The first works to be digitised will range from feminist pamphlets about Queen Marie-Antoinette (1791), to the invention of the first combustion engine-driven submarine (1858), and an account of a stuffed Hippopotamus owned by the Prince of Orange (1775).

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It has a 616hp V8 twin turbo engine that works rear-driven wheels and a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.

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It is a hybrid, powered by both a small internal combustion engine and a battery-driven electric motor.

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Like C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi has projected total system horsepower of 188 that stems from the combination of a gasoline engine and a battery-driven electric motor.

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But the heat-driven Stirling engine design opens up possibilities for alternative fuels.

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Toro Rosso has essentially been a feeder team for Red Bull, using a chassis based on its parent team's design but a Ferrari engine instead of the Renault-powered cars driven by David Coulthard and Mark Webber.

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It is battery-driven and can be recharged from the mains or by an on-board three-cylinder engine that never directly drives the wheels.

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When the battery is depleted (or when driven at very high speeds), the premium-gas internal combustion engine powers the car, but its fuel mileage suffers from having to shove around 400lbs of batteries.

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