Isbn: 9798901948965 - the proving ground: secret tracks, desert heat, arctic cold, and the places where cars are tested (7 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before a new car, van, truck, bus, hybrid, or electric vehicle reaches the showroom, it has already lived a hidden life. It has been driven on secret tracks, shaken over rough roads, baked in desert heat, frozen in Arctic cold, soaked in rain chambers, tested in laboratories, crashed into barriers, watched by engineers, and revised again and again before the public ever sees it. The Proving Ground: Secret Tracks, Desert Heat, Arctic Cold, and the Places Where Cars Are Tested is a clear, fact-based, plain-English journey into the places and processes behind modern vehicle development. From high-speed ovals and durability roads to crash halls, climate chambers, public-road prototypes, electric-vehicle charging tests, driver-assistance systems, software validation, emissions testing, and the quiet search for failure before launch, this book explains how vehicles earn trust before ordinary drivers depend on them. Written for general readers, car enthusiasts, engineering-history readers, and anyone curious about the hidden world behind production vehicles, this independent book shows that reliability is not accidental. It is tested, measured, broken, fixed, and proved. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. AI (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before a new car, van, truck, bus, hybrid, or electric vehicle reaches the showroom, it has already lived a hidden life. It has been driven on secret tracks, shaken over rough roads, baked in desert heat, frozen in Arctic cold, soaked in rain chambers, tested in laboratories, crashed into barriers, watched by engineers, and revised again and again before the public ever sees it. The Proving Ground: Secret Tracks, Desert Heat, Arctic Cold, and the Places Where Cars Are Tested is a clear, fact-based, plain-English journey into the places and processes behind modern vehicle development. From high-speed ovals and durability roads to crash halls, climate chambers, public-road prototypes, electric-vehicle charging tests, driver-assistance systems, software validation, emissions testing, and the quiet search for failure before launch, this book explains how vehicles earn trust before ordinary drivers depend on them. Written for general readers, car enthusiasts, engineering-history readers, and anyone curious about the hidden world behind production vehicles, this independent book shows that reliability is not accidental. It is tested, measured, broken, fixed, and proved. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. AI (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before a new car, van, truck, bus, hybrid, or electric vehicle reaches the showroom, it has already lived a hidden life. It has been driven on secret tracks, shaken over rough roads, baked in desert heat, frozen in Arctic cold, soaked in rain chambers, tested in laboratories, crashed into barriers, watched by engineers, and revised again and again before the public ever sees it. The Proving Ground: Secret Tracks, Desert Heat, Arctic Cold, and the Places Where Cars Are Tested is a clear, fact-based, plain-English journey into the places and processes behind modern vehicle development. From high-speed ovals and durability roads to crash halls, climate chambers, public-road prototypes, electric-vehicle charging tests, driver-assistance systems, software validation, emissions testing, and the quiet search for failure before launch, this book explains how vehicles earn trust before ordinary drivers depend on them. Written for general readers, car enthusiasts, engineering-history readers, and anyone curious about the hidden world behind production vehicles, this independent book shows that reliability is not accidental. It is tested, measured, broken, fixed, and proved. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. AI (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Proving Ground | Secret Tracks, Desert Heat, Arctic Cold, and the Places Where Cars Are Tested | Etienne Psaila | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | PublishDrive | EAN 9798901948965 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. AI (illustrator). …