Sentences with phrase «vehicle programs for»

Program Manager / Project Engineer and System Engineer for Launch Vehicle Programs for Commercial / NASA / Air Force / NRO Customers over 10 years.

Tonight Barb Samardzich, who heads up global vehicle programs for Ford, will be with John and Peter.

«Congress locked in that the standards have to be based on these forty - year - old tests that have nothing to do with the way people drive,» says David Friedman, senior engineer and deputy director of vehicles program for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Ford Motor Co. launched its project - vehicle program for 2013 and has announced that the Ford booth will place special emphasis on the»14 Ford Fiesta ST and the Transit Connect van and wagon.

87 miles of driving are available on a full charge with the 500e, and as an added bonus Fiat offers a rental vehicle program for owners who occasionally need to travel farther than their 500e's battery will allow.

Uber has suspended its self - driving vehicle program for the time being.

Not exact matches

In a release Monday, Lyft and GM announced the expansion of their joint vehicle - rental program, which allows Lyft drivers to rent a nearly - new GM vehicle for the short -(or, occasionally, long --RRB- term.

The EPA with cooperation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and California Air Resources Board established in 2010 a single national program of greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2012 - 2025 vehicles.

Waymo CEO John Krafcik speaks to CNBC's Phil LeBeau about the driverless technology company's partnership with Jaguar as well as the outlook for the safety of autonomous vehicle programs in the wake of the fatal Uber accident.

The Tesla's «in - vehicle infotainment system» lacks an application programming interface — a way for programmers to tap into a computer system and write apps for it.

The separate partnerships announced Thursday are a milestone for Aurora's founders, Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell, and Chris Urmson, all early pioneers of the technology who led autonomous vehicles programs at Google (goog), Tesla (tsla), and Uber (uber).

Initially, it was a program that let insurance adjusters validate and decode the 17 - digit VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) for any car that was involved in an insurance claim for theft or total loss.

The goal of the incentive is to demonstrate market acceptance and bolster Elio's application for the DOE's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program.

Dr. James Sandercock, trained as a microbiologist before getting involved with biodegradable plastics and making fuel - grade ethanol for vehicles, is Chair of NAIT's Alternative Energy Technology program.

The unfortunate reality is the opposite: Electric car programs (or programs for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1 % of their total vehicle sales.

Uber launched a program in November 2013 to arrange manufacturer discounts and lenders for prospective drivers who lacked cars in the hopes it would boost vehicles driving for the app - based service.

The state - led program targets 10 strategic industries for replacing imports with Chinese - made products: advanced information technology, robotics, aircraft, shipbuilding and marine engineering, advanced rail equipment, new energy vehicles, electrical generation equipment, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials.

At the time, Musk said that once Tesla vehicles were fully autonomous, the company would set up a program for owners to make money off their car by letting other people use it.

Supporters of Trump's plan like the Small UAV Coalition, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics praised how the new drone program still designates the FAA as the ultimate authority over drones, trumping local governments.

The program allows car buyers to trade in less - fuel - efficient vehicles for up to a US$ 4,500 credit toward a new car.

The so - called program calls for 100 shipping containers with laptops, furniture, and Land Cruiser vehicles will be set up as makeshift, mobile police stations in Mosul and across five liberated provinces, Canadian Brig. Gen. D.J. Anderson, who is director of partner force development for coalition.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

In 2014, the government set up a subsidy program called China's National Integrated Circuits Industry Investment Fund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to Bloomberg.

Add in to that equation the rich investing in automation technology like those ordering kiosks at Panera, self - checkout machines, autonomous vehicles, and even automated web design programs and it's a perfect recipe for pending economic disaster.

Our equity award program is the primary vehicle for offering long - term incentives to our named executive officers.

The award - winning, privately funded YgreneWorks program provides immediately accessible financing with no upfront payments for energy efficiency, renewables, water conservation, and, in certain areas, electric vehicle charging stations, hurricane protection, and seismic upgrades.

After the company released its three - year lease program for the electric vehicles, Tesla Motors said that it received high interest from potential buyers regarding leases with a shorter period.

Regulators could review our practice of taking reservation payments and, if the practice is deemed to violate applicable law, we could be required to pay penalties or refund the reservation payments that we have received for vehicles that are not immediately available for delivery, to stop accepting additional reservation payments, to restructure certain aspects of our reservation program, and potentially to suspend or revoke our licenses to manufacture and sell our vehicles.

Twenty Uber employees were recently fired after the harassment investigation, and the head of its autonomous vehicle program was fired for refusing to cooperate in the lawsuit.

In addition, a vehicle purchase program for Walmart employees will be launched shortly to help Walmart's 1.5 million U.S. employees save time and money when buying a car.

Executives at GM have expressed frustration that comparisons of monthly U.S. sales results among rival automakers are distorted by short - term discount programs, and by differences in strategy for selling vehicles in bulk to rental car fleets.

Uber's partially self - driving car will begin accepting passengers Wednesday in Pittsburgh, accelerating the ride - hailing app's autonomous vehicle program amid hiccups for other tech giants» automobile ambition

It is mostly private companies that specialize in this type of financing, with programs designed for specific industries, such as the motor - vehicle, aircraft and industrial equipment sectors, although some banks can provide export - leasing services through subsidiaries.

It's a program designed to provide select Jeep Brand vehicle owners with dedicated 24/7 owner support and a special package of benefits designed to enhance their ownership experience and thank them for their patronage.

G.M. and Lyft are also planning their own testing program for autonomous ride - hailing vehicles, although they have not disclosed details.

For example, we should be considering serious investment in infrastructure for electric vehicles, and expanding on programs that incent British Columbians to adopt this forward - looking technoloFor example, we should be considering serious investment in infrastructure for electric vehicles, and expanding on programs that incent British Columbians to adopt this forward - looking technolofor electric vehicles, and expanding on programs that incent British Columbians to adopt this forward - looking technology.

They have new vehicles and eat pretty good on our dime I didn't have health care because the small business community is DEAD here and didn't quafily for any of those programs, why is the working person penalized for WORKING!!!

In answer to the criticism that WCC is syncretistic because of its program for inter-religious dialogue, Thomas said that if the word syncretism denotes all processes of interpenetration between cultures and religions, the only answer to a wrong syncretism, which means the uncritical, superficial, normless mixing of basically incompatible religious concepts and cultural attitudes, is a Christ - centered syncretism which grapples with and evaluates all concepts and attitudes critically in the light of Jesus Christ and converts them into vehicles for communicating the truth of the Gospel and for expressing its meaning for life.

«Through the Business for Social Responsibility Future of Fuels program, Coca - Cola and PepsiCo are researching the carbon intensity of their vehicle fuels, the ways that they can reduce reliance on high - carbon fuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wrote.

For instance, there are sports people whose astronomical talents justified everything ever written about them who ended up in the right place at the right time: Pele bubbling up from soccer - mad Brazil; Michael Jordan being born in basketball - mad North Carolina; Usain Bolt coming from Jamaica at a time when the island's track program is dominating the world and was a perfect vehicle for his nearly perfect taleFor instance, there are sports people whose astronomical talents justified everything ever written about them who ended up in the right place at the right time: Pele bubbling up from soccer - mad Brazil; Michael Jordan being born in basketball - mad North Carolina; Usain Bolt coming from Jamaica at a time when the island's track program is dominating the world and was a perfect vehicle for his nearly perfect talefor his nearly perfect talent.

The village is assuming all fleet maintenance duties for park district vehicles, which were maintained by private sector businesses prior to the launch of the program, said interim park district Executive Director Steve Nagle.

Eventually a program was started based on that experience that if law enforcement has information about a kidnapping in progress, they then contact the media who shares that information with the public so they can become first responders, eyes and ears, looking for a particular vehicle darting away with a particular child.

Comprehensive Health Policies: The District of Columbia enacted a law establishing a Healthy Schools Fund that includes directives to prohibit vehicles from idling near schools, implements the EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools programs, and requires a plan to operate school health centers by 2015.

We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing use of pesticides and herbicides on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through local leadership.

In February, MetLife ended a program for NRA members to obtain insurance discounts for boats, motorcycles and recreational vehicles, while Chubb Ltd decided to stop underwriting an NRA - branded insurance program for gun owners.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program.

Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky agrees with that assessment in part, saying the program isn't the only job creation vehicle for New York.

Dinapoli didn't have the infrastructure in his campaign to run those programs so the Coordinated Campaign provided it and provided the vehicle for volunteers / unions / paid bodies to plug into.

I left the weapon in that vehicle as my wife and I felt uncomfortable taking it into an area church for a required meeting with other Onondaga County Foster Parent Program volunteers — c learly not an appropriate venue to be carrying a weapon of any kind.»

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.