Sentences with phrase «car in a road car»

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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 range).

When you hear [Toronto general manager of transportation services] Steve Buckley set out his vision of where we're going to be in 10 years, he says there's going to be a series of robo - cabs sharing the roads possibly with some driverless cars and transit vehicles.

The autosteer function keeps the car in its lane, reads road signs, drives as much over the speed limit as you ask, and slows down or stops if there is a slower vehicle or obstruction ahead.

The iPhone maker received its first permit to test self - driving cars on California roads in April 2017.

Volvo is currently deploying a test fleet of 100 largely autonomous cars among ordinary drivers in Sweden, though the AVs will be restricted to certain roads and speeds.

Quicker journeys will result in less congestion as each car will be on the road for less time.

In 2001, European cars of all sorts were getting 7 % fewer miles per gallon on the road than they demonstrated on the dynamometer.

As of last year, Blackberry was estimating that around 30 million cars on the road used QNX, with 11 million of them sold just in 2012.

I work at Staples in Canada and one blustery winter morning, no cars were on the road, and we employees had trudged to work expecting it would not be a very busy day.

«We tweaked the test in the lab to fool the car into thinking it was no longer in the lab,» says Young, «and that it was out in the open road.

He shows me a low - slung, rust - covered 1952 Chevrolet Fleetline, the first car his garage built; and a hunter - green 1968 Shelby Mustang, riding high on off - road tires, meant to look like the Mustang that appeared in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

In 2011, after government researchers conducted a series of those tests, the European Commission found that diesel cars were spewing as much as seven times more NOx on actual roads than they were in the laIn 2011, after government researchers conducted a series of those tests, the European Commission found that diesel cars were spewing as much as seven times more NOx on actual roads than they were in the lain the lab.

Russ Corsi, who worked nearly 32 years for Pittsburgh - based PPG, a global supplier of auto glass, says larger sunroofs are also more prone to weakening over time as the pane absorbs impacts from bumps in the road, twists and turns of the car's frame, and «thermal shock» — the expanding and contracting from sudden temperature changes.

I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhcars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhCars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.

Since it was founded in 1999, the company estimates it has taken 25,000 cars off the road.

It also wants to be relevant in this next decade — and it's taking the very first step in a more flexible approach to getting cars on the road.

That doesn't include a 2005 episode in which one of its jets skidded off a snowy runway in Chicago and onto a road, killing a 6 - year - old boy in a car.

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

In November, Jaguar allowed Business Insider's Benjamin Zhang to take a different F - PACE test car out on a mildly - challenging off road course.

Had I decided to live in a hotel far from the disaster zone, I would have spent hours trying to commute on «roads» that were essentially broken paths filled with frantic people, smashed cars and cement ruins.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

In November 2014, one month after Audi track - tested a self - driving RS 7 at 150 mph, company chairman Rupert Stadler said Audi's automated cars would be on the road in 201In November 2014, one month after Audi track - tested a self - driving RS 7 at 150 mph, company chairman Rupert Stadler said Audi's automated cars would be on the road in 201in 2016.

In a marketplace filled with soft - riding, car - based wannabes, there are still a few hardcore off - roading purists left.

The black leather seats in our test car felt soft to the touch and offered more than adequate bolstering for both leisurely jaunts down the highway and dynamic drives on twisty country roads.

The 2018 Nissan Rogue, which I also tested recently, costs just $ 24,800 and is remarkably similar in terms of what you can load in the back, the overall feel on the road at least in terms of wind noise (a crossover is literally a cross between a full - size SUV and a car, but tends to drive more like an SUV), and even the fuel economy (around 33 highway for the Rogue, 28 highway for the Stelvio).

However, while Samsung has licenses for autonomous driving on - road testing in South Korea and California, the FT reports that the company does not plan to manufacture the cars itself.

In both cars, you feel the road beneath you, almost as though you're in a kit car meant for hairpin turnIn both cars, you feel the road beneath you, almost as though you're in a kit car meant for hairpin turnin a kit car meant for hairpin turns.

On a sunny Saturday morning, I made my way up from Business Insider's suburban New Jersey road test center to Miller Motor Cars in Greenwich, Connecticut where Bugatti stored its two Chiron prototypes.

After multiple calls from irate neighbors, «which continued even after Blackman assured the Silvermans that the «parties were small and that everything was under control,» the Silvermans drove out on the afternoon of June 23 and found «about 50 cars in the road, security guards checking IDs» and «at least 100 persons all over their yard.»

Weather conditions, the position of other cars, the relative speed, the curve in the road.

Vogt is betting he can develop new products for cars and roads as you would for the Web — in other words, perfect a minimally viable product, and then gather data from users to improve the technology.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

And Toyota has designed the i - ROAD, a small, electric concept car eventually meant to be deployed in urban fleets and shared, similar to the bike shares popping up in many cities.

The company's proposed Highway Drive Assist System automatically keeps cars in the correct lane and maintains an appropriate distance between vehicles, while the Autonomous Emergency Stop System will sense if the driver is debilitated and then maneuver the car to the shoulder of the road to stop.

Steel tubing in the chassis and framing helps make the car strong enough to meet or exceed road - worthy safety standards.

The drive lasted only a few minutes and lacked the physical sensation of road bumps, for example, so it's difficult to say how smooth a car is in reality while driving down the road or how well the car handles.

And for that, Google can thank Google, and an unorthodox lobbying campaign to shape the road rules of the future in car - obsessed California — and maybe even the rest of the nation — that began with a game - changing conversation in Las Vegas.

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A place in the sun Photovoltaic (PV) panels installed throughout the campus divert more than 600 metric tons of carbon each year, equivalent to removing 125 cars from the road annually.

The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber's ability to test self - driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49 - year - old pedestrian.

On - board computers and cruise - control technology already present in most cars on the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn left.

In addition to alerting you to the presence of cars, the bike also employes LED lights synced with a mobile phone to provide directions, and its companion app will devise quicker, smoother routes using road and traffic data gathered from other Valour riders.

According to Zimmer, in five years, we'll have self - driving cars on the road.

Google, in comparison, is testing out cars rated «level three,» meaning that humans are sometimes needed to take the wheel, on public roads in the United States.

Google is teaching its self - driving cars to share the road with cyclists, the company said in a monthly report on its autonomous vehicle testing program.

«The reason we are doing Tesla is to try to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport, to have there be more electric cars on the road,» Musk said in September during an interview with the Danish news site Borsen.

Just like car fuel, if you don't have the right company culture in place, you can find yourself broken - down on the side of the road.

Jobs: At the Code Conference yesterday, venture investor Marc Andreessen argued that self - driving cars will actually create jobs, not kill them, just as cars led to jobs for road - pavers, as well as jobs related to the rise in restaurants, movie theaters, motels, and the suburbs more generally.

It received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test the cars on public roads in September 2014.

But the brokerage does not expect fully automated cars to hit the road until 2025 or 2030, in part due to regulatory hurdles.