4WD与AWD的差别(国外英语资料).doc

4WD与AWD的区别(国外英语资料) Sports vehicles choose the difference between four wheel drive (4WD) and full wheel drive (AWD) How many driving wheels does a car need? Nowadays, SUV, small trucks, mini vans and travel carts all suggest that it is not enough for the car to be driven by two wheels alone. The four wheel drive (4WD) and all wheel drive (AWD) are designed to overcome slippery pavements, but what is the difference between them? Basically, 4WD means cars that can travel in two or four wheels. In the carriage, the driver can select the high and low speed settings of the booster gear, such as 2WD, High, 4WD, High and 4WDLow. Low speed settings are generally suitable for towing heavy loads or cross-country slopes, especially for mud, snow and rugged rocky areas. The high speed setting is used for daily driving, and because of the four wheel drive, even a small amount of water or ice on the road surface does not cause skidding. In the 4WD High settings, four vehicles each share of 25% drivers, and when the need for real off-road, can be set to 4WD Low in order to increase the transfer torque to each wheel, such as JEEP Grand Cherokee in the low setting, its power is 2.72 times the speed setting. Of course, this also means that the speed needs to be reduced at the same rate. This hard line 4WD represents cars, as well as LAND, ROVERDiscovery, MERCEDES-BENZ, G-Class, HUMMER, H2, SUZUKI, Vitara, and so on. Some high priced SUV such as BMW X5 and MERCEDES-BENZ ML device 4WD, also has a low profile, but I believe that no one would be willing to rough, and the chassis structure of these cars may not have increased greatly, although enough opens outskirts and wild, but not those with severe journey to explore the utility of rocks the rugged, few people tread. AWD is not high and low choice, usually in order to make the sedan / wagon / mini vans have higher traction, and easy to be in bad weather and road conditions and driving. Most of the AWD systems are still wheels, and only