y passion towards Mechanical engineering and its related areas were developed through various instances of my childhood and academic life. Born into a family predominantly engaged in agricultural trading, my grandfather, a farmer himself, was the first to introduce me to the world of equipment and machinery. Observing objects in motion had always kindled my curiosity as a toddler and kept me wondering about its working. The stepping stones onto becoming a rational individual were laid at Navy Children
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Comparison Factor MyTeksi (GrabTaxi) Easy Taxi Uber Visual Design It's easily identifiable green and black colours is evident in the app. The app is bright, visually attractive and simple. However, there is too much clutter in terms of how many taxis are availability of taxis in the area. Easy Taxi's app is also strongly visualised with its orange and black branding. A plus point is that it has the "Request Taxi" button displayed at the bottom, making it easy for passengers to request a taxi. In
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As the demand for mobile computing and all-electric cars increases, the limitations of current battery technology presents a roadblock. Invented in the 1790s by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, the electric battery has been the workhorse of numerous gadgets, devices, and machines. As consumer devices have become smaller and their uninterrupted use before recharging more important, it has also become increasingly important for batteries to become both miniaturized and more energy efficient. This
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TESLA * Trying to make their cars affordable for everyday people Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American company that was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers. These engineers proved that electric vehicles could be awesome substitute of the gasoline powered cars. Tesla not only designs, produces and markets electric cars, but it also provides advance electric vehicle powertrain components to like Toyota. Tesla headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California, and it has wholly-owned subsidiaries
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2.3.1 Volkswagen AG Before starting with the Volkswagen AG Human Resources strategies the corporation is introduced. The Volkswagen AG is one of the leading automobile manufacturers worldwide, actually the leading one in Europe. The concern is based in Wolfsburg, Germany, and generated about 213 billion Euro in 2015. Founded in 1938 by Ferdinand Prosche, the “Volkswagen” should be a car, which is affordable for everyone. Firstly it was produced in Lower Saxony, when the City of Wolfsburg wasn’t founded
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The back bone of any country’s economy is an efficient transport system. Although there are various modes of transportation which include rail, air and oceanic – road transportation is the most extensively used mode of transport. Paved roads for wheeled traffic date back as far as 2200 BC in Babylonia [Jenkins 2015]. South Africa’s road network consists of a vast number of paved roads which is used to transport goods for various industries and for day-to-day commuting to and from home, work, school
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For more than 250 million vehicles on the road in the United States, the internal combustion engine is relied on in order to get them to their destination. In the coming years, however, electric powered automobiles will become more mainstream and internal combustion engines will need to become more efficient and cheaper to keep up with the competition. The burning of fossil fuels will become less popular as the age of electricity comes upon us. The environmental and safety benefits of electric cars
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Chapter 6 Running Case Assignment: Improving Decision Making: Redesigning the Customer Database Software skills: Database design; querying and reporting Business skills: Customer profiling Dirt Bikes U.S.A. sells primarily through its distributors. It maintains a small customer database with the following data: customer name, address (street, city, state, zip code), telephone number, model purchased, date of purchase, and distributor. You can find the database on the Laudon Web site for
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“Zip car, it’s not about Cars” 1. Zip car is a unique company that doesn’t run a car rental business, instead want to change the urban lifestyle. Zip car has many benefits. It is for those who can’t afford to buy a new or a second car and who don’t want to buy a car. It is very convenient for the city dwellers. Studies showed that Zip car takes 20 cars off the road and it travels44% fewer miles than when they own a car. Zip car has a significant impact on an environment. It saves a person about
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residents more stressed. This essay will discuss this argument by demonstrating the detrimental effects of city living. To begin with, the air quality in the city is worse than the rural area because of the development of industries, especially the automobile factories. Granted, travelling to various destinations is much easier with the diversity of transport methods. However, the heavy reliance on such transport tools like private cars could lead to severe air pollution that is harmful to the general
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