In a first for Bentley customers, all owners need do is simply open the innovative Filld for Bentley app, choose a delivery time, and their fuel will be delivered wherever and whenever they require. This first-ever Connected Car integration means that customers don’t even need to unlock the fuel cap themselves, or identify the car’s exact location as this is done for them securely through the Filld for Bentley service.(Jalopnik.com)
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Hell Yah, Bentley
Bentley To Offer Free Gas Delivery To Drivers Of Its Very Thirsty Cars
Car Power Defined
What's The Difference Between BHP, HP, kW and PS?
Manufacturers can often pick and choose between power units, so here's a
low-down of what they all equate to
Kilowatts
1kW = 1.341hp
Technically, this form of measurement is the most uniform method of measuring power and is used by every engineer worldwide. Watts are an SI unit (International System) which means they are based around the metre, kilogram, joule and second that make up the metric system. It is a measurement of energy transfer over time, which is the exact job that an internal combustion engine undertakes.
Horsepower
Created by the master of the steam engine – Mr James Watt – this unit of power has somehow still survived to this day as the staple unit of power measurement of new cars where I’m from. Horsepower was deemed equivalent to a horse moving 33,000 pounds of mass one foot in one minute. Now no one knows how big this horse was or whether it was a particularly healthy horse or not…but let’s just go with it. This new-found unit allowed Watt to show direct comparisons between his steam locomotives and the common horse that dominated the haulage business up until the invention of the steam engine.
PS
1PS = 0.986hp
PS stands for pferdestärke which translates simply as horsepower, but it has had some metric tweaking to try and bring good old HP forward into the 21st Century. This metric horsepower has been adopted throughout Europe as the new standard for power measurement and will probably make its way fully into the UK psyche in the not too distant future.
The official engineering standard for metric horsepower is the amount of power needed to lift a 75kg of mass one metre vertically in one second, which – once the conversions from imperial to metric are applied – equates to a 1.4 per cent higher figure than the old imperial units. Manufacturers will often pick and choose between PS and HP depending on whatever figure seems more rounded and presentable. Although I’ve always just seen PS as ‘horsepower plus a few’.
(CarThrottle.com)
Manufacturers can often pick and choose between power units, so here's a
low-down of what they all equate to
Kilowatts
1kW = 1.341hp
Technically, this form of measurement is the most uniform method of measuring power and is used by every engineer worldwide. Watts are an SI unit (International System) which means they are based around the metre, kilogram, joule and second that make up the metric system. It is a measurement of energy transfer over time, which is the exact job that an internal combustion engine undertakes.
Horsepower
Created by the master of the steam engine – Mr James Watt – this unit of power has somehow still survived to this day as the staple unit of power measurement of new cars where I’m from. Horsepower was deemed equivalent to a horse moving 33,000 pounds of mass one foot in one minute. Now no one knows how big this horse was or whether it was a particularly healthy horse or not…but let’s just go with it. This new-found unit allowed Watt to show direct comparisons between his steam locomotives and the common horse that dominated the haulage business up until the invention of the steam engine.
PS
1PS = 0.986hp
PS stands for pferdestärke which translates simply as horsepower, but it has had some metric tweaking to try and bring good old HP forward into the 21st Century. This metric horsepower has been adopted throughout Europe as the new standard for power measurement and will probably make its way fully into the UK psyche in the not too distant future.
The official engineering standard for metric horsepower is the amount of power needed to lift a 75kg of mass one metre vertically in one second, which – once the conversions from imperial to metric are applied – equates to a 1.4 per cent higher figure than the old imperial units. Manufacturers will often pick and choose between PS and HP depending on whatever figure seems more rounded and presentable. Although I’ve always just seen PS as ‘horsepower plus a few’.
(CarThrottle.com)
Guerilla Advertising, Customer Referrals
This is Why Tesla Doesn't Need to Advertise
"A lot of companies get confused, they spend money on things that don’t actually make the product better," said CEO Elon Musk
So naturally, instead of producing traditional advertisements to sell cars (like commercials and billboards) Tesla takes a more unconventional approach and lets their fans do it for them. After all, why spend money on a commercial when fans make their own professional-grade videos for you? Customers have also posted hidden camera clips of themselves wowing their passengers with the P90 Ludicrous Mode—all Tesla had to do was share them across social media. There’s even a man in Arizona who gained national attention for renting out his Model S as a hotel for $85 a night, something which Elon Musk probably wouldn't have even thought of to do.
Their customers may spread the word for them, but Tesla still makes strategic business moves. Most recently, the brand partnered with Radio Flyer to sell one-seater Model S toy cars so kids can fall in love with the car before they’re even able to legally drive. The company also revamped their customer referral program, which offers the chance to win a Ludicrous P90D Model X and a private tour of SpaceX.
(JustLuxe.com)
"A lot of companies get confused, they spend money on things that don’t actually make the product better," said CEO Elon Musk
So naturally, instead of producing traditional advertisements to sell cars (like commercials and billboards) Tesla takes a more unconventional approach and lets their fans do it for them. After all, why spend money on a commercial when fans make their own professional-grade videos for you? Customers have also posted hidden camera clips of themselves wowing their passengers with the P90 Ludicrous Mode—all Tesla had to do was share them across social media. There’s even a man in Arizona who gained national attention for renting out his Model S as a hotel for $85 a night, something which Elon Musk probably wouldn't have even thought of to do.
Their customers may spread the word for them, but Tesla still makes strategic business moves. Most recently, the brand partnered with Radio Flyer to sell one-seater Model S toy cars so kids can fall in love with the car before they’re even able to legally drive. The company also revamped their customer referral program, which offers the chance to win a Ludicrous P90D Model X and a private tour of SpaceX.
(JustLuxe.com)
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