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Introduction1
The Engineers Post (YouTube Channel)
The Engineers Post (Official Website)
Dictionary
automobile : of, relating to, or concerned with self-propelled vehicles or machines (typically on land) — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels with tires, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car. In that year, German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century. One of the first cars that was accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were rapidly adopted in the United States of America, where they replaced animal-drawn carriages and carts, but took much longer to be accepted in Western Europe and other parts of the world. — Wikipedia
Automobile (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Outline
Outline of Automobiles (Wikipedia)
Autopedia: The Automotive Encyclopedia
Search
Road Transport (Wolfram Alpha)
Automobiles (Wolfram Alpha)
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Adventures
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Inspiration
Talks about Cars (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Cars (Big Think)
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Innovation
Technology
Automotive Engineering is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems. It also includes modification of vehicles. The study of automotive engineering is to design, develop, fabricate, and test vehicles or vehicle components from the concept stage to production stage. — Wikipedia
The Engineers Post (YouTube Channel)
The Engineers Post (Official Website)
Car Parts (The Engineers Post, YouTube Playlist)
Types of Transmission System (The Engineers Post, YouTube Playlist)
Engine Configurations (The Engineers Post, YouTube Playlist)
Autotechlabs (YouTube Channel)
Entrepreneurship
Commerce
Which Used Car Pricing Guide Should You Trust? (Cars Direct)
Kelley Blue Book (Official Site)
Kelley Blue Book (Wikipedia)
Edmunds (Official Site)
Edmonds (Wikipedia)
Commerce
Product
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Preservation
History
The Evolution of Things (YouTube Channel)
Automotive History (The History Guy, YouTube Playlist)
From Horses to Horsepower (Studebaker, Smithsonian Institution Libraries)
Automobile Timeline (Great Achievements.org)
Museum
The Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI)
The Henry Ford (YouTube Channel)
Driving America Exhibit (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation)
Classic Cars (The Henry Ford, YouTube Playlist)
Petersen Automotive Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
Petersen Automotive Museum (YouTube Channel)
San Diego Automotive Museum (San Diego, CA)
San Diego Automotive Museum (YouTube Channel)
San Diego Automotive Museum (Virtual Tour)
Nation of Speed Exhibit (Virtual Tour, National Air and Space Museum)
Smithsonian Automobile Collection (National Museum of American History)
The Most Impressive Car Museums from Around the World (CNN)
Car Museums (Digital Librarian)
Automobile Museums, List (Wikipedia)
Automobile Museums, Category (Wikipedia)
Library
DDC: 388.1 Roads (Library Thing)
DDC: 625.7 Highway Engineering (Library Thing)
Subject: Roads (Library Thing)
DDC: 388.34 Automotive Transportation (Library Thing)
DDC: 629.2 Automotive Engineering (Library Thing)
Subject: Automobiles (Library Thing)
Subject: Roads (Open Library)
Subject: Automobiles (Open Library)
LCC: HE 5601 Automotive Transportation (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: TE Highway Engineering (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: TL 2 Automotive Engineering (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: HE 5601 Automotive Transportation (Library of Congress)
LCC: TE Highway Engineering (Library of Congress)
Subject: Roads (Library of Congress)
LCC: TL 2 Automotive Engineering (Library of Congress)
Subject: Automobiles (Library of Congress)
Subject: Roads (WorldCat)
Subject: Automobiles (WorldCat)
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Participation
Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Course
Automotive Engineering Courses (edX)
Community
Occupation
Organization
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
News
Automotive Engineering (SAE)
Automobiles (JSTOR)
Top 10 Car Magazine (All You Can Read)
Automobile Magazine
Car and Driver
Auto Week
Motor Trend
Fast Lane Daily
Government
Document
Automobiles (US Department of Transportation)
Automobile (USA.gov)
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Expression
Fun
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Super Motion (YouTube Channel)
Super Motion (Official Website
Humor
Automobiles (Tim Hunkin, The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia)
Motorways (Tim Hunkin, The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia)
Toy
Hot Wheels.com
Hot Wheels (Wikipedia)
Hobby
Model Cars (Discover a Hobby)
Remote Control Cars (Discover a Hobby)
Car Collecting (Discover a Hobby)
Automobile Restoration (Discover a Hobby)
Motor Muster in Greenfield Village (The Henry Ford)
Motor Muster (The Henry Ford, YouTube Playlist)
Touring Virtual Classic Cars Shows (Matterport)
Competition
Driven to Win: Racing in America Exhibit (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation)
Driven to Win: Racing in America Presented by General Motors (The Henry Ford, YouTube Playlist)
Race Cars of Driven to Win Collection (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation)
Indianapolis 500 (The History Guy, YouTube Playlist)
Motorsport (Wikipedia)
List of Motorsport Championships (Wikipedia)
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