| Standards | Emission standards | Emission standards limit the amount of pollution that can be released into the Earth's atmosphere. |
| ASE/NATEF standards | ASE is the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence NATEF is the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation |
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| DIN72552 Electric terminal numbers | For almost every contact in a car there is a number code to standardize car wiring. These numbers are defined in DIN 72552. |
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| VIN - Vehicle Identification Number | There are two different standards for the Vehicle Identification Number. |
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| Environmental Protection Agency | The mission of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment: air, water, and land. |
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| DARPA |
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. |
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| ILSAC standards | As a result a number of engineering associations have determined a range of standards and references that are now uniformly used to identify a particular oils quality and durability. | |
| Vehicle technologies | Hybrid vehicles | A hybrid car or hybrid electric vehicle is a vehicle which relies not only on batteries but also on an internal combustion engine which drives a generator to provide the electricity and may also drive the wheels directly. |
| Electric vehicles | An electric vehicle is a vehicle that is propelled by electric motors. |
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| Hydrogen cars | A hydrogen car is an automobile which uses hydrogen (usually obtained from decomposition of methane, and sometimes from water using electrolysis) as its primary source of power for locomotion. | |
| Liquid fuels | Alcohol fuel | The use of alcohol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, either alone or in combination with other fuels, has been given much attention mostly because of its possible environmental and long-term economical advantages over fossil fuels. |
| Petrol/Gasoline | Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. |
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| Diesel | Diesel fuel is a hydrocarbon mixture obtained from petroleum. | |
| Platforms | Automobile platforms | An automobile platform is a shared set of components common to a number of different automobiles. |
| Ford platforms | These are platforms used by the Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries. |
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| General Motors platforms | These are platforms used by General Motors and its subsidiaries. |
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| Volkswagen platforms | These are platforms used by the Volkswagen Group and its subsidiaries. |
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