Showing posts with label General Motors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Motors. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Fastest Solar Cells Car in the World

UNSW student solar car creations, Australia who managed to make the fastest world record

Nowra - With a speed of 88.738 km / h, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) claims, Sun swift powered car Ivy as the fastest in the world. The record was recognized "Guinness World Record" and successfully obtained on 7 January runway in navy HMAS Albatross in Nowra, Australia. For this, faster Sun swift 10 km / h the previous record which was made in 1987.

Cars made ​​by UNSW students, using three wheels with carbon fiber body monotonic, using DC electric motor 1.800W, 3-phase, CSIRO without bolster (charcoal). About solar energy generated 1200 watts and uses lithium-ion polymer battery with weight 24.75 kg. However, to get the fastest record, removable battery and the car using solar cells from silicon.

If normal, college project car driven by students, for this record-breaking, car piloted by professional racer, Barton Mawer and Craig Davis, the Tesla electric car company in Europe.

The record was made at 10:32 noon local time. The team did not try to get the maximum solar energy until the afternoon. Because, at 13.30 rain which hinder team effort. While in the morning, a record can not be created because the absorption of solar energy in solar cells is not maximized.

After the break the record, Mawer said the car can be controlled properly. "Nevertheless, the team very worried when I turned to two wheels. "Ratification of the record from" The Guinness World Book of Records "with a witness, was approved as a new record. The team has also received a certificate as proof of a new record.

Record for the fastest car the previous solar cell is 78 km / h sun racer produced by GM in 1987. This is the second UNSW success for the same vehicle. Previously UNSW team also won the Global Green Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide in 2009.

Monday, 6 December 2010

10 song for Assessing Quality Audio

 Matt Kirsch hear a variety of songs and audio reproduction, good vocals, instruments in the Chevy Cruze

DETROIT - To get the best audio reproduction quality, car manufacturers began to exploit the audio engineers, with the ability to "hear" the best. One of them is Matt Kirsch, now working for General Motors (GM).

Matt has developed an audio system for the Chevrolet Cruze and spend 500 hours more a year to hear the sound reproduction songs, good vocals, instruments to the background stage.

Matt provided the following tips could be useful for those who like to listen to the songs through car audio, especially on the quality of sound reproduction.

Explained, listen well and look at sound reproduction produced by the following 10 songs in your car audio. Matt judge, the ten songs have a characteristic that could determine the quality of car audio.

Here are the 10 songs 
1. Do not Know Why, Norah Jones. Norah's voice is a natural right in front of you. 
2. Diamonds and Rust, Joan Baez. Strong vocals, and detailed sound musical instruments spread across the stage. 
3. No One, Alicia Keys. Vocal clarity and extensive background sound. 
4. Hotel California, Eagles. Clarity and dynamic guitar solo at the beginning of the song plus the power of drum beating. 
5. Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas. Powerful and accurate bass beats, including the large volume. 
6. Rock That Body, Black Eyed Peas. The lyrics are clear and clean in between the powered bass beats. 
7. Hide and Seek, Imogen Heap. The atmosphere that surrounds the song, produce a dynamic vocal and open. 
8. He Mele No Lilo, Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu from the Lilo and Stitch's movie. Scene and the stage of children's choirs, pounding bass-powered counterbalanced. 
9. Bird on a Wire, Johnny Cash. Voice clarity typical of Johnny and his guitar are natural. 
10. Packt Like Sardines in a Tin Box Crushd, Radiohead. Blows strong bass drum percussion and metallic twang.