Predictive adaptive cruise control

Wednesday March 18th, 2020Wednesday February 26th, 2025 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 16096 Views adaptivní tempomat, predictive ACC, prediktivní tempomat, cruise control

Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control represents the latest evolution in cruise control. When activated, it continuously monitors the road ahead and automatically adjusts its speed, for example when cornering.

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Overhang

Wednesday October 9th, 2019Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 14415 Views body overhang, vehicle dimensions, basic dimensions

The front and rear overhang of the car body is the distance from the wheel centreline to the furthest point on the front and rear of the car.

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Ride height / ground clearance

Wednesday September 25th, 2019Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 33265 Views vehicle dimensions, ride height / ground clearance, basic dimensions

The ground clearance of a car is determined by the space between the ground and the chassis. The ground clearance is a determining parameter, for example, for the car’s ground clearance.

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Car height

Friday September 20th, 2019Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 16742 Views vehicle dimensions, car height, basic dimensions

Vehicle height is the vertical distance of the highest fixed point on the vehicle from the ground plane.

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Vehicle length

Wednesday May 1st, 2019Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 18596 Views vehicle overall length, basic dimensions

The length of the car is the maximum longitudinal dimension of the car.

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Approach angle / departure angle

Thursday April 25th, 2019Wednesday March 26th, 2025 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 20426 Views approach angle / departure angle, ramp angle, vehicle dimensions, basic dimensions

Přední a zadní nájezdový úhel patří mezi základní rozměry vozidel. Nájezdový úhel je důležitý především pro terénní vozidla a pracovní stroje, jelikož vypovídá o terénních vlastnostech vozidla.

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Autonomous driving

Wednesday February 13th, 2019Wednesday March 20th, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 11446 Views autonomní řízení, samořízení, stupně autonomního řízení

In connection with cars, the term autonomous driving is used to refer to the automatic driving of a vehicle, if you like. A vehicle equipped with autonomous driving is capable of sensing the vehicle’s surroundings, assessing the current driving situation and controlling the vehicle. In the highest level of autonomous driving, the vehicle can do everything without human input.

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Basic vehicle dimensions

Monday January 25th, 2016Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 78140 Views vehicle dimensions, basic dimensions

The basic vehicle dimensions are used to clearly identify uniformly defined dimensions.

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Horsepower (horse, HP)

Wednesday April 13th, 2011Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 Ing. Jan Sajdl, Ph.D. 18751 Views horsepower, koňská síla, kůň, engine, Pferdestärke, výkon

Horsepower was formerly a widely used physical unit of power. Nowadays, horsepower is more often encountered only in the context of the performance of automobile and motorcycle engines. Horsepower has now been replaced by the more exact SI unit Watt. The English inventor James Watt came up with the definition of horsepower at the end of the 18th century.