Wednesday, September 29, 2010

What is Automotive Technology

Automotive technology is a very wide field which covers different type of specializations. It is an umbrella term which covers all the technology and the activities related to the cars and automobiles designing and construction. In more general terms we see the technicians and specialists who are designing the engines for car and truck. All of them are associated with the automotive industry and technology.

The auto specialist, auto technicians, repair design specialist and many more are devoting their time designing and repairing engines of cars and trucks and making the cars and trucks more efficient than before. In this way they are contributing to the automotive technology.

In ancient times there were carriages and carts pulled by the horses. Since then the technology has taken the automotive industry a long way and transformed the bullocks and carts to the high speed cars and automobiles. The use of electronic fuel ignition, the proportionate use of fuel and air so that the efficiency of the smaller engines can be improved, front wheel drive instead of rear wheel drive and many such improvements has just revolutionized the automotive industry.

The use of electronic control in the vehicles was basically introduced to control the emission level. These improved over time and more advanced and sophisticated electronic controls are now used in the cars so as to improve the efficiency of the engines.

The engines today are designed and made of the material that makes them less heavy. This on their part makes the vehicle light and improves its fuel efficiency. A lot of work is been done on the engine of the car so that it consumes lesser amount of diesel, give greater mileage, use fuel efficiently and emit less pollutants.

With the accident on the rise the engineers and designers have worked overnight to come up with the cars that provide a level of safety by the addition of airbags which prevents the driver from the jerk and injury when such incidence happens. There are pre crash systems like forward collusion warning and side alert systems (using infrared sensing system) that are being researched in the labs and when implemented in the future designs will warn the driver of the possible collusion that can occur.

The interiors of the cars are also equipped with all the type of comforts so that the person driving can be at ease and enjoy the drive. The interiors are made more spacious, and cozy with more leg space in the drive seat.

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