Category: Did you know

The largest parking can hold 20,000 cars MILTA Technology
Feb 06, 2017
The largest parking can hold 20,000 cars

West Edmonton Mall in Canada is the largest shopping and entertainment centre in the world. An it also holds the record for the largest parking facility, which can accommodate up to 20,000 cars. The mall has more than 800 stores and services and attracts more than 30 million visitors a year, which is twice as […]

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The highest altitude reached by car is 6,688 m MILTA Technology
Feb 04, 2017
The highest altitude reached by car is 6,688 m

The record for driving to the highest altitude by car is 6,688 m (21,942 ft) achieved by Gonzalo Bravo and Eduardo Canales with a 1986 modified Suzuki Samurai on the slopes of the Ojos Del Salado volcano in Chile. That’s quite an altitude to be reached by driving, isn’t it?

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The cheapest car was sold for only $125 MILTA Technology
Feb 02, 2017
The cheapest car was sold for only $125

Did you know that the cheapest car in the world was the 1922 Red Bug, built by the Briggs Stratton Co. in the USA. It used to be sell for as low as 125 dollars. It had a 1.57m wheelbase and weighed only 111kg.

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The largest production car engine was 13.5 litres MILTA Technology
Feb 01, 2017
The largest production car engine was 13.5 litres

The engines used in the US Pierce-Arrow 6-66 Raceabout, the US Peerless 6-60 and the Fageol, was the largest one used in production car so far. It was produced at the beginning of 20th century and had 13.5 liters capacity. Although it’s efficiency per volume was so low, that it’s power is comparable to the […]

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The fastest car powered by biogas can run 364 km/h MILTA Technology
Jan 30, 2017
The fastest car powered by biogas can run 364 km/h

The record for the fastest car powered by biogas is 364.6 km/h (226.55 mph) and was achieved by driver Jürgen Hohenester at the ATP testing facilities in Papenburg, Germany, on 3 April 2009. The engine was modified from an originally fuel driven Audi A4 2.7 quattro to work with biogas only.

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Frontal airbags and safety belts reduce driver fatalities by 52 percent MILTA Technology
Jan 29, 2017
Frontal airbags and safety belts reduce driver fatalities by 52 percent

Did you know that frontal airbags reduce a risk of fatality during a car crash by 29 percent on average? The fatality reduction in frontal crashes is larger for belted drivers (52 percent) compared with unbelted drivers (21 percent).

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Only about 18% of the energy from the fuel reaches the wheels MILTA Technology
Jan 28, 2017
Only about 18% of the energy from the fuel reaches the wheels

It may be of an interest for some of you, that the tank-to-wheel energy efficiency is 18% for the petrol and 22% for the diesel cars. All the rest is being used up by all the other components of your car and mostly lost as heat.

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The most produced car model is Toyota Corolla MILTA Technology
Jan 27, 2017
The most produced car model is Toyota Corolla

Did you know that Toyota Corolla is the most produced car in the world so far? There are already more than 40 million of these vehicles produced and it is still growing. Although there have been already eleventh generations of this model and the design has been evolving through many different looks, varying greatly from […]

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Luxembourg have the highest rate of car ownership in the world MILTA Technology
Jan 25, 2017
Luxembourg have the highest rate of car ownership in the world

In Luxembourg, there are 647 cars per 1,000 citizens. It makes that country to have the highest rate of car ownership in the world. The second country in that category is Iceland, followed by New Zealand, Italy and Canada.

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The risk of a crash doubles with each 5km/h over a 60km/h speed limit MILTA Technology
Jan 24, 2017
The risk of a crash doubles with each 5km/h over a 60km/h speed limit

The risk of a casualty crash approximately doubles with each 5km/h increase in speed on a 60km/h speed limited road, or with each 10km/h increase in speed on 110km/h roads. So think twice before you push your foot too hard on the accelerator pedal, because you are not risking losing just your money for the […]

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