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Welcome center
A welcome center is a staffed visitor information facility, usually run by a state government at a highway gateway or state border, that provides maps, brochures, and rest facilities to arriving travelers.
Werner Enterprises
Werner Enterprises is a truckload transportation and logistics company founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1956 by C.L. Werner, one of the five largest truckload carriers in the United States.
West Coast Customs
West Coast Customs is an American car customization company founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, featured on MTV's Pimp My Ride and later headquartered in Burbank, California.
West Gate Tunnel
The West Gate Tunnel is a tolled twin road tunnel in Melbourne, Australia, opened in December 2025 to give a second river crossing and alternative to the West Gate Bridge.
West Virginia Division of Highways
The West Virginia Division of Highways is the state agency responsible for building and maintaining nearly all public roads in West Virginia, headquartered in Charleston.
WestConnex
WestConnex is a 33 km tolled motorway network in Sydney, Australia, linking the city's western and south-western suburbs with the CBD and Port Botany, completed in November 2023 and owned by a Transurban-led consortium.
Western Highway (Victoria)
The Western Highway is the major road link between Melbourne and Adelaide in western Victoria, running through Ballarat, Ararat, and Stawell to the South Australian border.
Western Star Trucks
Western Star Trucks is an American heavy-duty truck brand owned by Daimler Trucks North America, launched in 1967 and building premium vocational trucks for logging, mining, and construction.
Westlink M7
The Westlink M7 is a tolled motorway in western Sydney, running about 40 km from the M5 at Prestons to the M4 and M2 as part of Sydney's orbital network.
Westway (Manhattan)
Westway was a proposed Interstate 478 highway built on Hudson River landfill with parks and development on Manhattan's west side, designated in 1971 and canceled in 1985 after litigation.
Wet clutch
A wet clutch is a friction clutch that runs immersed in oil, which cools the friction surfaces and damps engagement, making it the standard clutch on most motorcycles.
WEY Gaoshan
The WEY Gaoshan (魏牌高山) is a series of luxury plug-in hybrid MPVs built by Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor under its premium WEY brand, launched in 2023.
WEY Lanshan
The WEY Lanshan (魏牌蓝山), sold abroad as the Wey 07, is a mid-to-large six-seat plug-in hybrid SUV made by Wey, the premium SUV brand of Great Wall Motor.
Wheel alignment
Wheel alignment, also known as tire alignment or front end alignment, adjusts a vehicle's suspension angles to the manufacturer's specifications to minimize tire wear and maximize handling.
Wheel clamp
A wheel clamp, also called a Denver boot, is a locking device fitted to a parked vehicle's wheel to enforce fines, invented in Denver in the 1950s.
Wheel sizing
Wheel sizing covers tire size designations, such as P205/75R14, and wheel fitment specifications, including bolt pattern, center bore, offset, and load rating, that determine whether a wheel fits a vehicle.
Wheel truing
Wheel truing is the process of adjusting a bicycle wheel's spoke tension with a spoke wrench to correct wobbles and hops, improving the wheel's straightness and roundness.
Wheelbase
Wheelbase is the distance between the centers of a vehicle's front and rear axles. A long wheelbase gives a smoother ride; a short one turns in a smaller circle.
White Motor Company
White Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio, began making steam automobiles in 1900, switched to trucks after World War I, and went bankrupt in 1980 before Volvo absorbed it in 1981.
White topping
White topping, also written whitetopping, is the construction of a portland cement concrete overlay on existing asphalt pavement to repair distresses, extending pavement life by 15 to 20 years.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car? is Chris Paine's 2006 Sony Pictures Classics documentary about the GM EV1's 1996 California launch and destruction, structured as a murder mystery blaming oil, auto, government, and consumer forces.
Wide moving jam
A wide moving jam is a dense, slow region of freeway traffic that propagates upstream, keeping its downstream front velocity nearly constant; central to Kerner's three-phase traffic theory.
Wiedemann model
The Wiedemann model is a psycho-physical car-following model in which drivers react to the vehicle ahead by crossing perception thresholds, introduced by Rainer Wiedemann in 1974.
Wienermobile
The Wienermobile, also known as the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile or Frankmobile, is a hot-dog-shaped promotional vehicle that has toured the United States since it first drove in Chicago in 1936.
Wiesel (weapons carrier)
The Wiesel 1 (Waffenträger Wiesel, weapons carrier) is a lightly armored tracked weapons carrier of the German Bundeswehr, introduced in 1990 for airborne and light infantry forces.
William C. Durant
William C. Durant is an American businessman who founded General Motors in 1908 and co-founded Chevrolet in 1911, later founding Durant Motors and ending in personal bankruptcy.
William S. Harley
William S. Harley (William Sylvester Harley) was an American mechanical engineer who co-founded the Harley-Davidson Motor Company in Milwaukee and served as its chief engineer.
Willys
Willys, also known as Willys-Overland, was an American automaker founded by John North Willys in Toledo, Ohio, best known for the World War II Jeep and first civilian Jeeps.
Willys MB
The Willys MB, or Willys Jeep, was a four-wheel-drive utility truck built in Toledo, Ohio, for the US Army during World War II from 1941 to 1945.
Wincanton (company)
Wincanton plc was a British contract logistics and supply chain company based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, founded in 1925 and acquired by GXO Logistics in 2024.