L16 Cars and EVs in Our Culture

Question 1

Jose of Lenore (1822-1900 France)

Answer 1

internal combustion engine 1859 (stationary)

Question 2

Nikolaus Otto (1832-1891)

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Lenoir’s engine - copied from Lenore

Question 3

Four stroke stationary

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Nikolaus hired with 2 assistants to design it

Question 4

2 assistants hired by Nikolaus

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Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach

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Karl Benz (1811-1929)

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Benz Motorwagen - automobile fueled by gas - commercially available but technological failure 985cc 0.8 hp

Question 6

“Grandfather’s clock engine’ modern gasoline engine

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Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach

Question 7

Birth of modern car (Mercedes)

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1894 Phoenix engine revolution - racecar for Emil Jelinek’s commission

Question 8

Mercedes

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named after Jelinek’s daughter - air making system used the atomizer from Heron of Alexandria

Question 9

First mass produced car on assembly line

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Oldsmobile Curved Dash

Question 10

Baker Electric EV

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failed due to wrong advertisement - cheaper to produced but advertised for upper-classes

Question 11

Ford Model T

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commercially successful - customer can pay it monthly - anyone who has a job can afford it

Question 12

the ‘roaring 20’s’ cars

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Duesenberg J - luxury cars - 1100$

Question 13

Cheap ‘people’s car’ with an aerodynamic design

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Tatra V597

Question 14

First mass produced airflow car - very expensive car

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Tatra 77

Question 15

longest/most produced car in history (for 81 years - 2003, over 20 million
made

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Volkswagen - Beetle

Question 16

first uni-body front-wheel-driven car

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Citroën Traction Avant

Question 17

first ‘mass-produced’ Art Deco

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Cord - desire - hard to drive

Question 18

Willys-Overland “Quad”

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birth of 4x4, Jeep, off-road

Question 19

the ‘golden days of cars and Rock and Roll’

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the Jet Age cars - US car-culture

Question 20

F-86 Sabre jet

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GM LeSabre

Question 21

Mercedes Benz 300SL

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most expensive/fastest car - 184 million Can$

Question 22

futuristic, most advanced

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Citroën DS

Question 23

Chevrolet Bel Air

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beautiful design

Question 24

birth of ‘supercar’

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Ferrari 250 GTO

Question 25

Lamborghini Countach

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super race car - as low to the ground as possible; as streamlined as possible - strategy of UK for designing super car

Question 26

Plymouth Road Runner Superbird

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technologically obsolete - highly speedy but highly unstable - high grounded and heavy

Question 27

Oil Crisis

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US, Canada, West Europe, Japan out of gasoline (US supplied weapons to Israel - Arab countries placed emergency on oil)

Question 28

paradigm of modern minivan - large family vehicle

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Dodge Caravan

Question 29

Ford XXI

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nuclear power - dead end - added heavy lead shield - speed acceleration cannot compet with normal car - how to get higher nuclear reactor? Larger reactor causes higher radiation

Question 30

Honda EV Plus

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first modern electric car - NiMH batteries - commercial failure - ugly vehicles, unbelievable expensive, payer cannot own the car but lease it from its factory

Question 31

Honda Clarity FCEV

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hydrogen fuel cell car - electric engine - electricity generated by hydrogen ‘fuel cell’ - problem: not practical, power system too complex, if it is crushed, hard to stop fire

Question 32

DMC12

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From the “biggest car crash in automotive history” to the world’s most desired car

Question 33

John DeLorean 1925-2005

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built DMC 12 in Ireland in 1981

Question 34

Failure of DMC 12

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Dealers could not keep up with the demand - sold for much, much, more - Poorly built, underpowered, exceptionally expensive, should be gone and forgotten - external factor - culture - not reliable car for travel

Question 35

The amazing comeback of DMC12 in 2020’s

Answer 35

DeLorean EV Super Bowl commercial 2022 - original 1980’s panels