Sentences with phrase «as the test vehicle»

Due mainly to happenstance — which models proved easiest to rent or borrow — the researchers ended up with a BMW X5 and two VWs, a Jetta and a Passat, as test vehicles.

It's not clear whether those vehicles will be available for sale soon, or simply as test vehicles as the companies perfect the technology.

It is a five door, five passenger vehicle available in three trims: S, S Plus and SV (which is what we had as a test vehicle).

The price is also eye - wateringly high, as my test vehicle (with options like the fancy «Mugello» red leather interior, heated and ventilated seats, full LED lighting, soft - close doors etc.) stickered at a whopping $ 115,450, including destination charge.

Put that aside, and you find a fun - to - drive hatchback with nice steering feel and, in a manual - equipped car such as this test vehicle, a smooth - operating gearbox that engages its driver and allows you to see the new Focus's potential as a hot little driver's car.

The AMC Spirit served as a test vehicle for alternative engine and fuel experiments.

As of 2007, VW has not yet offered a gas - electric hybrid powertrain such as that in the Toyota Prius (though a diesel - electric hybrid 5th generation Jetta was produced as a test vehicle).

Not exact matches

As electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving rangeAs electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving rangeas ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving rangeas stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving range).

The business has also been experimenting furiously, deploying novel merchandising techniques, such as vehicle test - drive simulators and wayfinding apps, in selected stores.

The state has licensed 27 companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, including vehicle manufacturers from BMW to Tesla Inc; suppliers such as Delphi Automotive Plc and Nvidia Corp; technology companies such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo and China's Baidu Inc; and a long list of self - driving startups such as Zoox, Drive.ai, AutoX and PlusAI.

Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn is set to be grilled by the executive committee of the company's board as the fallout from its emissions cheating scandal spreads.Winterkorn issued a video apology Tuesday, after the company admitted that 11 million vehicles worldwide run software that cheat local emissions tests.

As a result, Krafcik says Waymo's test drivers now take control of the vehicle and disengage the autonomous - drive system approximately once every five thousand miles driven.

The company needs time to build up its fleet from the two cars it has now and go through the various regulatory requirements such as getting the vehicles smog tested and registered, the spokeswoman added.

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

The automaker admits that, since 2009, it outfitted several of its diesel - powered models — such as the Golf, Passat, Jetta, and Beetle — with «defeat devices» that would switch off emissions controls, and thereby boost performance, except when the vehicles were being put through environmental tests.

The company has conducted drone tests before, and is weighing other uses for the technology, such as in inventory control and helping inspect planes and vehicles within hangars and warehouses.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

In late 2017, as part of an industry - first collaboration with Ford Motor Company, Domino's began a meaningful test of delivery using self - driving vehicles.

And states that allow companies to test self - driving vehicles require them, as with human drivers, to have insurance.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

Companies such as Uber were supposedly invited to try out their prototypes with minimal regulations and even went as far as allowing tests without a safety operator onboard the vehicle.

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

According to the CEO, the autonomous I - PACE fleet is set to start testing sometime later this year, with Waymo deploying as many as 20,000 of the vehicles within two years of production.

Currently, companies that are testing autonomous vehicles — such as Waymo (spun out of Google's research division), Uber, General Motors, and others — have to make their own maps.

Among the documents the committee has published today (with some redactions) is the data - licensing contract between Global Science Research (GSR)-- the company set up by the Cambridge University professor, Aleksandr Kogan, whose personality test app was used by CA as the vehicle for gathering Facebook users» data — and SCL Elections (an affiliate of CA), dated June 4, 2014.

Ducey previously welcomed Uber and other autonomous vehicle companies to use Arizona as a place for testing under few, if any, regulations.

«As we continue to test drive our fleet of vehicles in greater Phoenix, we're taking all the steps necessary to launch our commercial service this year,» a Waymo spokesman said in an emailed statement.

Video analysis of the latest test led some analysts to conclude that the missile caught fire and disintegrated as it plunged back toward Earth's surface, suggesting that North Korea's engineers might not be capable yet of building a reentry vehicle that can carry the warhead safely through the upper atmosphere.

Baidu and other autonomous driving technology developers testing vehicles on public roads in California have had to release more details as to why thei...

In early March, he authorized self - driving vehicle companies to run tests without a person in the car to act as a safety operator.

Volkswagen admitted in late 2015 that it fitted as many as 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide with software that could cheat emissions tests.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costAs for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costas it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

As is required for Uber's autonomous test vehicles operating on public roads, the AV had a safety driver at the wheel.

The company notes that testing the vehicles in real - life scenarios greatly improves the software, as it is programmed to learn from experience.

As SpaceX and Boeing race to begin test flights of their crew - rated vehicles by year - end 2018, all eyes are on the commercial launch providers ---- and what their success will mean for the American entrepreneurial space industry.

As of Dec. 8, the company's name was not listed on the D.M.V.'s website as having a permit to test the vehicles in the statAs of Dec. 8, the company's name was not listed on the D.M.V.'s website as having a permit to test the vehicles in the statas having a permit to test the vehicles in the state.

In October, NIO USA announced that it was issued an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit by the California DMV and it would begin testing on public roads under the Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program guidelines as it progresses on its path to bring autonomy to Testing Permit by the California DMV and it would begin testing on public roads under the Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program guidelines as it progresses on its path to bring autonomy to testing on public roads under the Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program guidelines as it progresses on its path to bring autonomy to market.

The morning I was scheduled to take the driver's test, my pal Butch, who drives an Audi TT, offered to accompany me, as a «licensed driver», to the Ohio State Motor Vehicle Bureau.

Noting that «a majority of the Justices has at various times expressed their disapproval of the Lemon test» (Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy have also criticized Lemon, but voted not to hear this case), Scalia wrote that he would have used this case as a vehicle «to inter the Lemon test once for all.»

One day a few weeks ago I just couldn't get the idea of Shepherd's Pie out of my head, so I decided to use it as a vehicle for taking the Beyond Meat Beef Crumbles for a test drive.

Maximum load designated by the manufacturer that can be placed anywhere on the platform of a vehicle, axle - load or livestock scale using the prescribed test pattern (an area at least 4 feet long and as wide as the scale platform).

As soon as you bring the new convertible car seat home, test out how well it fits your vehicle's backseaAs soon as you bring the new convertible car seat home, test out how well it fits your vehicle's backseaas you bring the new convertible car seat home, test out how well it fits your vehicle's backseat.

Car seats are required to be tested on specialized sleds that do not have the same type of floor as a passenger vehicle.

Booster fit (no - back): A rating that reflects a booster seat's ability to correctly position the lap and shoulder belts in various test vehicles using a child - sized dummy, when used as a backless booster.

As a minimum, when approving automated vehicle testing on public roads, manufacturers must accept that software in their vehicles attracts the same liability as the physical components of the vehiclAs a minimum, when approving automated vehicle testing on public roads, manufacturers must accept that software in their vehicles attracts the same liability as the physical components of the vehiclas the physical components of the vehicle.

History was made outside the state Capitol yesterday as Audi conducted the first successful driverless vehicle test in New York.

It will give companies a one year window until April 2018 to test «autonomous vehicle technology» so long as they get approval for the demonstrations by the state motor vehicles department.

Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday that General Motors and its subsidiary Cruise Automation are applying to test unmanned vehicles in Manhattan as early as next year and that GM has already started mapping a test site in Lower Manhattan.

Counties such as Nassau, which now registers all for - hire vehicles within its borders, and the towns and villages that license and test drivers, will have no role, costing them potential fine revenue as well as local control.

The bill stipulates that «a law enforcement interaction plan shall be included as part of the demonstration and test application that includes information for law enforcement and first responders regarding how to interact with such a vehicle in emergency and traffic enforcement situations.»