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2. Vehicle recovery - Wikipedia

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   A recovery vehicle performs a lift tow. The lift tow is the most common modern method for short distance transportation. The casualty is winched onto a lifting grid and then raised by lifting the grid, with the casualty’s tires strapped to the grid. The grid is shaped like a large pair of spectacles, which accounts for the common name of this ...

3. Don't Go Off-Roading Without A Set Of Traction Boards - AOL

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   These traction boards from Smittybilt offer a lot of performance for their middle-of-the-road price, making them a great value. They have six carrying handles, shovels at both ends, and a maximum ...

4. Vehicle tracking system - Wikipedia

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   A vehicle tracking system combines the use of automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with software that collects these fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations. Modern vehicle tracking systems commonly use GPS or GLONASS technology for locating the vehicle, but other types of automatic vehicle location technology ...

5. Regenerative braking - Wikipedia

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   Regenerative braking is a two-step process involving the motor/generator and the battery. The initial kinetic energy is transformed into electrical energy by the generator and is then converted into chemical energy by the battery. This process is less efficient than the flywheel.

6. Winch - Wikipedia

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   A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attached to a hand crank. Traditionally, winches on ships accumulated wire or rope on the drum; those that do ...

7. Kinetic energy recovery system - Wikipedia

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   A kinetic energy recovery system ( KERS) is an automotive system for recovering a moving vehicle 's kinetic energy under braking. The recovered energy is stored in a reservoir (for example a flywheel or high voltage batteries) for later use under acceleration. Examples include complex high end systems such as the Zytek, Flybrid, [1] Torotrak [2 ...