Ford Reflex, the Glossary
The Ford Reflex (or REFL3X, as spelled on the vehicle nameplate) is a concept car introduced at the 2006 North American International Auto Show that, according to Ford, "proves small cars can be bold and American".[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: All-wheel drive, Aluminium, Anodizing, Battery pack, Butterfly doors, Concept car, Coupe, Diesel–electric powertrain, Electric motor, Electric vehicle, Extrusion, Ford Ka, Ford Motor Company, Headlamp, Hybrid vehicle, Lithium-ion battery, Mazda Kabura, Mazda RX-8, Mobile phone, Natural rubber, Nike, Inc., Photovoltaics, Pillar (car), Seat belt, Straight-four engine, Wankel engine.
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All-wheel drive
An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
Anodizing
Anodizing is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts.
Battery pack
A battery pack is a set of any number of (preferably) identical batteries or individual battery cells.
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Butterfly doors
Butterfly doors are a type of car door sometimes seen on high-performance cars.
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Concept car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology.
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Coupe
A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.
Diesel–electric powertrain
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
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Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion.
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Extrusion
Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile by pushing material through a die of the desired cross-section.
Ford Ka
The Ford Ka is a small car manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1996 to 2016 as a city car and from 2014 to 2021 as a subcompact car.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
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Headlamp
A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead.
Hybrid vehicle
A hybrid vehicle is one that uses two or more distinct types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged.
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Lithium-ion battery
A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.
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Mazda Kabura
The Mazda Kabura is a concept car shown by the Japanese manufacturer Mazda in 2006.
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Mazda RX-8
The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda between 2003 and 2012.
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Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
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Natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
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Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.
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Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.
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Pillar (car)
The pillars on a car with permanent roof body style (such as four-door sedans) are the vertical or nearly vertical supports of its window area or greenhouse—designated respectively as the A, B, C and (in larger cars such as 4-door station wagons and sport utility vehicles) D-pillar, moving from front to rear, in profile view.
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Seat belt
A seat belt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop.
Straight-four engine
A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
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Wankel engine
The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion.
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See also
Ford concept vehicles
- Ford 021C
- Ford Airstream
- Ford Atlas
- Ford B-Max
- Ford Bronco
- Ford Carousel
- Ford Cirrus concept car
- Ford Cougar 406
- Ford EX
- Ford Evos (concept car)
- Ford F-250 Super Chief
- Ford FX-Atmos
- Ford Fairlane (Americas)
- Ford Forty-Nine
- Ford GT70
- Ford GT90
- Ford Gyron
- Ford Indigo
- Ford Interceptor
- Ford Iosis
- Ford Levacar Mach I
- Ford MA
- Ford Maya
- Ford Mighty F-350
- Ford Model U
- Ford Mustang I
- Ford Mustang II (concept car)
- Ford Nucleon
- Ford Pockar
- Ford Prodigy
- Ford Reflex
- Ford SAV
- Ford SYNus
- Ford Seattle-ite XXI
- Ford Shelby Cobra Concept
- Ford Shelby GR-1
- Ford Vega
- Ford Visos
- Ghia Microsport
- Giugiaro Ford Mustang