Joseph Caddell, general project manager for small -
car platforms at Chrysler Corp., said that the company will formally introduce the Plymouth Breeze at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
Voyomotive, Booth # 15123 will be displaying VOYO, its connected -
car platform at the 2015 SEMA Show.
Not exact matches
• Carvana, a Phoenix, Ariz. - based online used
car platform, raised $ 225 million by offering 15 million shares
at $ 15 apiece.
Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia
at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless
cars, Facebook
at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its
platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line
at no. 37, Coinbase
at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM
at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat
at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber
at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.
Eventually, what we'll see —
at least based on today's development — is a network wherein Waymo, nuTonomy, GM's Cruise or Lyft - powered
cars will drive alongside each other on the Lyft
platform.
RP2 requires lengthening all Pendolino trains to 11
cars from the current mix of 9 and 11, replacing some commuter trains with 125mph stock so as not to delay faster trains, dealing with bottlenecks
at seven specific points along the line, adding
platforms at Euston and Manchester, and laying more track into Birmingham.
«Let me use your
platform to tell those officials
at the Flagstaff House that most of the confiscated
cars are parked
at the Regional Coordinating Council.
By varying the compositions of lipids, cues, and diffusible factors in the scaffolds, we engineered a very versatile and flexible
platform that can be used to amplify specific T cell populations from blood samples, and that could be deployed in existing therapies such as CAR - T cell therapies,» said Mooney, Ph.D., a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute and leader of its Immunomaterials P
platform that can be used to amplify specific T cell populations from blood samples, and that could be deployed in existing therapies such as
CAR - T cell therapies,» said Mooney, Ph.D., a Core Faculty member
at the Wyss Institute and leader of its Immunomaterials
PlatformPlatform.
The new
car will be based on the same Alpha
platform as the Cadillac
ATS and CTS sedans, and is expected to carry over its 3.6 - liter V - 6 and 6.2 - liter V - 8 options, with a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder also expected to join the lineup.
So simplistically the business plan is built on three pillars: Replace the existing sports
cars with a brand new
platform, cap it
at 7,000 units so you maintain your life cycle, and keep it capped
at 7,000 so you've always got demand and waiting lists.
The final
car could be something of a Frankenstein: we hear that the final product will be a mid-sized sports
car — meaning
at least one size up from the diminutive FR - S / BRZ — but it would probably still be based on that
car's
platform.
Scanning the SVI's hallways leading from the front offices to multiple build garages
at the rear of their building, I see photos of old projects; 1989 Corvette ZR - 1 LT - 5 V - 8, the turbo system for the original Fox -
platform Mustang SV0 (circa 1984), and the certified 198 - mph PPG Pace
Car used in the awful movie, The Wraith (1986).
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will use General Motors» Alpha
platform that is shared with the Cadillac
ATS and CTS, which should help drop the
car's weight.
Though it sells more
cars than GM and is trying to catch the world's No. 1 automaker, Toyota, VW is in a worse position than General Motors to sign some sort of deal (bigger than a
platform - sharing program
at least) with FCA.
Al Oppenheiser, GM's global rear - wheel - drive
platform chief, is predicting that all Camaros will weigh in
at about 3750 pounds, and V - 6
cars should achieve a combined fuel economy rating of 26 mpg (thirstier V - 8 engines require premium fuel).
At the Paris auto show Volkswagen debuted its I.D. concept
car, an all - electric compact built on VW's brand - new MEB
platform that will launch in 2020.
The DB11's new, 529 - pound bonded - aluminum
platform, a construction Aston excels
at, will support future sports -
car offerings, and in a mechanical sense is the framework for the company's six - year business plan that calls for a wholly revamped, seven -
car model lineup (including an SUV) by 2020.
Looking very similar to the Audi Q8 concept
car first revealed
at the Detroit motor show last year, the production Q8 will share much of the concept's basic proportions and detailing while riding on the same MLB - Evo
platform that also underpins the Q7.
Not only is it a complete online
car buying site, but also an e-commerce
platform for dealers to integrate into their existing website, and allow consumers to shop from the comfort of their home or office, on any device, 24 hours a day, and
at their convenience.
Mercedes has revealed a new S - Class Coupe concept
car at the Frankfurt motor show, which heavily hints
at a new production model spun off the same
platform as the S - Class saloon.
«
At a party I attended last weekend, our Beetle convertible collected more compliments than any
car in recent memory,» reported managing editor of digital
platforms Jennifer Misaros.
«If you look
at Durango, people call it the Charger of its segment, because everything else is front - wheel drive,
car - based
platforms that emphasize more the flexibility of the packaging rather than the utility of the packaging,» he says.
When the next Cube debuts
at the L.A. auto show in November, a version of the Nissan Versa's 122 - hp, 1.8 - liter four will live under the hood, and the
car's basic bones will come from Nissan's front - wheel - drive B
platform, also used for the Versa.
The Land Rover rides on 23 - inch wheels; it lacks door handles, so the doors use gesture recognition to pop open when an occupant waves; the wipers hide under a movable flap
at the base of the windshield; cameras are fitted to the sideview mirrors; and when the liftgate is open, an electrically operated «event
platform» can emerge from the rear of the
car to provide a bench for tailgating.
On the Mk4
platform,
at least for UK models,
cars with ESP include an override button on the console.
Though Volvo is sharing its CMA architecture with Geely, which will reduce costs and allow the
cars to come to market at a value price, «it's possible to develop 100 - percent non-compromised vehicles from this platform,» according to Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars
cars to come to market
at a value price, «it's possible to develop 100 - percent non-compromised vehicles from this
platform,» according to Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo
Cars Cars CEO.
At the rear of the Model S
platform (which carries the
car's battery pack), a motor powers the rear wheels.
The
car's
platform was already proven when the Long Tail was created, with the original GTR racer taking the overall win — beating purpose built prototypes on the way —
at its 1995 Le Mans debut.
When you look
at the CLC (rendered above by our spy illustrator), it's hard to believe that it's actually riding on a compact -
car platform.
As this new muscle
car, which is based on the same Alpha
platform as the
ATS and CTS, is set to debut
at as a 2016 model, we would expect production to start
at the end of 2015.
Volvo's SPA large -
car platform is sized
at, and priced just a bit below, the midsize Mercedes - Benz E - and GLE - Classes, or perhaps more appropriately, the Audi A6 / Q7.
Cadillac's brand new Alpha
platform, which the 2013 Cadillac
ATS shares with the new CTS, gets lots of the credit: Only a few other
cars in the segment are this light — our test
car weighs 3574 pounds — and feel as rigid.
At 2306 pounds, the four - door hatchback is among the lightest
cars on the road and is a full 200 pounds lighter than its
platform - mate, the Ford Fiesta.
Launched
at the end of the late 1970s oil crisis, Ford's «Fox Body» Mustang (underpinned by Ford's Fox rear - drive
platform) was meant to signal a return to the
car's muscle - bound 1960s roots.
Toyota has unveiled its latest Aygo
at the 2014 Geneva motor show, the city -
car that shares its
platform with the recently revealed Peugeot 108 and Citroen C1.
It will have specific front suspension to enable us to deliver this and it will also
at least 100 kg lighter than the other
cars using the same
platform».
Best guess
at this point is that a new 2017 Lincoln Continental will effectively serve as the replacement for the existing Lincoln MKS, and, yes, this would probably mean the new
car would be based on a front - wheel - drive
platform.
In any case, when the
car comes to market in 2014 it won't have the electrical stuff
at first; it will truly be front - wheel drive, like the Minis with which it will share a
platform.
The Polestar 1 will be built
at the marque's new facility in Chengdu, China, where it will be based on the same SPA modular
platform that currently underpins most of Volvo's large
car range.
The second
car on Volvo's «60»
platform is the largest, widest, and important to this pick, the lowest wagon in its class by overall height, which
at this point includes very little that is sold in the U.S. Volvo isn't expecting the crossover - and sport / utility craze to turn soon — after all, the automaker makes bags of money on the XC90 and XC60 — but if anything on the road draws modern customers back to the station wagon, this will be the
car.
Like the previous
car, the new CLA won't feature a rear - drive chassis, instead utilising the new A-class
platform due to be shown off
at the Geneva motor show in March.
The TT RS, like other all - wheel drive
cars on VW's MQB
platform, employs a Haldex system that uses a clutch pack to engage the rear axle whenever the
car decides it needs torque
at both axles.
«Google's
platform and services will enhance the user experience by enabling more personalization possibilities, while Android will offer increased flexibility from a development perspective,» said Henrik Green, senior vice president of research and development
at Volvo
Car Group, in a recent release.
Added comfort with contemporary style is the leather interior to heighten the quality and craftsmanship for the BMW 3 Series More information about the 2013 BMW 3 Series: The BMW 3 - Series is a family of sporty sedans, wagons, coupes, and convertibles — all sized
at what would be considered a compact
car in the U.S. 2013 BMW 3 - Series Sedans and Sports Wagon models are built on a new - generation (F30)
platform that made its debut with the 2012 - model sedan — and is slightly longer, lower, and wider, while Coupe and Convertible 3 - Series models remain built on the previous
platform.
The
car, unveiled
at the Detroit Auto Show 2018 today, features the automaker's newest Entune 3.0 infotainment
platform, including the Toyota Connected Services.
While they rely on the same basic high - strength steel
platform structure as the standard 3 - and 4 - series, the new M3 and M4 receive a largely bespoke chassis with reduced ride height and noticeably wider tracks, which have increased by 1.3 inches up front and 0.7 inch
at the rear to 62.2 inches and 63.1 inches respectively to provide BMW's latest in a long line of M
cars with a sporting stance.
The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta made its debut
at the Detroit auto show a month ago, sharing the MQB
platform with the latest VW models like the Arteon and the Atlas, as well as representing the latest in VW design language for its small and midsize passenger
cars.
While most automakers support the Apple and Google
platforms (CarPlay and Android Auto, respectively) since most drivers now use one of those two mobile
platforms, the hope is that the in -
car user experience will remain
at the hands of the automakers.
Based on new front - drive
platform developed by Mercedes - Benz for its A-class family, the Q30 features a slightly raised ride height, sweeping roofline and confident styling, all aimed
at winning sales from younger buyers who are predicted to make - up 80 per cent of global luxury
car - buyers by 2020.
Although the Volvo Concept You has rear - opening «suicide doors»
at the back, the
platform is said to be the basis for all - new large and midsize Volvo
cars in what's called «scalable
platform architecture.»