Sentences with phrase «automakers use»

Automakers use an algorithm to determine the age of the gasoline on board and periodically instruct the vehicle to use it up.

An even bigger revolution is taking place in the steel automakers use to reduce weight in key areas by using advanced alloys.

Super Cruise starts with same sensors as other automakers use: adaptive cruise control radar morphed with a lane centering assist camera embedded in the windshield mirror cluster.

* The EPA LA4 test mode is the standard government testing mode for electric vehicles and what most automakers use for comparison purposes.

For full - range ACC, some automakers use two radars — one for close range out to about 100 feet and a second that sees out to about 600 feet, or about 6 - 7 seconds at highway speeds.

Other automakers use large prismatic cells and may need to use more, smaller cells to get the voltage up where they want it.

As automakers use more and more cutting - edge technologies to squeeze more and more power from smaller engines, the number of V8 crossovers left in this country has shrunk accordingly.

Automakers use software, not hardware to make that happen, and they already wrote the code (for the premium models), so why not put it into all cars if it is a benefit?

Automakers use the equipment they put into their various brands to signal which are luxury and which are not.

The light blue GT3 wears a California distributor license plate, which many automakers use, while the white and black GT3s both have German emissions stickers stuck to their windshields.

Automakers use a mechanical system along with sophisticated software to provide some power to the rear wheels.

Every year, automakers use the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas to show what they might build if cost, practicality, and caution were thrown completely to the wind.

German and American automakers use different connection standards from Japanese and other Asian manufacturers, while Tesla Motors Inc. uses its own system entirely.

Moreover, automakers use lots of expensive, high - strength steel sheets.

It was recommended that he read the book The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, which explains how the automaker used «lean manufacturing» techniques to reduce wasted time and resources and install higher quality - control measures.

BAIC is one of many automakers using Baidu's open - sourced Apollo self - driving platform.

The effect on Ford, he said, is «not positive» given the automaker uses those metals in the cars they produce.

Basell also has an exclusive license on GM's process to manufacture the material, and GM will be the only automaker using the material for now.

DuPont sees automakers using exterior colors to develop broader color palettes for interiors.

Acura might not be the automaker we used to adore, but each of the 65,603 people who purchased an MDX last year should wholeheartedly love their Acura, even if it doesn't rev past 8,000 rpm.

(Note: GM doesn't mention a specific brand of coffee in its press release, but this is the example every automaker uses.)

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles claiming the automaker used software to evade emissions controls on diesel vehicles.

Japanese automakers used that formula to take market share from the Americans.

These are the best images yet of an Audi Q8 production prototype — it's the real thing albeit some clever disguise the automaker uses to hide the model's most defining styling elements.

There's also the chance that the trademarked names could simply just be VW's way of making sure that no other automaker uses them, even if it also has no plans to.

The new BMW 8 - Series isn't even out yet, but the automaker used the Geneva auto show to take the wraps off a four - door performance sedan concept version that it is calling the «BMW Concept M8 Gran...

This time around, the Japanese automaker used a 2.5 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder engine to give the CX - 9 a sportier driving experience, offering 227 horsepower and 310 pound - feet of torque, while 250 hp is available with 93 - octane gasoline.

A Mazda engineer has admitted that the Japanese automaker used BMWs as benchmarks in the development of its models.

In light of the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal, environmental groups and regulators aren't too pleased with automakers using this loophole.

No automaker uses them better.

But Chrysler, Toyota, Ford and several other automakers used mountain bikes mounted on car carriers to demonstrate the youthful appeal of concept and production vehicles.

The Korean automaker used their hometown auto show, the Seoul Motor Show, to release their new electric car concept, the Naimo.

In order for the SUV to turn the vehicle Nissan is presenting in Chicago, the automaker used a suspension lift kit to raise the SUV's height by two inches in the front and one inch in the back.

In producing the aluminum - bodied Ford F - 150 half - ton pickup, the automaker uses a closed - loop recycling process to repurpose as much as 20 million pounds of excess aluminum every month.

The exhibition, Starling's first at a major U.S. museum, opened with a red 1974 Fiat the artist drove between Turin, Italy, where the automaker used to have its manufacturing plant, and Cieszyn, Poland, where the cars are now made.

Several automakers used it as a compliance strategy and avoided investing in other fuel efficiency technologies.

Not exact matches

Because all of Tesla's cars are equipped with the software and hardware necessary to collect data that can be used to improve its ML system, the electric - car company could have a huge edge against other automakers and tech companies working on autonomous vehicles.

At the time, he said in an interview that the NHTSA «made clear they were going to use their enforcement tools to the full extent» in cases in which automakers failed to protect drivers and passengers» safety.»

Larger automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have also said they will cut back on the coquetry in Geneva, marking a potential sea change for an industry that has long pandered to male customers by using attractive women to sell cars.

Audi just showed off its new 2019 A8, the first vehicle for market with Level 3 autonomy, and the automaker still needs to get approval from regulators around the world to enable the system for use on public roads.

About seventy partners, most of which are automakers, now use the open platform.

Other automakers are exploring self - driving, ride - sharing services, but not so much the prospect of letting owners elect when it is used in a fleet setting or not.

The German automaker will use its home show, next week's 2017 Frankfurt auto show, to present the X7 iPerformance concept, a hulking SUV with typical BMW design cues coupled with a plug - in hybrid powertrain and a light and airy cabin.

In other words, the automakers realized they could learn a lot about their dealers — and their dealers» customers — if they were tapped into the same Dealer.com software that their dealers were using.

The automaker said it will also use Telenav's technology for its vehicles in North America.

Automakers acknowledge the problem, but say given how widespread the use of phones and other entertainment devices has become, it's unrealistic to expect people to not use them on the road.

(No one has ever used them, the automaker told me.)

Former Ford (f) CEO Alan Mulally used weekly business performance reviews (BPR) to create transparency across the organization to turn around the troubled automaker.

But because of automated assembly lines, automakers and other manufacturers aren't the big employers they used to be.

There's plenty of snow and rain in the state as well as mCity, a 32 - acre simulated real - world urban environment at the University of Michigan used by automakers to test autonomous driving tech.