DICTIONARY OF AUTOMOTIVE TERMS - "Iv"

IVC
  1. Acronym for Inlet valve closes
  2. Acronym for "Individually Controlled Ventilation" as introduced on 1933 Fisher body LaSalles
IVHS
Acronym for Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems -- A general term for a wide variety of technologies, including electronic sensors, computer hardware and software, and radio communications. The purpose of IVHS is to increase efficiency of use of existing highways, reducing travel time, fuel consumption, air pollution, and accidents. A more recently coined term, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), encompasses both IVHS and modes of transportation other than highway, such as rail. (see AVI, AVL, WIM) There are five functional areas
  1. Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS)
  2. Advance Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)
  3. Advance Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)
  4. Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS)
  5. Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)
Also see
IVO
Acronym for Inlet valve opens
IVS
Acronym for Idle Validation Switch
IVSC
Acronym for Integrated Vehicle Speed Control
IVT
Acronym for Infinitely Variable Transmission.
IVV
Acronym for Idle vacuum valve