Sentences with phrase «building boring cars»

Buick is pushing against its reputation of building boring cars, and the 2015 Cascada convertible is its strongest effort yet.

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The ultimate goal of the Boring Company is to build an underground tunnel network that can support cars or a Hyperloop, but currently it's digging a test tunnel in the SpaceX parking lot.

With the Boring Company, Musk aims to build a network of underground tunnels in Los Angeles that would move cars on electric skates.

Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc (tsla) and rocket company SpaceX (spacex), recently started the Boring Company to build transport tunnels for the system, which he says would be far faster than current high - speed trains and use electromagnetic propulsion.

Building 8 is structured similarly to Google's Advanced Technology and Projects Group, or ATAP, and is also similar to X, the «moonshot» lab where Google's self - driving cars were born.

At the age of 40, after two failed, previous attempts, the Michigan - born engineer took another shot at building a powerful, but affordable and reliable, mass - produced car.

Then, credibility restored, Tesla will easily raise cash to build the Model Y. For all the triumphant bear fuss lately, Tesla went public at $ 17 a share and remains a 17 - bagger at $ 295 — and, as Moody's notes, fundamentals like battery cost, public acceptance of electric cars and regulatory support are stable or improving.

The hope is that an actual car bearing the final design will be built in time to be revealed at this years Indy 500 with the aim of testing it throughout the summer.

The results reported in Advanced Materials are works of art that may someday lead to nanoscale electronic devices, catalysts, molecular sieves and battery components, and on the macroscale could become high - load - bearing, impact - resistant components for buildings, cars, and aircraft.

Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars.

Built - in Bluetooth hands - free connectivity and dialing also did not start to become common in cars until mid-decade, two advancements that could have a bearing on driver distraction, both positive and negative.

But we can't help looking at the MX - 5 Miata — with luck, one of these two names will go away — and thinking that Mazda has built a car for those of us who were born too late for the English roadster craze.

John Warburton explains his fruitful pre-WW1 relationship with the Luton factory and the car's début at Waddington Fell / Auto - biography: Ronald «Steady» Barker — Matthew Bell travels to Wiltshire to meet the incorrigible 93 - year - old motoring journalist and learn about his life and career / 10EX: the full - bore Phantom — An experimental car that was the first post-WW1 Rolls - Royce built purely for speed, David Burgess-Wise drives this fascinating machine / Vintage Revival Montlhéry — In a two - part article, Robin Batchelor describes The Automobile's journey to Montlhéry while David Burgess-Wise reports on the action as the banked circuit reverberated again to the sound of prewar cars and motorcycles / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1947 Dellow, one of only two survivors of the four original prototypes for this highly effective trials car

Marc Douezy and Nicolas Boissier tells the story of two brothers who built their own cars / Long - Legged Legend — Ian Fraser reports from Australia on a born again Lancia Lambda / Brighton Here We Come!

Englebert Moll, a former Abarth factory driver from Switzerland, brought half of his 40 - Abarth collection to Paris and it was an amazing thing to see, showing the true diversity of Abarth as both a tuner of small - bore Fiat economy cars and a full - on motorsports powerhouse, building scratch - made, giant - killing race cars.

There are, and always have been, two sides to cars bearing the Mini name — whether those built under BMW or their Rover, British Leyland and BMC forebears.

Alas, Pegaso production by the truck and bus manufacturer whose name it bore lasted only until 1958 and just 86 cars were built.

I have checked all the relevant numbers as follows: 1956 Chevrolet Corvette VIN E56S004060 August 1956 build Engine block casting number 3720991 denotes 1956/7 265ci 2 bolt main bearings Engine suffix F56GR denotes 1956 225hp 3 speed 2x4 Cylinder heads are 3731554, 1957-1966 283 1.72 intake 1.5 exhaust - it is conceivable that a car as late as this in the model run was fitted with 1957 heads, either that or the heads have been replaced at some point.

Every wheel on your car is attached to a hub and inside this hub is a set of lubricated wheel bearings that allows your tires and wheels to spin freely without building up too much heat.

It has that same dark and boring cave - like design as most German cars, but it is incredibly well built and features more soft - touch surfaces and high quality materials than you are likely to find in any competitor.

The Swedish automaker will try to ease away from its image of building safe and boring cars to building safe and exciting cars.

Builders: Jim and Mike Ring of Spring Green, Wisconsin, are the co-founders of Ringbrothers and were born with fuel running through their veins and a passion for building innovative cars.

This particular car bears the distinction of being the prototype for the first Mustang - based convertible Shelby Automobiles built in nearly four decades.

This car is built for speed with its big block Cobra # 428 / V8 engine that features oversized transmission parts with heavy duty 9» rear end bearings, Holley 4150 - C 4V carburetor with 3 - speed transmission.

«These replica Cobra car builders prove you can build anything cheaper if you build it cheaply,» said Shelby, who was born in East Texas and grew up in Dallas.

Long known for nerdy but reliable all - wheel - drive wagons built for New England winters and Rocky Mountain highways, the car division of Fuji Heavy Industries stole the heart of exurbia with the tricked - up Legacy Outback.And this summer Subaru managed another miraculous makeover, creating the Forester minisport - utility from the chassis and engine of the solid if nondescript Impreza compact.Success has only emboldened the marketing alchemists at Subaru, who also yearn to be known as makers of high - performance vehicles that are anything but boring.

During this time many friendships were born and many custom cars built for both a growing customer base as well as many of his own personal vehicles.

And year after year, Volvo builds safe, conservative and boring cars.

For example, carbon interior trim strips bearing the logo «M5 Competition 1/200» indicate the model's high - performance qualities and the fact that the car is just one of the 200 that have been built.

Every car to bear the Bentley marque has been built to the same exacting standards All Service Is Up To Date!

Carroll Shelby, a Texas - born race - car driver and car designer, joined forces with Ford to build the Shelby GT 350 - essentially a street - legal race car.Other high performance Mustangs of the late 1960s and early»70s included the Shelby GT 500, Boss 302, Boss 351, Boss 429 and the Mach I.

Kittens born hidden under sheds, in derelict buildings, cellars, old cars, amongst rubbish in bushes and so on, do not receive the handling and TLC that a litter born in a home usually do.

With its restored carriages, mighty steam engine, undulating English countryside and purpose built dining cars - the NYRM is one of the top choices in England for a romantic rail - borne dinner.

Titled «Sekai» (Japanese for «world»), Akiba's sculptures feature mundane but environmentally impactful things like utility poles, concrete buildings and cars — all riding on the backs of bears, turtles and hippos — alluding to the spectre of endangered species and mutual extinction.

John Barrie, an architect who has taught at the University of Michigan and Washtenaw Community College, admits that perhaps there are other minor differences: (Ok, some of the interior finishes in a BMW may never be seen in a Chevy, but bear with me) but notes «The shape, color, texture and even the sound of a new car are designed and built from the same lump of clay.

An entirely separate division from Oculus, Building 8 is structured similarly to Google's advanced technology group, or ATAP, and is also similar to X, the «moonshot» lab where Google's self - driving cars were born.