There are many abbreviations and acronyms in the automobile industry which are very important for you to know. Here is the list of 250+ abbreviations and their full forms.
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Automobile Abbreviations and Full forms list
Let’s find 250+ automobile abbreviations, acronyms, and their full forms list.
| SL No | Acronyms | Full Forms |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2WD | Two Wheel Drive |
| 2 | 42V ISG | 42-volt integrated starter-generator system |
| 3 | 4WD | Four-wheel-drive |
| 4 | A/C | Air conditioning |
| 5 | AALA | American Automobile Labelling Act |
| 6 | AAT | Ambient Air Temperature |
| 7 | ABARS | Automobile Backward Automatic Ranging System |
| 8 | ABC | Accelerator Brake and Clutch |
| 9 | ABC | Active Body Control |
| 10 | ABS | Anti-lock Braking System |
| 11 | AC | Alternating Current |
| 12 | ACCS | Air Conditioning Cycling Switch |
| 13 | ACD | Air Conditioning Demand |
| 14 | ACE | Active Cornering Enhancement |
| 15 | ACM | Airbag Control Module |
| 16 | ACP | Air Conditioning Pressure |
| 17 | ADAS | Advanced Driver Assistance System |
| 18 | ADAS | Advanced Driving Autonomous Systems |
| 19 | ADB | Adaptive Driving Beam |
| 20 | ADC | Automatic Distance Control |
| 21 | ADG | Accommodated Device Gateway |
| 22 | ADL | Automatic Door Lock |
| 23 | ADS | Auxiliary Discriminating Sensor |
| 24 | ADU | Autonomous Driving Unit |
| 25 | AECM | Airbag Electronic Control Module |
| 26 | AFCD | Advanced Frontal Crash Dummy |
| 27 | AFCM | Alternate Fuel Control Module |
| 28 | AFECM | Alternate Fuel Engine Control Module |
| 29 | AFL | Adaptive Front Light |
| 30 | AFO | Alternate Fuel Operation |
| 31 | AFR | Air Fuel Ratio |
| 32 | AFS | Adaptive front-light system |
| 33 | AGVS | Automated Guided Vehicle System |
| 34 | AHC | Automatic height controller |
| 35 | AHLD | Automatic Headlamp Levelling Device |
| 36 | AHS | Active Handling System |
| 37 | AIM | Automotive Interior Material |
| 38 | AIR | Air Injection Reaction |
| 39 | AIS | Automatic Idle Speed |
| 40 | ALR | Locking Retractor |
| 41 | AMM | Air Mass Meter |
| 42 | AMT | Automated Manual Transmission |
| 43 | APO | Accessory Power Outlets |
| 44 | APP | Accelerator Pedal Position |
| 45 | APT | Adjustable part Throttle |
| 46 | ARAI | Automotive Research Association of India |
| 47 | ASA | Automatic Slack Adjuster |
| 48 | ASARC | Air Suspension Automatic Ride Control |
| 49 | ASG | Automatic-Shift Gearbox |
| 50 | ASTC | Automatic Stability and Traction Control |
| 51 | ATC | Automatic Temperature Control |
| 52 | ATLS | Automated Truck Loading Systems |
| 53 | ATV | All-Terrain Vehicle |
| 54 | AUDI | Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt |
| 55 | AWD | All Wheel Drive |
| 56 | BCM | Brake Control Module |
| 57 | BHP | Brake Horse Power |
| 58 | BKT | Balkrishna Industries Limited |
| 59 | BMEP | Brake Mean Effective Pressure |
| 60 | BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke |
| 61 | BSFC | Brake Specific Fuel Consumption |
| 62 | CAB 1493 | California Assembly Bill 1493 |
| 63 | CAMM | Computer Aided Manufacturing Measurement |
| 64 | CAMS | Computerized Automotive Maintenance System |
| 65 | CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| 66 | CC | Cubic Capacity |
| 67 | CCO | Converter Clutch Override |
| 68 | CCOT | Cycling Clutch Orifice Tube |
| 69 | CCP | Climate Control Panel |
| 70 | CCP | Coupled cam phasing |
| 71 | CCVTI | Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Ignition |
| 72 | CDI | Capacitor Discharge Ignition |
| 73 | CEAT | Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino |
| 74 | CFI | Cross Fire Injection |
| 75 | CFI | Continuous Fuel Injection |
| 76 | CI.ENG | Compression Ignition Engine |
| 77 | CMFI | Central Multi-port Fuel Injection |
| 78 | CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
| 79 | CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| 80 | CPFI | Central Port Fuel Injection |
| 81 | CRDE | Common Rail Diesel Engine |
| 82 | CRDI | Common Rail Direct Injection |
| 83 | CRFI | Common Rail Fuel Injection |
| 84 | CSFI | Central Sequential Fuel Injection |
| 85 | CVN | Calibration Verification Number |
| 86 | CVT | Continuously Variable Transmission |
| 87 | CVTI | Charged motion Variable Time Ignition |
| 88 | CVTI | Charged-motion Variable Time Ignition |
| 89 | CVVL | Continuous variable valve lift |
| 90 | CWS | Continental Wheel System |
| 91 | DC | Direct current |
| 92 | DCP | Dual cam phasing |
| 93 | DCT | Dual clutch transmission |
| 94 | DDIS | Direct Diesel Injection System |
| 95 | DDS | Deflection Detection System |
| 96 | DFI | Digital Fuel Injection |
| 97 | DGI | Direct Gasoline Injection |
| 98 | dHCCI | Diesel homogeneous charge compression ignition |
| 99 | DI.ENG | Direct Injection Engine |
| 100 | DMV | Department of Motor Vehicles |
| 101 | DMV | California Department of Motor Vehicles |
| 102 | DOHC | Double Overhead Camshaft |
| 103 | DRL | Daytime Running Lights |
| 104 | DSC | Dynamic Stability Control |
| 105 | DSCC | Distance Sensing Cruise Control |
| 106 | DTSI | Digital Twin Spark Ignition |
| 107 | DVVL | Discrete variable valve lift |
| 108 | DVVLd | Discrete variable valve lift, includes dual cam phasing |
| 109 | DVVLi | Discrete variable valve lift, includes intake valve cam phasing |
| 110 | eACC | Improved electric accessories |
| 111 | EAT | Electronically assisted turbocharging |
| 112 | EATC | Electronic Automatic Temperature Control |
| 113 | EBC | Electronic Brake Control |
| 114 | EBD | Electronic Brakeforce Distribution |
| 115 | EC.Eng | External Combustion Engine |
| 116 | ECC | Electronic Climate Control |
| 117 | ECU | Electronic Control Unit |
| 118 | ECU | Engine Control Unit |
| 119 | EFI | Electronic Fuel Injection |
| 120 | EGR | Exhaust Gas Recirculation |
| 121 | EHB | Electro-Hydraulic Brake |
| 122 | EHCU | Electronic Hydraulic Control Unit |
| 123 | ehCVA | Electrohydraulic camless valve actuation |
| 124 | EHOC | Electrically Heated Oxidation Catalyst |
| 125 | EHPS | Electro-Hydraulic Power Steering |
| 126 | emCVA | Electromagnetic camless valve actuation |
| 127 | EMFAC | ARB emission factors modeling software |
| 128 | EOP | Engine Oil Pressure |
| 129 | EOT | Engine Oil Temperature |
| 130 | EPB | Electronic Parking Brake |
| 131 | EPHS | Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering |
| 132 | EPR | Exhaust Pressure Regulator |
| 133 | EPS | Electronic Power Steering |
| 134 | ESC | Electronic Stability Control |
| 135 | ESCM | Energy Storage Control Module |
| 136 | ESP | Electronic stability program |
| 137 | EVO | Electronic Variable Orifice |
| 138 | EVRV | Electronic Vacuum Regulator Valve |
| 139 | EWP | Electric water pump |
| 140 | EWP | Elevating work platform |
| 141 | FDC | Fixed displacement compressor |
| 142 | FDE | Ford Duratorq Engine |
| 143 | FGT | Fixed Geometry Turbocharger |
| 144 | FHP | Frictional Horse Power |
| 145 | FIPL | Fuel Injection Pump Lever |
| 146 | FORD | Flying Orbital Radioactive Disaster |
| 147 | FPI | Fins Per Inch |
| 148 | FPM | Fuel Pump Monitor |
| 149 | FPRC | Fuel Pressure Regulator Circuit |
| 150 | FTP | Fuel Tank Pressure |
| 151 | FTP | Federal test procedure |
| 152 | FWD | Four Wheel Drive |
| 153 | g/mi | grams per mile |
| 154 | GDI | Gasoline Direct Injection |
| 155 | GDI-L | Lean-burn gasoline direct injection |
| 156 | GDI-S | Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection |
| 157 | gHCCI | Gasoline homogeneous charge compression ignition |
| 158 | GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| 159 | GT | Gran/Grand turismo |
| 160 | GTI | Grand Tourer Injection |
| 161 | GVW | Gross Vehicle Weight |
| 162 | GVWR | Gross vehicle weight rating |
| 163 | GWP | Global Warming Potential |
| 164 | HAD | Highly Autonomous Driving |
| 165 | HC | Hydrocarbons |
| 166 | HCCI | Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition |
| 167 | HCM | Hybrid Control Unit |
| 168 | HCU | Hydraulic Control Unit |
| 169 | HCV | Heavy Commercial Vehicle |
| 170 | HDC | Hill Descent Control |
| 171 | HEPS | Hydraulic Electric Power Steering |
| 172 | HEV | Hybrid Electric Vehicle |
| 173 | HFC | Hydrofluorocarbon |
| 174 | HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
| 175 | HP | Horse Power |
| 176 | hp | Horsepower |
| 177 | HPDI | High Pressure Direct Injection |
| 178 | HSDI | High-speed (diesel) direct injection |
| 179 | HVAC | Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning |
| 180 | HVI | High Viscosity Index |
| 181 | ICE | Internal Combustion Engine |
| 182 | ICM | Ignition Control Module |
| 183 | ICP | Injection Control Pressure |
| 184 | IGN | Ignition |
| 185 | IHP | Indicated Horse Power |
| 186 | IMEP | Indicated Mean Effective Pressure |
| 187 | ImpAlt | Improved efficiency alternator |
| 188 | ISFC | Indicated Specific Fuel Consumption |
| 189 | ISG | Integrated Starter Generator |
| 190 | ISG-SS | Integrated starter-generator system with start-stop operation |
| 191 | IVCS | Integrated Vehicle Control System |
| 192 | IVSC | Integrated Vehicle Speed Control |
| 193 | JCB | Joseph Cyril Bamford |
| 194 | KPH | Kilometer Per Hour |
| 195 | KPL | Kilometer Per Liter |
| 196 | L4 | In-line four-cylinder |
| 197 | LCV | Light Commercial Vehicle |
| 198 | LDT | Light-duty truck |
| 199 | LDT1 | a light-duty truck with a loaded vehicle weight of up to 3750 pounds. |
| 200 | LDT2 | an LEV II light-duty truck with a loaded vehicle weight of 3751 pounds to a gross vehicle weight of 8500 pounds |
| 201 | LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| 202 | LEV | Low-Emission Vehicle |
| 203 | LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
| 204 | LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| 205 | LSPV | Load Sensing Proportioning valve) |
| 206 | LVW | Loaded vehicle weight |
| 207 | MAC | Mobile air conditioning |
| 208 | MDPV | Medium-duty passenger vehicle |
| 209 | MDV | Medium-duty vehicle |
| 210 | mg/mi | Milligrams per mile |
| 211 | ModHEV | Moderate hybrid |
| 212 | MPFI | Multi Point Fuel Injection |
| 213 | MRF | Madras Rubber Factory |
| 214 | MUV | Multi Utility Vehicle |
| 215 | MVSS | Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 216 | N2O | Nitrous oxide |
| 217 | NGV | Natural Gas Vehicle |
| 218 | NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 219 | NMOG | Non-Methane Organic Gas |
| 220 | NOx | Oxides of nitrogen |
| 221 | NTMVSA | National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act |
| 222 | NVLD | Natural Vacuum Leak Detection |
| 223 | OBD | On Board Diagnose |
| 224 | OHV | Over Head Valve |
| 225 | OLA | Operational Level Agreement |
| 226 | ORC | Oxidation Reduction Converter |
| 227 | ORVM | Outside rear view mirror |
| 228 | PB | Power brakes |
| 229 | PC | passenger car |
| 230 | PCM | Powertrain Control Module |
| 231 | PS | Power steering |
| 232 | PUC | Pollution Under Control |
| 233 | RABS | Rear Antilock Brake System |
| 234 | RKE | Remote Keyless Entry |
| 235 | RPE | Retail price equivalent |
| 236 | RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
| 237 | RTO | Road Transport Office |
| 238 | RTR | Racing Throttle Response |
| 239 | RWD | Rear Wheel Drive |
| 240 | SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers |
| 241 | SEA | Society of Automotive Engineers |
| 242 | SFC | Specific Fuel Consumption |
| 243 | SI.ENG | Spark Ignition Engine |
| 244 | SIAM | Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers |
| 245 | SMCC | Stepper Motor Cruise Control |
| 246 | SOHC | Single Over Head Camshaft |
| 247 | SRS | Supplemental Restraint System |
| 248 | SULEV | Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle |
| 249 | SUV | Sport Utility Vehicle |
| 250 | TACM | Throttle Actuator Control Module |
| 251 | TBI | Throttle Body Injection |
| 252 | TC | Traction Control |
| 253 | TCS | Traction control system |
| 254 | TDCI | Turbo Diesel Commonrail injection |
| 255 | TDI | Turbocharged Direct Injection |
| 256 | TRR | Tire Rolling Resistance |
| 257 | TSI | Turbocharged Stratified Injection |
| 258 | Turbo | Turbocharging |
| 259 | TVS | Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram |
| 260 | TWD | Two Wheel Drive |
| 261 | UAV | An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| 262 | UBER | Urban Executive Ride |
| 263 | ULEV | Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle |
| 264 | V6 | Vee-formation six-cylinder |
| 265 | V8 | V-formation eight-cylinder |
| 266 | VACS | Vehicle Access Control System |
| 267 | VATS | Vehicle AntiTheft System |
| 268 | VCU | Vehicle Control Unit |
| 269 | VDB | Ventilated Disc Brake |
| 270 | VDC | Variable Displacement Compressor |
| 271 | VDCS | Vehicle Dynamics Control System |
| 272 | VECI | Vehicle Emission Control Information |
| 273 | VGT | Variable Geometry Turbocharger |
| 274 | VIN | Vehicle Identification Number |
| 275 | VNT | Variable Nozzle Turbine |
| 276 | VRLA | Valve Regulated Lead Acid |
| 277 | VSC | Vehicle Stability Control |
| 278 | VSES | Vehicle Stability Enhancement System |
| 279 | VSS | Vehicle Speed Sensor |
| 280 | VSV | Vacuum Solenoid Valve |
| 281 | VTVT | Variable Timing Valve Train |
| 282 | VVT | Variable Valve Timing |
| 283 | VVTI | Variable Valve Timing Item |
| 284 | VVTI | Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence |
| 285 | WGT | Waste Gas Turbocharger |
| 286 | xVDS | Extended Vehicle Diagnostic System |
| 287 | ZEV | Zero Emission Vehicle |
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