• Vehicle weight is a measurement of wheeled motor vehicles; either an actual measured weight of the vehicle under defined conditions or a gross weight...
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    Tare weight /ˈtɛər/, sometimes called unladen weight, is the weight of an empty vehicle or container. By subtracting tare weight from gross weight (laden...
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    light commercial vehicle (LCV) in the European Union, Australia and New Zealand is a commercial carrier vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of no more than...
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  • classify vehicles; in North America, passenger vehicles are classified by total interior capacity while trucks are classified by gross vehicle weight rating...
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  • Power-to-weight ratio is a measurement of actual performance of any engine or power source. It is also used as a measurement of performance of a vehicle as...
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    a sole proprietor Is a leased vehicle and in the name of the financial institution that owns it Exceeds a certain weight or class and therefore, is "classified"...
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    smaller vehicles as "large goods vehicles" (also abbreviated "LGV"). To cross country borders in the EU, LGVs must not exceed 44 tonnes laden weight or longer...
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  • Light truck (redirect from Duty vehicle)
    for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight up to 8,500 pounds (3,860 kg) and a payload capacity up to 4,000 pounds (1,814 kg). Similar goods vehicle classes...
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    gunners can train more realistically. The BUSK kit adds 3 tons to the vehicle's weight. Because of this, a major upgrade was planned. Additional upgrades...
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  • Weight distribution is the apportioning of weight within a vehicle, especially cars, airplanes, and trains. Typically, it is written in the form x/y, where...
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  • maximum loaded weight of the truck, typically using the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and sometimes also the gross trailer weight rating (GTWR),...
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  • loaded vehicle weight of up to 3750 pounds. LDT2: an LEV II light-duty truck with a loaded vehicle weight of 3751 pounds to a gross vehicle weight of 8500...
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    Motorcycle weight is expressed in three ways: gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), dry weight and wet weight. GVWR is the maximum total weight of the motorcycle...
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    total vehicle mass, and w {\displaystyle w} is the total vehicle weight. Weight transfer involves the actual (relatively small) movement of the vehicle CoM...
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    Sprung weight transfer is the weight transferred by only the weight of the vehicle resting on its springs, and not by total vehicle weight. Calculating...
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    A vehicle identification number (VIN) (also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive...
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    Semi-trailer truck (category Articulated vehicles)
    any Class 2 vehicle. Class 4 – Heavy Rigid Vehicle: Any rigid vehicle of any weight, any combination vehicle which consists of a heavy vehicle and a light...
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  • Thrust-to-weight ratio is a dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a rocket, jet engine, propeller engine, or a vehicle propelled by such an engine...
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    variants were to follow. The MGV vehicles were conceived to be exceptionally lightweight (initially capped at 18 tons base weight) to meet the Army's intra-theatre...
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  • The Light-weight Combat Vehicle (LCV) System (軽量戦闘車両システム, keiryō-sentō-sharyō shisutemu) is a wheeled self-propelled artillery vehicle under development...
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    high power-to-weight ratio and energy density. Smaller, lighter batteries are desirable because they reduce the weight of the vehicle and therefore improve...
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    Truck (redirect from Heavy vehicle)
    maximum permissible vehicle, combination, and axle weight on state and local roads. Uniquely, the State of Michigan has a gross vehicle weight limit of 164,000 lb...
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  • axle weights and gross vehicle weights as vehicles drive over a measurement site. Unlike static scales, WIM systems are capable of measuring vehicles traveling...
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    motor engines, as well as their maximum design speed and vehicle weight. Electric motor vehicles, including electric cars, electric buses, electric trucks...
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  • number. Technical information about the vehicle to define its taxation regime, e.g., its gross vehicle weight, motive power, and purchase price when new...
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  • the weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle or registered gross vehicle weight. Exceptions exist for recreational vehicles such...
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    appropriate maximum gross weight for a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) based on axle number and spacing. The formula is part of federal weight and size regulations...
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    weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds (11,794 kilograms) or more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating...
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    (8×8). The Stryker was conceived as a family of vehicles forming the backbone of a new medium-weight brigade combat team (BCT) that was to strike a balance...
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  • The empty weight of a vehicle is based on its weight without any payload (cargo, passengers, usable fuel, etc.). Many different empty weight definitions...
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