Sentences with phrase «big as a car»

But to fill you in on the hospital grade machines, these are usually only slightly heavier than the medium weight ones, but could be as big as a car battery.

Currently stored at the Leith Docks in Edinburgh, UK, it uses spools of steel cable several times human height, and floats that are as big as a car.

Polarized xenon is also used as a contrast agent to enhance images in experimental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of human lungs, but conventional systems for producing and using this gas can be as big as a car.

No knock on entry - level luxury, but if you look at a (BMW) 3 - Series or (Acura) TLX, they're not nearly as big as this car is.

However, move to the back and you find that the Verna doesn't feel as big as a car in this segment should.

Dimensionally, the new Accord sedan isn't as big as the car it replaces in most measurements, with a wheelbase that's 0.9 inches shorter and overall length down by 3.5 inches.

Taking off on your southern scenic fest from Christchurch on a coach to Dunedin you will cross over several snow fed rivers, passing notable towns of Timaru, white stone Oamaru, the Moeraki - big as cars - boulders and down the rugged coastline to arrive in Dunedin.

In the early 2000s, 50 miles from the MO I was helping my good mate (rip) install his self - sufficient solar power system w a battery pack unit which then was big as a car on a trailer, and helped out planting out his small plantation of Olive Trees into the ex-cow paddocks... he and his wife bought a 120 acre ex-cattle farm to regenerate that along the lines of New Age Healing Greenie Principles of Self - Sufficency and Self - Responsibility... they disconnected from the electricity grid as well.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

And as a customer, considering you usually have to pay extra for insurance with a car rental, this is a big deal.»

A simple rule such as, «always fill the tank before you return the car,» is easy to communicate to a big group of people at once.

He is the author of two books: BIG LIKE: CASCADE INTO AN ODYSSEY, a travel memoir of an almost regular guy who gets totally unstuck in Tokyo — a «funny as hell non-fiction book about wanderlust and traveling abroad»; and TESTOSTERONE PIT, a short, edgy, humorous novel about car salesmen, their customers, managers, and shenanigans at a large Ford dealership.

«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE), which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to supply the market's needs.

Some fixes may come through software updates, but as with cars, the real solutions and big improvements probably will have to wait for next year's refresh.

I set up a similar recurring transfer to my high - yield savings account, which I use to save for bigger, future purchases, such as a home, car and vacations.

Although Hian's collateral, clothes, isn't as sure a thing as, say, cars, Schneider feels Hian's biggest liability is that she's not surrounding herself with people who can help her develop a comprehensive business plan that will attract venture capitalists, bankers or angel investors.

Tesla is already being taken seriously by other car manufacturers and increasingly by consumers, but if Musk wants Tesla to become as big as the already established players, it needs cheaper electric vehicles.

Chances are, big purchases are in your future, such as a home, car, grad school or vacation.

As we get bigger we've added a few more perks: car washes, massages, and on Fridays, we give people half a day off in the beach season, but they get paid for it.

Perhaps by skipping the Prairies in initial launches, car manufacturers also realize there is some truth to the stereotype of Albertans as big truck - and SUV - driving types who are not as interested in fuel - efficient vehicles.

Futuristic as self - driving cars may still seem, Vogt and many bigger players sense a huge opportunity.

Cash registries for a home or other big - ticket purchases like a car, home renovations or a honeymoon, are becoming more popular as the average ages for brides and grooms creep upward.

Stronger employment and gains in home values are giving U.S. households the confidence to borrow and make big - ticket purchases such as cars, education, and homes.

Just as baby boomers took over business, politics, and the consumer economy during the 1980s and»90s, millennials currently in their mid-20s will make up the majority of jobs and big - ticket purchases such as houses and cars, Slok wrote in a recent brief, which was first reported by Axios.

Nothing I did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.

Though initially heralded by Elon Musk as Tesla's biggest potential market after the United States, China is shaping up to be an enormous blind spot for the electric car maker.

A tie - up between the two chipmakers would be the latest in the semiconductor industry that has been rapidly consolidating as companies try to capture a big share of the fast - growing market for connected devices and connected cars.

It is a giant in the field of «big data» as it gathers information about consumers on everything from where they live to what car they drive and what they buy.

The crossover would add to Mercedes's growing line of lucrative top - end vehicles, such as this year's gas - guzzling AMG GT four - door coupe, as the world's biggest luxury - car maker seeks revenue to finance its expensive shift to battery technology.

Google efforts such as the Calico life - extension effort, self - driving cars and Google Fiber broadband, among others, will each be their own separate operations under one big umbrella:

A production version of the coupe is slated to arrive in the next few years as part of BMW's big push to over 12 all - electric cars by 2025.

Ford Motor Co. reported a $ 1.7 billion profit for the first quarter, but it's planning big changes — such as phasing out nearly all of its cars in favor of trucks and SUVs.

1) China's emergence as a dominant player in the low - carbon market, 2) global oil majors» shift to renewable energy, 3) big corporate brands moving to 100 % renewable power, 4) the rise of electric vehicles and expiration dates for gas - fuelled cars, and 5) energy getting smarter through digitization.

This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look at the prospects for big car makers as the industry changes.

As a result, they'll gain access to new lines of financial capital to buy big - ticket items like a home or car.

As the year 2014 started, the world's biggest carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp., predicted that U.S. car sales would level off.

«We gave up the idea of having nice cars or a big house and made it our mission to save as much as possible.»

«The biggest mistake you can make as a new car company — and this is, in my opinion, maybe why Faraday failed — is if you want to do too many things.

And for Apple, the car market is more than big enough to «move the needle» significantly, even as the world's largest company.

The big news is that Waymo's self - driving cars — previously known as Google's self - driving project — navigated public roads without human intervention four times better than it did last year.

Deciding to spend money on a convention centre that depends so heavily on the revival of the automotive industry was obviously a tough call, given that two of the US car companies that used to be known as the Big Three filed for - then emerged from - bankruptcy last year.

As the auto industry races to develop and build emissions - free vehicles, lithium - abundant countries such as Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieAs the auto industry races to develop and build emissions - free vehicles, lithium - abundant countries such as Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieas Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieas valuable partners for the world's biggest car companies.

The big caveat here is that Uber just started testing its autonomous cars in Arizona and had a better track record around Arizona State University, which the company mapped out as early as 2015.

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

Toyota Motor Corp., which plans to build a new $ 1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor Corp., said the administration's decision will «adversely impact» auto companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the U.S.. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel Asia's biggest carmaker needs in the U.S. is from the country.

This could boost purchases of bigger ticket imports, such as cars.

Just as a car's GPS system triggers a recalculation when a driver deviates from a current route, we believe investors are recalculating the probability that a potentially significant route shift in the big picture is underway.

The Tesla Motors and SolarCity merger, which Musk said will create a company that will cater to all consumer needs for clean energy and green cars, is being touted as the biggest solar power deal to date.

Exports of cars and auto parts posted big increases in February as did imports of pharmaceuticals, crude oil and civilian aircraft.

This could have a big impact on the automotive sector, as many of the people who bough cars over the last few years have has less than stellar credit.