are used to make the gasoline, diesel and fuel per day.The authors' purpose is to point out that we should protect our environment because we only have one earth and we should save the sources. The author uses some academic words to the car designers which will use other energy instead of traditional energy.

What is the definition of new energy?

In 1980, the United Nations convened the United Nations new energy and renewable energy conference on the definition of new energy: new technologies and new materials based on traditional renewable energy development and utilization of modern techniques, with an inexhaustible cycle of renewable energy to replace the limited resources of fossil fuels to reduce the environment pollution. Using new energy resources can protect our environment and save costs. Excessive carbon emissions will seriously pollute the environment. (Translate by myself)

"Road vehicles consume about 75 percent of the energy used worldwide for transportation, and transportation is responsible for 20 percent of the world's total energy consumption". From this article, we know that our source will be used up in the next hundred years. We should use some new energy instead of traditional energy to save the source. It is a important issues that we should figure out in the recent years.

(references:New car fuel consumption could be halved)

#Rhetorical Precis #New energy

Introduction

Cars are used for transportation and we do most of our commuting by driving a certain kind of vehicle. Cars are a major part of their lives since transportation is becoming more important in the modern world. I want to write something about automobile because cars bring us many conveniences. The first reason why I'm interested in this theme is because cars are very essential in or life. The second reason is that I love cars and always pay attention on the new trend of different cars.

picture sources: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/09_Zonda_Cinque.jpg

#Car #Speed #Introduction

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