Sentences with phrase «car was on a test»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found in 2015 that Volkswagen manipulated software so that diesel emissions controls worked only when cars were on test stands.

They are very nice and helpful people the person I went to go see for the car was on a test drive and everybody in the facility help me out just so I was able to purchase the car I wanted in a timely manner

The car was on test recently, where it was spied by Rushlane.

Not exact matches

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).

But chances are it didn't give a fig about the little lab at West Virginia University testing diesel cars on American roads.

With 45 cars on the road, Apple is now testing more vehicles than its top rivals.

Google has been testing self - driving cars on the open road since 2009.

The tests are performed on platforms called chassis dynamometers, or dynos, where the car is locked into place while its wheels spin on rollers.

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 lab.

A Time Magazine reporter who test drove the «Nano» earlier this month reported that while the car is easy to operate and comes with ample legroom, turning on the air conditioner noticeably sapped power from the tiny two - cylinder engine.

This typically indicates an automaker is building the cars on production equipment to test the manufacturing process and the new vehicle.

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 2016.

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).

On Tuesday, chipmaker Nvidia also said it was suspending tests of self - driving cars worldwide, sending stocks plunging.

California Department of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez confirmed that Uber was on Wednesday granted a permit to test two self - driving cars on public roads.

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

As AR glasses gain mass adoption, automakers will be able to capitalize on their investments in digital reality and models by letting prospective buyers customize and virtually test drive cars before stepping onto the dealer's showroom floor.

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 product testing agency on Thursday gave the new, high - performance P85D version of the automaker's Model S a rating of 100 — a perfect score — calling it «the best - performing car that Consumer Reports has ever tested.»

For one, most of the compute stack on Apple's car is located on the roof, unlike many other self - driving test cars that usually load it all into the trunk.

Uber's self - driving cars will be tested on the hills of San Francisco on Wednesday, the company announced.

We'll start seeing Google's self - driving cars being tested on roads from this summer, with the company hoping to have one ready for public release by 2020.

Those who are thinking to own a Tesla can get trained and tested in one, making them better - adapted with the features and mechanics of the car and thus ensuring their further safety on the roads, â $ Amer said.

Two types of testing will be reviewed for public roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time, similar to laws in the US where driverless cars have been tested on public roads since 2011 in some states.

The consumer groupâ $ ™ s challenge comes amid reports that Waymo has provided all the necessary information to the DMV as part of its efforts to secure a permit to test driverless cars on public roads.

Del Vecchio's team has already tested its system on specially adapted Lexus sedans — one step, she says, toward the day when most of the cars on the road will be machine driven.

Currently being put through its test phase, Faraday Future's upcoming electric car has been popping up on the car enthusiast's radar.

(But while you puzzle on that one, people are still trying to understand what Trump was on about in comments from the same speech to donors where he described unfair Japanese trading «tests» that involved dropping bowling balls on the hoods of cars.

The news comes just days after Uber announced that it was testing its self - driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh, the home of the company's Carnegie Mellon - based research and development center.

The testing has been going on for months as automakers and technology companies like the ride - hailing service compete to be the first with cars that operate on their own.

The firm is uniquely dedicated to this cause, and is the only firm that has purchased an emission testing machine to determine if other diesel car manufacturers install similar cheating devices, bringing new cases based on the firm's own research, time and testing.

Hans Dieter Poetsch was CFO when scandal broke over cars rigged to cheat on U.S. diesel emissions tests

Really, the only time Tesla tested its self - driving cars on public roads was in October and November, when it was shooting marketing videos — embedded below — and frequently had to stop the cars during the shoot.

That's because Tesla mostly doesn't test its self - driving cars on public roads, so it doesn't have to report how many miles it drives or how many times it disengaged.

Moreover, there is growing anxiety that technology developments on the near horizon will crush the jobs of the millions who drive cars and trucks, analyze medical tests and data, perform middle management chores, dispense medicine, trade stocks and evaluate markets, fight on battlefields, perform government functions, and even replace those who program software — that is, the creators of algorithms.

Along with these test mishaps and the slow progress of the technology, there has also been a clear tension between the ATG team, which is focused on cars, and the Otto team, which is focused on trucks.

Fully autonomous cars are being tested on roads today, and the first commercially available semi-autonomous cars could be on the road in the next 1 - 2 years.

Nvidia, which supplies chips for Uber's self - driving cars, said it's temporarily suspending all of its self - driving tests on public roads to learn more about last week's crash in Arizona, a company spokesperson told Recode.

The startup, which has been testing its cars in Mountain View, Calif., seeks to take on Urmson's former employer in developing the brain for autonomous cars.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self - driving car while testing it on public roads under legislation passed unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate, where backers touted the measures as necessary to keep...

But the test does not end there — almost any car on the road can be plugged into a computer with the use of OBD diagnostic software.

A headline on Thursday with an article about Uber's testing of a self - driving car service in San Francisco misidentified the government body that told the company in a letter that such a service was illegal because the proper permits were not obtained.

Do you, for example, take it on faith that the used car you are looking into purchasing really «handles like a dream», or do you ask to take it for a test - drive?

It's one of the major events on the GT and prototype racing calendar, with a vast array of cars hitting the track for the test.

Apparently the B194 is usually on display at the Michael Schumacher Museum but was let loose for the Spa test, to get Mick ready for his Belgian GP demo — in a car that's five years older than he is!

On the way there were plenty of amusing team radio messages, calling the lack of power «embarrassing, just embarrassing,» telling his engineer the race was «just a test», and saying that being passed by other cars «doesn't change my life».

Can you remember what was going on during the car launches, or the headlines from the two pre-season tests in Barcelona?

The initial test, to get a feel for the car, reportedly took place last Wednesday and was revealed — with a number of pictures (including the two in the tweet below) by Belgian website DHnet.be on Saturday.

Teams are getting impatient because they can't move forward with next year's cars until the FIA confirms how tests on the chassis will be conducted