Sentences with phrase «as mainstream cars»

The engine can also charge the battery directly, just as mainstream cars do through their alternators.

The Ferrari SuperFast I recently drove in Italy has 789 hp, but that's about it as far as mainstream cars go (the drag - focused Dodge Demon and hyperexotic Bugatti Chiron aren't exactly mainstream).

At the time, the company's sole product on the market was the Tesla Roadster — an extremely impressive vehicle, but as a mainstream car company, Tesla was largely unproven.

Sergio Marchionne is a big believer that the only way to survive as a mainstream car maker is to be as big as possible and share development costs whenever you can.

Not exact matches

They've been locked away in car factories for years, but as computer processing gets faster and cheaper robots are moving into the mainstream.

While I'm not qualified to speak on the likelihood of vertical trailer parks, I can say that this conception of VR as a mainstream technology is about as likely as the Jetson's car that folded up into a suitcase.

Tesla expects to sell about 50,000 cars this year, but that number is expected to shoot upward as the Model 3 will be its first car priced for the mainstream.

As technology becomes more mainstream in our homes and cars, demand for NXP's solutions is likely to increase.

It's also something we are covering in our five - part battery series, in which we are looking at lithium - ion battery demand, as well as the materials that will need to be sourced as electric cars go mainstream.

In a couple of weeks where even the mainstream press have admitted that corbyn has done far better than expected you have one article from a lib dem attacking him as a Tory and then this one which tries to equate labour's reasonable (with the exception of Diane Abbott) competent and well thought out campaign with Theresa May's car crash.

Unfortunately, given that the thriller plot kicks in for the latter half of the film, which employs such things as cracked security systems, hacked computers, tampered drinks, hidden cameras, women in cages, car chases, and criminal frame jobs, the upper hand is completely lost to cheesy mainstream suspense gimmickry that is both wearisome and distasteful considering the thematic material presented.

Everyone here transcends their typecasting, including slacker balladeers Mark and Jay Duplass, who make a bid for mainstream success (two words: car chase) without precisely abandoning their idiosyncrasies, such as their camcorder - honed / derived aesthetic — which establishes a cinematic grammar that allows for shabby but essential angles like a shot of Segel's hair poking up from behind a vending machine.

As EVs and Teslas seep further into the mainstream, we'll see how the enthusiast car culture adapts to welcome and accommodate the new - age tech, if it does at all.

PRICE AS TESTED: $ 22,870 Akio Toyoda, the CEO of Toyota Motor Company, has talked a lot about making mainstream cars more exciting and youthful.

There's a lot of padding along the dash and door inserts of the Premier, and the leather is as good as any in the mainstream commodity midsize car segment.

Add to all this Skoda's first real go at autonomous driving capability and its display at a contemporary motor show such as Shanghai, this is proof of Skoda's intent on being a real voice in the future of mainstream car manufacturing.

In other words, Cadillac's new accounting system will make it easier to green - light an exotic, high - priced, low - volume sports car as a way to elevate the value of its more mainstream products.

Google proudly announced as much on its corporate blog this week, saying that it's another milestone on the long road to mainstreaming self - driving cars and autonomous driving technology.

As turbos have transitioned into the mainstream, it's become a matter of performance - car honor to eschew the magic turbine in favor of normally aspirated purity.

As downsized petrol engines are the future of mainstream car powerplants, we can feel pretty good about life.

Volkswagen hasn't rethought the 2016 Volkswagen Passat as much as it has modernized aging elements of an otherwise - great mainstream car.

The standard car's perfect, mid-engined balance is just as evident in this limited edition model, but in terms of response and immediacy the GT4 is on a different planet to the mainstream versions.

Over the next few months, look for the Dodge brand's sales numbers to decline as the Chrysler Group embarks on its five - year plan to make the Chrysler brand the mainstream, best - selling passenger car brand.

Logically, mainstream cars will go the same way as commercial aircraft, but that hasn't stopped enthusiasts from flying themselves and nor should it with driving - horse riding remains a popular passion 100 + years after the car's invention.

In the middle are cars like the unique i3, which already is a hit in California, plus numerous affordable BEVs impinging on Tesla's upcoming mainstream Gen III models, including the Chevrolet Bolt which promises a range of 200 miles (322 km) and a redesigned Nissan Leaf that is the sales leader in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500e.

The partnership with Ford, in particular, aims to bring self - driving cars to the mainstream as both companies collaborate to find how to dispatch autonomous vehicles as efficiently as possible; however, the Ford and Lyft partnership doesn't intend to put passengers in autonomous vehicles just yet.

The mk6 GTI is a great car — more entertaining than the Scirocco — but it is undoubtedly trying hard not to alienate a mainstream market (albeit a flush one as the starting price is # 22,000 for the three - door), meaning it is less extroverted than some of its rivals.

In the unenviable position as one of the few remaining truly independent car manufacturers, Mazda has had to constantly redefine its place within the mainstream since breaking away from Ford at the beginning of the last decade.

In 2013, we reported that a new RX - 8 replacement could arrive by 2017 with direct fuel injection — so long as Mazda had already bolstered its profits by selling more mainstream cars.

As the first recognition of car enthusiasm in mainstream culture since the oil crisis of 1973, the article created a sensation, and Barry was commissioned to write the first draft of a screenplay that eventually became a bad movie, King of the Mountain.

Subaru has taken up that torch lately, and it makes as much of a difference in a performance car as it does in a mainstream compact.

On Friday 22 June, the last ever Renesis rotary engined car — the RX - 8 — rolled off the production line at Mazda's Hiroshima factory, signalling the end of an era for the company, as it currently has no current plans to re-introduce the engine in a mainstream model.

It's a more extrovert choice than either, and is likely to be compared to the likes of the Peugeot RCZ or a personalised and well - specced Citroen DS3 or Mini Cooper S. It's not quite as much fun to drive as those — and is someway off delivering the Mini's levels of satisfaction — but with impressive practicality (the rear seats can accommodate most adults and there's a well - sized boot) plus more mainstream appeal than before, it's a car we're happy to recommend if you're sold on the looks.

As is becoming the norm on the majority of mainstream cars, a collection of active safety systems includes autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning and forward collision warning.

The XE has done a successful job of enhancing Jaguar's reputation as a builder of high - ranking mainstream cars, easily capable of taking on its rivals and beating them, and now it's a serious contender if you're after a desirable used purchase, too.

Styling: Although it seems out of character, with these cars Ford emerges as the cutting - edge manufacturer while Chrysler embraces the mainstream.

«You used to be able to define one based on price and equipment, but you can't do that anymore because even mainstream cars offer the same equipment as the luxury models.

Most mainstream competitors to the Volkswagen brand in the United States such as Honda, Toyota and Ford offer only a three - year / 36, 000 mile basic warranty and a five - year / 60, 000 mile powertrain warranty on their cars and SUVs.

Semi-autonomous features used to be found only on luxury cars, but they're quickly migrating to mainstream and performance brands as technology gets cheaper.

Electric cars started off as novelties, progressed through hybrids, became mainstream cars and now, finally and long overdue, are being used to make high performance cars exceptional performers.

«The lessons learned at Corvette Racing can benefit mainstream production vehicles as GM continues to develop lightweight, aerodynamic, and fuel - efficient cars and trucks.»

Ford and Lincoln have Sync available across the line and MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch are on mainstream as well as premium cars.

As for those 2014 Best Tech car awards, we're holding open one for the first mainstream model that installs USB and Bluetooth standard and makes the CD player optional.

Just as Honda sells three mainstream cars in the Fit, Civic, and Accord, the introduction of the 2016 Honda HR - V at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show provides the automaker with three mainstream crossover SUVs in the HR - V, CR - V, and Pilot.

At a projected Canadian starting price in the low $ 200Ks the 570S will still be expensive and exclusive, but will compete with such relatively mainstream sports cars as the Porsche Turbo S and Audi R8 V10.

The VW Jetta appeals to the mainstream as well as car enthusiasts, thanks in part to its great fuel economy and competent handling.

Having established itself as a founder in the electrified green car movement — and soon outdistancing Honda's hybrid efforts launched also in 2000 — the Prius has since just - qualified for the definition of «mainstream» product.

Overall, it's clear Hyundai went out of the way to make the Ioniq look like a mainstream car inside and out, as opposed to the images of oddly - shaped, less - than - conventional hybrid vehicles that generally come to mind.

As a result, the Expert is more car - like to drive than many other mid-size vans, while it also means this trio are available with some of the latest safety tech seen in mainstream production cars.

As the new car industry starts striding towards an all - electric future, the new Chevrolet Bolt lays down a pretty impressive gauntlet for other mainstream electric car makers to attempt to pick up.