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How Cars Work

For Curious Passengers

How a car works across three eras — the purely mechanical car of the 1960s (suck, squeeze, bang, blow), the computerized car of the 1990s that learned to think and brake itself, and today's electric car — engine to motor, battery to brain, in clear hands-on steps.

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13chapters
39pages
24kwords

Contents

  1. Opening the Box
  2. Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow
  3. The Mix
  4. The Spark
  5. From Bang to Wheels
  6. Stopping and Steering
  7. The Brain
  8. Crash Prevention
  9. On the Same Wire
  10. The Big Battery
  11. The Motor
  12. Energy Back
  13. By the Time You Drive