Sentences with phrase «cars built that year»

The 1967 911S Targa accompanying us comes from the Bruce McCaw collection, one of just 718 such cars built that year.

Not exact matches

«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.

Panoz's factory in Hoschton, Georgia, cranks out some 300 hand - built cars per year.

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.

In the next 25 years, what it means to build, own, or simply drive a car will have fundamentally changed.

Eight years ago Buffett invested $ 232 million for a nearly 10 % stake in BYD (Build Your Dreams), a Chinese company that makes lithium - ion batteries and electric cars.

It's worth noting that because Tesla has on balance built a relatively small number of vehicles — it just crossed a 100,000 annual threshold last year — and because it sells just three cars, its recalls are going to have a disproportionate effect.

But with self - driving cars still years away, GM (gm) and Lyft are focusing their efforts on building out the service.

But Google has announced it will build 100 prototypes of that autonomous two - seater, working to refine its technology, and reports circulated in late 2014 that Google was seeking an automotive partner to bring that car to market, though it may take up to five years to do so.

Over the past 100 years, Mercedes - Benz has earned quite a reputation for building some of the toughest and most solidly engineered cars in the world.

Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.

Pattison dipped his toes in real estate development this year, building condo towers atop one of his car dealerships.

In August, Delphi announced that it had joined with Israeli software maker Mobileye to develop the building blocks for a fully autonomous car in about two years.

Cars built in the last year received a software update that includes a new autopilot feature.

Tesla's biggest challenge, going forward, is to avoid being such a disruptive upstart in a 100 - year - old business that it gets clobbered by the big, slow carmakers that just happen to be able to flip a switch and build hundreds of thousands of Tesla - like vehicles much faster than Tesla can build actual its cars.

Raitt's three - year timeline to fully dispose of older DOT - 111A tankers (and immediate phase - out of 5,000 of the most vulnerable cars) is going to be a difficult one to meet given the existing capacity for suppliers to build new tankers, as well as the desire of oil and gas companies to continue the exponential increases in oil - by - rail shipments into the future.

From «talking» cars to self - driving cars, what it means to build, own or simply drive a car will fundamentally change in the next 25 years, says Ford Chairman Bill Ford.

Experiences will range from building activities for the younger kids, for example the 6 - year - olds will be programming robot cars and creatures to live on an imaginary planet, to computer programming for the older kids.

Black & Veatch was already ahead of the game, having spent the past year designing and building «supercharger» stations for Tesla cars — a charging system that spans North America.

The car, built in a futuristic glass plant in Dresden, Germany, made its debut 10 years ago and was supposed to redefine the luxury segment.

BHP Billiton points out that, over the next 20 years, China's urban population is likely to increase by almost 250 - million people and the rising middle class will be looking to upgrade to «bigger and better apartments, sitting above more extensive underground car parks, which will demand steel - intensive building and renovation,» she asserts.

Other economists don't agree that you need $ 350,000 to be considered rich, however an amount of money that exceeds $ 200,000 per year is enough for a family to lead a more than comfortable lifestyle; this means having the chance to live in a big house, send the kids to private schools, have enough money to travel internationally, own at least 2 cars, and have no debt except a mortgage which will help them build equity.

Think of it another way, in the last 7 year cycle FCA had an average FCF of $ 36 million a year, and now FCA is expanding into different rail cars types and the refurbishment / rebuilt market, more gigawatts of coal fired power plant capacity will begin construction in 09 then was build in the last 7 years and FCA has $ 162 million in cash from the 05 IPO.

We see our parents with their houses and fancy cars and don't realize the years it took for them to build that kind of wealth.

The Trump administration is pushing back as China works to build up advanced technologies like electric cars, such as these at an exhibition in Guangzhou, China, last year.

The innovative entrepreneur has been busy building electric cars and batteries with Tesla and overseeing space travel with SpaceX in the last few years, although Musk had also announced plans to build a test track in Texas in January.

It's hard for a company in any of the three countries to know how to calculate the payoffs of sourcing car parts from the US or building a factory in Mexico if, in a just few years, access to those parts or that labor might become a lot more costly if NAFTA collapses and border taxes start soaring.

How ironic it is then, that those who refuse to fly a flag out of loyalty to Jesus, turn around and buy thousands of dollars of clothes, a brand new car every other year, go on vacations and trips around the world, and build multi-million dollar stadiums which are then stamped with the name of Christ.

Four were apparently quite affluent: a dentist who paid for his lunch in a small restaurant with a hundred - dollar bill, an appliance distributor for the area, the wife of a businessman with a prestigious address and a fine car, the widow of a building contractor, 80 years old and a world traveler.

You mean the building of enormous churches and mosques (etc) that cost tens of millions of dollars - of those who attend them who are living in huge houses with expensive cars that go on exotic vacations several weeks a year - all who worship someone who said to give everything (that is all) to the poor?

I had been through four cars in two years, had ruined my credit before I had a chance to build it, and managed to destroy every close friendship I'd ever kindled.

Granatelli's new cars are being built in Lenggries, Germany by a racing newcomer, Francis McNamara, who has been in the game for just two years but who already has a reputation of building winners.

The collaboration has seen the production of the extreme Aston Martin Valkyrie, an Adrian Newey - designed hypercar which could well be as fast as an F1 car when the first prototypes are built at the end of the year.

Tyrrell started designing its own car, but whilst that was being built had to make do with a March 701 chassis for the first 10 races of the year.

In combination with the car that we keep at the airfield (a donation that we received last year) and the tow - out kit that we are building ourselves, this means that preparing the glider for flight becomes a one - man job.

Despite the success, Alfa decided that it didn't fancy spending the money needed to build a new car and withdrew from the sport at the end of the year.

As of this year any manufacturer wishing to go endurance racing with an engine over five liters must have built at least 500 copies of his car.

Dressed in his blue Knicks practice shorts, he stepped out of the car and slowly walked to the building, where six people were waiting for him: Laura Tate, a 28 - year - old aspiring model from Los Angeles who had conducted a 15 - month affair with Johnson; Tate's father, Dennis; her lawyer; two lab workers; and a three - month - old girl named Taylor Tate Johnson, who was resting quietly in Laura's lap, oblivious to the awkward situation around her.

The team has been slipping down the field in recent seasons and even if it managed to build a decent car next year, you'd think that in a best case scenario Alonso may be able to sneak the odd podium or two.

Renault had built a decent car in 2004 and Jarno Trulli was in the form of his life as he surprisingly had the measure of team mate Fernando Alonso at the start of the year.

McLaren was first convinced to race at Indy in 1970 but it's Can - Am based M15 suffered from a few issues and although competitive, the team decided to build an all - new car for the following year.

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.

With a new Vantage road car in the works for 2018 however, Aston Martin Racing has also taken the opportunity to build a new GTE car ready for next year's assault on the World Endurance Championship.

My 10 year old and I had a brilliant time trying to build a car big enough to hold an egg safely, but small enough to move easily.

As with other forward - facing car safety seats, built - in seats are for kids 2 years of age and older.

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I also indulge my son's requests to be carried, even though an able - bodied 3 - year - old child is more than capable of walking the 30 yards from his school building to the car.

«One thing we're looking for is a manufacturer who can build cars faster than three to five years.»

Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington recently broke ground on a building that in a few years will triple or quadruple its cell therapy capacity, now about 10 batches of CAR - T cells a month.