One horsepower is equal to 550 foot-pounds per second (745.7 watts). A foot-pound is the amount of energy required to move a pound (0.45 kilograms) (of any substance) one foot (30.5 centimeters). The news that the Chrysler Group is discontinuing the SRT brand has lead to a great many reports of the Street and Racing Technology branch being “dead” and while things are certainly changing. It's all about performance. Browse our large selection of new Dodge merchandise ranging from clothing, jackets, hats, and accessories. WheelsAge.org '2005–pr. About us. Donate. Please note that all material on this server autowp.ru, added visitors. The site administration does not. About Prestige Uniquely positioned to serve the global automotive industry and media, Prestige is dedicated to providing impeccable levels of both client and customer satisfaction.

Why Did I Receive a Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge Toll by Plate Notice?

You traveled through a Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge toll zone without the system recognizing a valid E-ZPass transponder. If you receive a Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge Toll by Plate notice and have an E-ZPass account, please check the status of your E-ZPass account. If your transponder was not properly mounted on the windshield at the time of the transaction, your license plate is not on your account (or is listed incorrectly), there are no funds on the account, or the account has been deactivated by E-ZPass, the toll charge will not be paid through your E-ZPass account, you will receive a toll invoice. Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge will make an attempt to obtain payment from E-ZPass using the photographic image of the vehicle's license plate prior to sending a Toll by Plate notice. Because Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge is a separate entity from E-ZPass, the toll notice will need to be paid directly to Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge as noted on the invoice.

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When a motor vehicle passes through a Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge toll zone and the toll payment is not collected through an E-ZPass account, a photo image of the vehicle's license plate will be captured at the toll lane. The license plate data is used to obtain the registered owner's name and address from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Once that information is obtained, a Toll by Plate account is established for that individual license plate and a notice is generated.

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Failure to pay tolls within the designated time frame is considered a Toll Violation in accordance with, VA Code 46.2-819 and 46.2-819.3:1, and results in assessment of additional fees and enforcement actions; including but not limited to: potential referral to a third-party collection firm, as well as a vehicle registration renewal hold.

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How much horsepower does a car need? Depends. But that's probably not the answer you're looking for, right? So let's get a little more specific.

First off, horsepower is a measurement of the ability to produce power (duh) for work. So when you're talking about car engines, horsepower refers to the engine's ability to get the car moving. It's a handy thing to know about, because it will give you an idea of how well a car can accelerate without you actually needing to slide behind the wheel to test-drive it. Plus, when people talk about a car having a number of horses or ponies under the hood, you won't be tempted to call PETA.

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One horsepower is equal to 550 foot-pounds per second (745.7 watts). A foot-pound is the amount of energy required to move a pound (0.45 kilograms) (of any substance) one foot (30.5 centimeters). We call horsepower horsepower because when large-scale agricultural and industrial machines were first being introduced, they needed a unit of measurement that people (people who were used to dealing with horses) could understand. One horse can produce about one horsepower of power during sustained activity.

Knowing that using just one horse to move a car would make for a really slow car, cars use engines -- and today's engines can create massive amounts of power. For instance, the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake makes up to 850-horsepower. The 2013 SRT Viper makes 640-horsepower. And then there's the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, which makes just 84-horsepower. But which car has the right number?

If you just want to move the car one foot in one second, technically speaking, each of these cars has way too much horsepower. The Chevrolet Spark has a curb weight of 2,337 pounds (1,060 kilograms). Urtc1000 driver touch screen. To move that one foot in one second, you need just 4.24-horsepower. The Dodge Viper, with a curb weight of 3,374 pounds (1,530 kilograms), needs just 6.13-horsepower to cover one foot in one second.

Of course, a car that can only cover a foot at a time is pretty useless. As you need to cover more distance and do it in faster times, you simply need more horsepower. You also need more horsepower in order to keep accelerating the car. No one wants to try to merge onto the highway in something that keeps a steady pace of just one foot per second. That's less than walking speed. The more horsepower you have, the faster you're going to be able to accelerate, covering more distance in less time.

So how much horsepower is enough? Depends on where you need to go and how fast you want to get there.

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Whenever I'm drooling over performance cars, that practical (but annoying) voice in my head whines, 'But how much horsepower do you really need?' Well, it turns out I need much less than what any car on the market currently offers -- so long as I only want to go one foot per second. Relatively low-horsepower cars, like the Chevrolet Spark, are great for several reasons. They save on fuel costs and they work just fine for moving you (and your stuff) from point A to point B. But, when it's time to get from A to B quickly, it's more horsepower that gets the job done.

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• Brauer, Karl. 'Horsepower: Gross vs. Real-World.' Edmunds.com. May 12, 2009. (Oct. 1, 2012) http://www.edmunds.com/car-technology/horsepower-gross-vs-real-world.html
• Chevrolet. '2013 Spark Models and Specs.' (Oct. 1, 2012) http://www.chevrolet.com/spark-mini-car/features-specs/dimensions.html
• Drivesrt.com. '2013 SRT Viper Specifications.' (Oct. 1, 2012) http://www.drivesrt.com/assets/reveal/docs/2013-srt-viper-spec-sheet.pdf
• Phillips, Drew. 'Shelby Announces 2013 GT500 Super Snake with up to 850 Horsepower.' Autoblog.com. Sept. 19, 2012. (Oct. 1, 2012) http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/19/shelby-announces-2013-gt500-super-snake-with-up-to-850-horsepowe/

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