Car Industry

Rose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains and investigates the harm that ships inflict on endangered whales. Sharply informative and entertaining, Ninety Percent of Everything reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.

Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided a comprehensive description of the entire lean system. They exhaustively documented its advantages over the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicted that lean production would eventually triumph. Indeed, they argued that it would triumph not just in manufacturing but in every value-creating activity from health care to retail to distribution.

Want to handle basic auto repairs yourself? This easy-to-follow guide gives you the nuts and bolts of diagnosing trouble and performing maintenance and repairs on your vehicle. You'll explore each system and keep everything running in tiptop shape, including how to change coolant and oil, repair leaks, and check breaks. Along with learning about rollover protection, you will also discover how to utilize stability control. Plus, you'll see how to go green on the road - from recycling oil to choosing alternatively fueled vehicles.

In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes listeners back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era - from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market.

What’s this Book about? It explains why you can’t buy a British built hatchback car for you and your family from a British owned company anymore. James Ruppert was really worried because in 1974 his Dad did a very strange thing and came home in an Audi 100LS. James wondered whether the rot set in from that point onwards. But his Dad continued to be a fiercely loyal British car buyer which didn’t do him much good when in 1978 he accidentally bought the single worst car British Leyland ever made. So this is personal. Where did it all go wrong and why is the British Car Industry in the ...

Health care professionals and medical staff, are you frustrated because you have Spanish-speaking patients and you can't communicate with them? Well, let me tell you how easy it is to become confident and learn the most common medical questions asked during a visit. In no time and with practice, you will become fluent and you will be able to understand your patients better. With more than 100 questions I put together, you can excel in your Spanish skills and, even better, you can learn while you sleep, at work, or even in your car. Wow, what a bonus!

What is going to happen when artificial intelligent self drivers get behind the wheel on and off the road? Get in and find out via the stories of self-driving cars named iVan and iVanna.

Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry’s birth, decline, and rebirth.

Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry’s birth, decline, and rebirth.

What if there was a way to save you every time from being a victim of fraud when buying a car? What if the answer is in this book? The author exposes all the secrets of how scammers turn targets into victims to increase cash! What you will learn in this book is how to minimize financial loss and prevent yourself from becoming a victim ever again, so that your next car purchase is a financial success and not disaster.

This is a cute little story about five heavy construction vehicles that love to play all day. Once they are done playing, they wash down and settle down for a good night’s rest. This book is great for listening to with your special one just before bed or anytime. Great for all ages and a very cute good night story. Your special one will love this book for years to come.

¡No seas una víctima! El autor expone lo que debe saber antes de gastar su dinero en cualquier coche usado. Los fraudes de venta de coches están aumentando, y los compradores corren un mayor riesgo que nunca de ser estafados. Ahora usted puede estar seguro cuando se trata de la mecánica o la compra de un vehículo! La información en este libro le ahorrará de ser una víctima de fraude cada vez! El autor también le guía en tasaciones básicas de automóviles, registros de mantenimiento, cómo revelar una transacción fraudulenta, y qué comprobar antes de ver el coche.