The History of Land Transport

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Authors: Ia Shiukashvili

The article analyzes the current development of electromobile industry in the world. The attention is paid to the efforts of the major automotive corporations in project activities to create the economical electric vehicle. The materials for the preparation of this article are the media archives, web sites of car companies, analytical reviews of automotive markets, as well as the scientific literature. In conclusion, the author notes that perhaps the society is now witnessing a breakthrough in the history of electric vehicles. To date, their distribution is constrained not only bythe technological, but also by the economic and political factors. Despite the existing pressure from the automotive and oil industry, we need to understand that the future is in "clean" modes of transport.

18-31

Authors: Taras L. Cherniya, Aleksei N. Terenteva

The paper presents the information and constructive review of the boxer engine counterparts and types of modern engines boost. The authors conducted the thermal calculation on the basis of which there are received the technical parameters of reciprocating engine, working volume of 1500 cm3 with turbo.We consider the estimates of the main technical parameters boxer engine with a turbocharger. In conclusion the authors give the design of the internal combustion of engine boxer, as well as the principle functioning of its systems. The article presents the description of the working principle of various systems of pressurization.