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axle

[ak-suhl] / ˈæk səl /


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It's a situation F1 forced on itself by removing the MGU-H, which recovered energy from the turbo and exhaust, and not allowing recovery from the front axle.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The plant also makes axle tubes that ultimately end up in light-duty Silverados and Sierras.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

In order to achieve this salutary ratio, the engineers located the eight-speed, dual-clutch transmission at the rear axle.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Together with its fittings, the axle weighed 142,031 pounds.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The strike is ill-timed for General Motors, which aims to boost truck production amid competition; GM has about two weeks of axles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

The engine roar, so critical to Ferraris, can be provided by what the company calls an “external amplification system” that pumps the natural sound of the electric axles out to the street.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

The Opel Blitz was stuck fast in the deep gravel bed, almost up to its axles.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

They then raised the church 4 feet off the ground, supported by steel beams, and put it on giant remote-controlled transporters with 56 axles.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

Truck drivers circle their vehicles, getting onto their hands and knees to check around the axles.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell




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