Vehicle Technology

How much technology have you taken for granted today? It is human nature to make things and to apply knowledge in ingenious ways to survive and to make life easier. From renewable energy to entertainment streaming and electric vehicles to gene-editing, technology shapes our world. The Technology...

This audiobook tells the story of Henry Ford, along with his invention, the popular Model T automobile.

Your car may have more power, better tires, and a more aggressive suspension—but can its braking system actually handle the way you drive? And if you are thinking about a Big Brake Kit, how do you know whether you really need one? Advanced Brake Systems Playbook takes you beyond the usual advice of "buy bigger brakes" and explains how modern braking systems actually work—from hydraulic pressure and brake torque to friction, weight transfer, thermal management, ABS, ESP, diagnostics, and complete vehicle integration. This is not simply a brake maintenance manual, and it is not a catalog ...

Listen to the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane.

The Titanic sinking is one of the most memorable tragedies in history. Find out what really happened when the doomed ship sank on April 15, 1912.

I’m Johnny Vincento, leading Applied physicist of THE TELEPORTATION PROJECT. It is time to bring humanity into a new age. That project is not fiction and it is available for testing by all the nations of the world. In fact, a request to the United Nations was recently made to do just that. Now, I will give out some technologies that are not in existence yet. This means, by bringing the idea alive in the world, showing how it can be created, makes them become created. There are many such devices that I see happening: From frequency towers to lift one's mood, anti gravity waves, an ...

Evelyn Manchester was at the top of her profession—until an autonomous vehicle ran a red light and shattered her life. A brilliant San Francisco defense attorney, Evelyn survives the crash that kills her career but leaves her permanently blind. The police call it a tragic malfunction. A glitch in the system. Case closed. Evelyn knows better. Autonomous vehicles don’t accelerate through red lights. They don’t ignore obstacles. And they don’t just “fail” at the exact moment a powerful enemy needs someone silenced. As Evelyn fights to rebuild her life in a world without sight, she ...

Explore the lives and achievements of the Wright Brothers.

The Ultimate Car Tuning Playbook Car Tuning 2.0 — Second Edition Build Faster. Handle Better. Drive Smarter. Stop buying parts. Start building a car. The Ultimate Car Tuning Playbook takes a systems-engineering approach to automotive tuning. Instead of chasing horsepower numbers or aftermarket trends, it shows you what to modify, when to modify it, why it matters, and whether it's worth the money. Built around Car Tuning 2.0, this second edition combines performance engineering, diagnostics, vehicle dynamics, ECU/TCU tuning, data logging, reliability, budgeting, and real-world build ...

The book that finally makes hypersonic propulsion readable by showing the real physics behind the speed instead of the marketing. Every week another **hypersonic** headline lands, and the same words hide very different engineering realities. A country announces Mach 6. A missile is declared operational. A passenger service is promised. But a press release and a demonstrated flight are two very different things, and without a framework any reader is at the mercy of whoever wrote the headline. This book gives you the professional reader's toolkit to tell them apart, using the same evidence ...

This is the book that finally lets you decode every battery headline—from 824 Wh/kg lab cells to 1,200‑km prototypes and understand what’s real, what’s noise, and what will actually reach your driveway. Every few weeks another headline announces that batteries are about to change everything. A lab cell hits 824 watt-hours per kilogram. A prototype EV runs 1,200 kilometers on a single charge. A pilot line ships the first solid-state pouches with a self-healing electrolyte. Then months pass, the news cycle moves on, and your daily commute is still limited by the same charging problems...

Feed the Dragon is a detailed study of China's battery mineral operations in Africa. The U.S. and China are chief rivals in the international system and part of this competition includes the race for increasingly limited critical minerals. Africa, once the preserve of Western colonial powers, is open for business and their raw materials are on the table for discussion. To date, China has engaged the African nations in a persistent and comprehensive manner to secure their mineral needs in order to feed their growing battery and electric vehicle industries. While there are serious challenges ...

🔋 The Future of Energy: Technologies and Trends Driving Disruption By Jason Schenker — #1 Bestselling Author and Bloomberg-Ranked Energy Forecaster The future of energy is not a debate — it's a disruption already underway. In The Future of Energy, economist and futurist Jason Schenker delivers a data-driven, no-hype exploration of the seismic shifts transforming global energy. From oil and natural gas to renewables, electric vehicles, and blockchain, this book examines the critical drivers of change—technological, economic, environmental, and geopolitical. ✔️ Understand why U.S...

Capitalize on the Future of Electric Vehicles and Smart Technology As electric vehicles (EVs), autonomous driving, and smart infrastructure rapidly reshape the global economy, the opportunities for investors are immense. Electric Frontiers: Investing in the Future of Mobility and Smart Technologies is the definitive guide for savvy investors looking to profit from the next wave of innovation in transportation and energy. While many books talk about the rise of electric vehicles and renewable energy, Electric Frontiers goes deeper. It shows you exactly how to spot winning investment ...

The Real Case for Driverless Mobility: Putting Driverless Vehicles to Use for Those Who Really Need a Ride explores solutions for providing mobility for the unserved/underserved, including those who cannot drive themselves, afford transport alternatives, or who live in areas where neither public nor private transport is offered. The book synthesizes the career-long activities of the authors and the Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summits and assesses whether cars without drivers can deliver an affordable and more effective alternative to mass transit and taxis.

Modern Automotive Performance: EV & Hybrid Tuning and Maintenance bridges the gap between traditional car tuning and the emerging world of electric and hybrid vehicles. Whether you are an enthusiast, a professional mechanic, or a technically curious driver, this book offers a comprehensive guide to understanding, maintaining, and optimizing modern automotive powertrains. This book complements my earlier works on car tuning and automotive maintenance—Autonomous Car Maintenance and Complete Car Tuning and Performance Guide—but it also serves as the foundation of a new series dedicated to ...

This book details what emissions cars and trucks are creating, how they are harmful and an explanation of the technologies that are used to reduce those emissions. A great listen for someone who wants to learn more about the topic, out of curiosity or a need for understanding as a new technician. Written by an automotive trade school instructor.

What if the defining geopolitical story of the next decade isn't really about technology at all? Behind artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, smartphones, semiconductors, advanced weapons, renewable energy, and much of modern life lies a surprisingly old-fashioned problem: rocks. More specifically, critical minerals and rare earth elements. In this newly updated edition of The Critical Commanding Heights, Matthew H. Newell explores the increasingly important struggle for the raw materials that power the global technological economy. Written for curious readers without a technical ...

Ghosts in the Sky explores how drones — once science fiction — have become the defining instruments of 21st-century power. From silent killers in remote war zones to consumer quadcopters, agricultural sprayers, delivery bots, and underwater sentinels, drones are reshaping the battlefield, the economy, and everyday life. Written by Thornton D. Barnes — former CIA Special Projects engineer and Area 51 insider — this groundbreaking nonfiction work traces the hidden evolution of unmanned systems. With rare insight into classified programs, wartime deployments, industrial adoption, and ...

How much technology have you taken for granted today? It is human nature to make things and to apply knowledge in ingenious ways to survive and to make life easier. From renewable energy to entertainment streaming and electric vehicles to gene-editing, technology shapes our world. The Technology...