Sentences with phrase «pilot test vehicle»

Honda usually impresses me with its interiors, but this Honda Pilot test vehicle's cabin doesn't look or feel like a $ 30,000 - plus SUV.

Michigan is pilot testing vehicle - to - vehicle signals that lets cars, trucks and buses alert drivers to danger

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Ford f, Tesla tsla, Uber, Baidu, and Google parent Alphabet are all testing prototypes of self - piloting vehicles on public roads today.

In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statement.

«We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative - fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy - duty electric vehicle,» a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune in an email.

Only a handful of cities, starting with Beijing four months ago, were allowed to pilot road tests, but the country hopes to keep pace with the U.S. in the global race to develop autonomous vehicles.

For now, the pilot trips will be free, and every test vehicle will come equipped with a human supervisor in the front seat — ready to take control if there's a system malfunction.

Uber launched its self - driving pilot in San Francisco on Dec. 14, after which the DMV ordered the company to cease its operations until the vehicles got the permits required to test autonomous technology on public roads.

The announcement came shortly after the California DMV revoked the registration of the 16 test vehicles the company deployed as part of the pilot.

Indian ride - hailing firm Ola's pilot project to test a fleet of electric vehicles in Nagpur was expected to herald a coming...

Another booster is Tom Shiflet, the unpaid test pilot for the entire recreational vehicle industry, who plans to make an expedition to the South Pole in November, thus adding another chapter to an impressive personal saga.

State lawmakers in the budget last month approved a provision that allows for a 12 - month pilot program for testing self - driving vehicles, which automobile industry observers expect will be a multi-billion dollar business in the coming years.

And based on the timeline for building SLS and Orion, a 2021 Mars mission would be the first crewed flight for both vehicles, which would mean skipping a piloted test flight closer to home.

Over the past few months, pilots have conducted several test flights of the space - launch vehicle Eve.

After launching an initial pilot test in Pittsburgh in October 2016, Uber briefly tested some self - driving vehicles on the streets of San Francisco — before agreeing to halt after California's regulators protested the lack of testing permits.

The pilot programs were held between August 2011 and January 2012 to gather feedback from 688 drivers who participated in tests of «vehicle - to - vehicle» communications.

And while my Pilot Elite test vehicle came with a traditional blind - spot monitoring system with rear cross-traffic alert, you can't get it on any other version of the Pilot.

The Pilot Elite test vehicle also had captain's chairs in the second row, a novelty for my kids but not as versatile as a 3 - person bench seat.

Unless my test vehicle was an anomaly, I'm not really sure why Pilot buyers are so unhappy with their vehicles» fuel economy.

A 2013 pilot study in Ann Arbor, Mich., tested the functionality and reliability of these connected vehicle technologies.

They keep you in place and keep the danger outside of the vehicle and after going through the IIHS» testing we know that the Pilot excels in this area.

After test driving the awkward and cumbersome Expedition, I found the Pilot a pleasure to drive the leather seats are divine and the vehicles ergonomics are delightful!

The Pilot was the only vehicle tested to score a poor for hip & thigh injuries to the crash dummy.

Our test vehicle had a price tag north of $ 46,000, and while it came with blind spot warning, it lacked forward collision warning, lane keeping assist, lane departure warning, active cruise control, and a host of other active safety features offered at a much lower price on the Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander, Volkswagen Atlas and others.

Take a test drive at our Honda dealership in a new Honda Fit or Pilot or a new Honda Accord, Civic, CR - V, Odyssey in Centennial, or any other Honda vehicle!

- Superior peak performance for electric - drive production vehicles - Racing driver Markus Winkelhock piloted the new electric sports car with 280 kW output - Michael Dick: «To us, electric mobility means dynamics and driving pleasure» The future of electric mobility at Audi is highly dynamic: The R8 e-tron has set a world record for a production vehicle with an electric drive system on the Nürburgring Nordschleife — the toughest test track in the world.

Less than a month after Uber's fatal accident in Arizona, California regulators issue a proposal for a pilot test of passenger - carrying autonomous vehicles.

The state's Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which regulates the public utilities sector, has put forth a new proposal to begin testing autonomous vehicle passenger services as part of a pilot program.