Course Syllabus
Automotive technology is constantly changing; old relics, cars in fields, driveways, yard artifacts, and the many potential car restoration projects available demonstrates how we are evolving, yet still holding on to the past. We see these unrestored cars everywhere space affords their storage. It is classically american to have at least one extra car that does not operate. It may have been used on first date, a conception, part of a past love affair that took someone to another place and time. Someone has plans for this car's restoration, or they plan to be buried within it. These cars are symbols of our modern society. New technology makes old cars obsolete like covered wagons that were pulled by horses or oxen for thousands of years until the early 19th century. Suddenly, we harnessed the power of 50 horses with the combustion engine, and Ford Model T could do the work of 50 horses and we only needed to feed it oil for lubrication and refined oil for fuel. We have recently discovered that our world is allergic to combustion and the byproducts of pumping rivers of CO2 into the atmosphere, but we are addicted to the power, freedom, and productivity of modern transportation. This paradox is a global concern, but each of us is individually responsible to find a solution and change how we use technology. The U.S. EPA Environmental Protection Agency has recently proposed banning conversions of cars into race cars. We are going to discuss this theme of change throughout this introductory course. Students will discover that most modern changes to car design incorporate power, emissions, and the need for speed.
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