Sentences with phrase «became mainstream cars»

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.

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The company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, putting itself in prime position to become the country's first mainstream electric car company.

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

Coming off a decade where the American genre film devolved into lowest - common - denominator investments and blockbusters ballooned skyward on the backs of sequels and franchises, Refn's modest exercise in crime pastiche and car - chase nostalgia parlayed both the exhaustion of Hollywood's narrative resources and — perhaps more importantly — the gathering mainstream curiosity in independent music's preoccupation with the sound and feel of the 1980s (the film's soundtrack has become one of the most popular word - of - mouth successes of the decade).

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 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.

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.

Ford, just like all mainstream car makers, knows that the SUV and Crossover are fast becoming the transport of choice for families.

Also extra is a rearview camera, something becoming standard on cars from mainstream brands.

In the 10 - years since the Insight was launched, the world and the European car market has changed a great deal, and more environmentally sensitive technologies have become mainstream interests.

From those two outliers, hybrids have become an integral part of the mainstream marketplace, ranging from compact economy cars to SUVs to luxurious sedans, to exotic supercars.

Such brakes whose disks were promised to last the car's lifetime became an option at the same time for those mainstream Continental GT that were fitted with 20» wheels.

Carbon fiber is becoming less expensive and is finding its way into more mainstream and more affordable cars.

That's good, because the more these cars can get away from feeling like science projects, the more they become more acceptable to the mainstream.

Having now tested and test - driven hundreds of new cars, it has become apparent to this writer that automakers are trying too hard to make the more expensive brands and models they build stand apart from their mainstream, less expensive ones.

When the tides began shifting, and trucks started to become more mainstream, the truck makers borrowed a lesson from luxury cars.

The Audi TT is a small two - door sports car that has held its own in a fairly competitive segment and has generated an impressive following that has helped push it to become a more mainstream luxury sports car.

For the first time in the history of the survey (and the car industry to be blunt) the Korean automakers, Kia and Hyundai, have become the top - rated mainstream (non-luxury) brands in terms of initial quality.

The outstanding 2016 Honda Accord EX-L with Navi and Sensing tested four months ago impressed me so much it became my pick of the year as best mainstream car.

«The Chevrolet Volt delivers not just a fun driving experience behind the wheel, but has become the first vehicle with plug - in electrification technology to truly become mainstream,» said Steve Majoros, director of marketing, Chevrolet Cars and Crossovers.

At the Chicago Auto Show, I found four examples of high - end car style that's become as mainstream as Macy's.

The name Prius, «to go before» in Latin, became symbolic of a car that was launched even before environmental awareness had become a mainstream social issue.

The last driver license holder (Techcrunch) Autonomous cars are getting closer and closer to becoming a mainstream reality.

While it's true that eco-friendly cars, like hybrids, were once preferred by «bleeding hearts» dedicated to the cause of saving the environment, green vehicles have since become more mainstream.

With real - world electric vehicles (EVs) finally entering mainstream markets in serious numbers, and viable EV charging infrastructure being built worldwide, it looks increasingly realistic to expect electric cars, motorbikes and bikes to become an ever - more important part of our transportation future.

I think it's important if electric cars are to become truly mainstream; you have to get the feeling that this is a good car that happens to be electric, not just something that screams «hey, I'm strange and different from anything else that you might be familiar with».

Think that auto insurance will become a thing of the past as self - driving cars become mainstream?

Opinions like these will become increasingly relevant as self - driving cars become more mainstream.

Both companies were founded on the premise that a startup electric car maker, with backing from Valley venture capitalists, could use a cool car as a launching platform to become a more mainstream auto maker.