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Government Procurement own brand cars to tilt the New Deal

With its own brand vehicles, the government official car purchases are becoming increasingly diversified. Reporter yesterday learned that government procurement vehicle will be introduced the New Deal, the new program will be inclined to self-brand cars, especially concentrated in the general context of official vehicles. In response, major enterprises own brand vehicles, said officials responsible for government procurement on the support of enterprises own brand cars, making them more confidence and a higher model under the joint brand.

    In recent years, public expenditure on car purchases around 20% annual growth expected this year, the amount of government procurement official car may break through 100 billion yuan, a huge “money” King became its own brand, a joint venture brand focus.

    Enterprises that own-brand car excitement, the new program is expected to further lower the threshold of public procurement of vehicles, general public service vehicle emissions reduced from 2.0 liters to 1.8 liters lower price from 250,000 yuan to 160,000 yuan.

    The industry believes that the products are more concentrated in lower-mid-range models in terms of independent brands, the New Deal is undoubtedly a major positive, reflecting the state of the own-brand car enterprise support. Own brand car cars rising grade corporate, government procurement, to lay down “posture”, is expected to have much greater access to government procurement list of brand models.

    Late last year, first through the twelfth meeting of the NPC Standing Committee, “with all levels of government and public institutions to update official vehicles, the proportion of own-brand car no less than 50%” of the motion, independent brand cars enterprises accelerated deployment for government procurement.

    In fact, in recent years local governments in public procurement in the car, on their own brands have some policy support. Chery, Brilliance, Great Wall and other enterprises own brand vehicles, the sales benefit various degrees of government procurement.

    Chery Automobile, a relevant person in charge told reporters, government procurement is that they sell a very important part of the Government’s support will promote the model set a good image in the minds of consumers. “We all see the government use a car, nature will find a good car, car to enhance consumer confidence.”

    Great Wall Motor, a leader also said that the Great Wall of government procurement for many years an important part of car sales, increasing government purchases, also recognized the quality of its own brand models.

    ”Are both high-end line, the main purpose is to improve the quality of course, the impact of high-end market, but among the government procurement is one of the objectives.” Many business people say that the recognition of this. With Chery Automobile, for example, high-end models of its R & D is one of the reasons for government procurement. As with Chery, Geely, Great Wall and other enterprises in recent years, independent brand cars are constantly improving product quality, a series of high-end models, smooth entry into the scope of government procurement.

    In addition to increasing the number of own-brand models finalists, new energy vehicles will be purchased this year, an important part of the government, part of the procurement model finalists list, a government procurement of new energy vehicles tilt to the important direction.

    Although the new energy vehicles in the energy-saving and environmental protection has many advantages, but high costs and inadequate facilities have seriously restricted the process of its market. Xinhua International Information Consulting Co., Ltd. of the letter believe that the new energy vehicles to enter the scope of public procurement of vehicles, is conducive to the national strategy to promote new energy vehicles.

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The Concept Behind Electric Diesel Hybrid Cars

It seems that everywhere you turn, more more people are becoming involved in the “Green” movement. People are becoming more environmentally conscience and as a result they try to do their part in keeping the environment clean. As most people know, the earth’s resources are somewhat limited and have become a global concern. It appears that more and more people are economizing because they realize that wasteful purchases can lead to problems with our world, as well as one’s finances.

With Electric Diesel Hybrid Cars, these two concerns could be dealt with easily.

Two alternative types of power, each working together in unison, power the electric diesel hybrid cars. They offer the benefits of both classes of powered vehicles, eliminating the hassle of charge distance issues and reducing the carbon monoxide emission values into the atmosphere, as well as reducing the need for gas.

These hybrid cars operate on a simple principle of self-sustaining cars, with a little boost from the regular combustible engine. They are configured to work with two “power source” components, which hand in hand, gives their user the option of economizing on their gas consumption, as well as keep as environment cleaner.

One big advantage that the electric diesel hybrid cars have over the dedicated electric cars is that they don’t have the charge distance range limitation which most of electric cars are bound to. These cars still do have an on board rechargeable battery or fuel cell system, but they don’t have to be recharged on a dedicated level, as these electrical diesel hybrid cars would charge while “rolling on gas mode”. The electric generators are connected to work with the vehicle’s standard combustible engine which allows it to respectively charge there on board rechargeable battery while on the road, rolling and cruising to their destinations.

If a person decides to set the car on “gas mode”, the vehicle could easily work as a regular gas engine car, as they charge the batteries. If they set the car on “electric mode”, then the car becomes a very environmentally friendly vehicle and will run as though it was on the “gas mode” setting.

One good example of how electric diesel hybrid cars run is to compare it to an automatic watch. As long as there is motion, these watches will power themselves up, recharging their internal rechargeable power source systems. Seeing how the average car driver cannot push around their vehicle, the “gas mode” setting on these vehicles stand to boost up the charging process and as a result, the consumption of gas purchases are reduced to a bare minimum, thus helping them economizing gas usage.

As the next generation of automobiles, electric diesel hybrid cars are sure to come in as the new de facto way vehicles are going to be powered.

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History of Cars

A world without cars, although unimaginable today, was but a wink back in the evolution of times. When we say history of automobiles, what comes to your mind a steam engine? But does that explain the much asked question who was really the first in car history. This involves exploring the lives of many famous automotive makers in detail, the origins of the name automobile, the patent disputes, and more. The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide.

Starting with the first theoretical plans for a motor vehicle that had been drawn up by both Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton.

The very first self-propelled car was built in 1769, when Nicolas Cugnot, a French military engineer designed a steam powered road-vehicle.

The vehicle was built at the Paris Arsenal, and was used by the French Army to move cannons. It had three wheels with the engine in the front along with the boiler. While Cugnot’s ‘car’ was capable of attaining speeds of upto 6 kms/hour, it was far too heavy and slow to be of practical use. The vehicle had to stop every ten to fifteen minutes to build up steam power. The steam engine and boiler were separate from the rest of the vehicle and placed in the front. The following year (1770), Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four passengers.

Steam engines powered cars by burning fuel that heated water in a boiler, creating steam that expanded and pushed pistons that turned the crankshaft, which then turned the wheels. During the early history of self-propelled vehicles – both road and railroad vehicles were being developed with steam engines. Steam engines added so much weight to a vehicle that they proved a poor design for road vehicles; however, steam engines were very successfully used in locomotives. Historians, who accept that early steam-powered road vehicles were automobiles, feel that Nicolas Cugnot was the inventor of the first automobile.

After Cugnot Several Other Inventors Designed Steam-Powered Road Vehicles.Cugnot’s vehicle was improved by Frenchman, Onesiphore Pecqueur, who also invented the first differential gear. In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to Oliver Evans.

The first successful internal combustion engine was a two-stroke gas driven engine patented by Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir of Belgium in 1860. In 1862 he built an experimental vehicle driven by his gas-engine, which managed to achieve a speed of 3 kms/hour. By 1865 around 500 of these engines were in use in Paris alone.

The first practical “four-stroke” engine was patented by the Otto and Langen Company of Deutz, Germany.

Otto started a workshop in Deutz near Cologne, supported by Langen in 1863. He had a model engine built and improved upon the gas engine, making it a practical power source. The four-stroke Otto Engine was invented in 1876, and a large number of engines were produced under the patent of Otto and Langen.

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