Acronyms - What They Stand For

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Acronyms - What They Stand For

Postby DrkAngel » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:14 am

14AAA41 - One For All And All For One
2WD - Two Wheel Drive
4WD - Four Wheel Drive
9C - Nine Continents
A - Amps (**A - *number* amps)
A41A14A - All for one And one for All - oooh .. it's a palindrome
AC - Alternating Current
AGM - Absorption Glass Mat
Ah - Amp Hours (**Ah - *number* amp hours)
AKA - Also Known As
AOK - All OKay
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
AWD - All Wheel Drive
AWG - American Wire Gauge
BB - Bottom Bracket - best Bud
BCD - Bolt Center Diameter
BEV -Battery Electric Vehicle
BLDC - BrushLess DC (motor)
BMS - Battery Management System or Battery Monitor System
BPM - Beats Per Minute
BTW - By The Way
C or C rate) - Capacity
CAFE - Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CARB - California Air Resources Board
CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission
CVT - Continuously Variable Transmission
DC - Direct Current
DD - Direct Drive
DIY - Do It Yourself
DMV - Department of Motor Vehicles
DNK - Do Not Know
DOA - Dead On Arrival
DOD - Depth of Discharge
DOT - Department of Transportation
DUNK - Do You (U) Not Know
eaBike - Electric Assist Bike
eBike - Electric Bike
eCar - electric car
Eco2 - Economical & Ecological
EMF - Electo-Magnetic Field
eMPG - evaluative, (or Equivalent), Miles Per Gallon or electric Miles Per Gallon (compared to gas, by cost) - MPGe
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESC - Electronic Speed Control
EV - Electric Vehicle
FCV - Fuel Cell Vehicle
FET - Field Effect Transistor
FS - Full Suspension
FUBAR - F__ked Up Beyond All Recognition
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
FYI - For Your Information
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interruption
HEV - Hybrid Electric Vehicle
HVC - High Voltage Cutoff
Hz - Hertz
ICE - Internal Combustion Engine
ID - Inside Diameter
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMIO - In My Informed Opinion
IMOO - In My Obnoxious Opinion
IR - Internal Resistance - Infa-Red
KFF - Kentucky Fried Fingers
km/h - KiloMeters Per Hour
kPa - kiloPascal
KPH - Kilometers Per Hour
kV - kiloVolt
kW - kiloWatt
kWh - kiloWatt hour
L&M - LnM - L-n-M, Lean and Mean
LBS - Local Bike Shop
LiCo - Lithium-ion Cobalt (battery)
Li-ion - Lithium ion (battery)
LiFeMgPO4 - lithium iron magnesium phosphate (battery)
LiFePO4 - lithium iron phosphate (battery)
LiMn, Li-Mn - Lithium Manganese (battery)
LiPo - Li-po, Li-poly - Lithium ion polymer (battery)
LOL - Laugh Out Loud - Lots Of Laughter
LP - Liquefied petroleum (gas)
LVC - Low Voltage Cutoff
m/kWh - miles per kilowatt hour
mAh - milliAmp Hour
MOSFET - Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MPG - Miles Per Gallon
MPGe - Miles Per Gallon electric - (gas-electric equivalent, usually factored by cost ) ... eMPG alternative
MSRP - Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price
MUP - Multiple Use Path
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NA - Not Applicable or Not Available
NBP - Not Bright Person
NEV - Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
NFG - No F__king Good
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIB - New In Box
Nicd - Nickel Cadmium (battery)
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
Nimh - Nickel Metal Hydride (battery)
NOS - New Old Stock
OD - Outside Diameter
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OMG - Oh My God
OP - Original Poster
P - Parallel (#S#P)
PAS - Pedal Assist System
PCB - Protection Circuit Board - Printed Circuit Board
PCM - Protection Circuit Module - (Management)?
PEV - Personal Electric Vehicle
PHEV - Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PITA - Pain In The A__
PLA - Poured Lead Acid (battery)
PM - Personal Message
POS - Piece Of Sh_t
PS - Power Supply - Post Script
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
PTDBWAS - Poke The Dead Body With A Stick
PV - Photovoltaic
PWM - Pulse Width Modulation - Pulse Wave Management - ...
R&D - Research and Development
RMA - Return Material Authorization
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
S - Series (#S#P)
SAE - Society of Automobile Engineers
SLA - Sealed Lead Acid (battery)
SOB - Son O-va Bitch
SOC - State Of Charge
SOL - Sh_t Outa Luck
SS - Stainless Steel
TAG - Twist And Go
TMI - Too Much Information
TRE - Towable Range Extender
UCP - Universal Chrome Plated
UL - Underwriters Laboratories
UNSWAG - Unscientific wild ass guess
V - Volts (**V - *number* volts)
VRLA - Valve Regulated Lead Acid (battery)
WAG - Wild Ass Guess
WH - Watt Hours
WH/Mi - WattHours Per Mile
WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
WOT - Wide Open Throttle

Will add after evaluating.
Please delete post after integration ... 8)
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Re: Acronyms - Definitions

Postby salty9 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 am

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Re: Acronyms - Definitions

Postby Kingfish » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:08 pm

Some dups in your list; see: Glossary of EV terminology

As long as we're considering... I would be happy to provide more complete definitions if required. Some though, are simple addendums. :)

A - Amp
AF - Axial Flux
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AWG - American Wire Gauge
B - Magnetic Field, Magnetic Flux Density (T)
C - Circumference, Coulomb
d - Diameter
DOT - Department of Transportation
E - Energy
eMoto - Electric Motorcycle (slang)
F - Force
FOC - Field Oriented Control
G - Gauss
I - Current measured in Amps
L - Length of wire in the coil
IMM - In my mind
Ke - Voltage Constant, Back EMF Constant, mV/rpm
Kt - Torque Constant
Km - Motor Constant = Kt/√Rt where Rt is the terminal resistance (ohms)
Kv, kv - Motor Constant (rpm/volt)
m - Mass, meter
N - Newton, Number of conductors in the coil
Newbie, newb, n00b or noob - novice or newcomer
OT - Off-Topic
P - Power
PE - Potential Energy, Professional Engineer
r - Radius
R - Resistance
RF - Radio Frequency, Radial Flux
rps - Revolutions per second
s - second
T - Telsa (10,000 G)
W - Watt
Wb - Weber


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