Sentences with phrase «drive car platform»

The Chrysler 300 marks the Chrysler Group's return to a HEMI - powered rear - wheel - drive car platform in nearly five decades.

The Cadillac XTS is the same front - drive car platform as the Impala but the cheapest Cadillac is $ 5000 dearer than the costliest Impala.

It could be based on a small front - wheel - drive car platform, or it might have the underpinnings of a full - sized, four - wheel - drive pickup truck.

Instead of building self - driving cars, the company is now focused on building a self - driving car platform that it could use in partnering with existing carmakers or for its own vehicle once it decides to push through with the original goal of Project Titan.

Not exact matches

Smartphone users in the US are already helping to drive the adoption of voice - centered app usage, which will likely facilitate the spread of voice on other platforms including smartphones and connected cars.

She and Zaid later met a third co-founder, Elliot Kroo, who also envisioned that a car sharing company might morph into «the platform of the future for self - driving cars.»

• Upstream Security, a San Francisco - based cybersecurity platform provider for connected cars and self - driving vehicles, raised $ 9 million in Series A funding.

It features both Volvo's new Scalable Product Architecture platform that will underpin all of the company's next generation of cars as well as the Drive - E engines that will power its complete lineup.

So optimistic is Udacity about the future of self - driving cars, that the online learning platform recently launched a contest offering $ 100,000 to anyone who can build the world's first open - source autonomous vehicle.

It has developed an aftermarket device you plug into your dashboard that gives you all the diagnostic information a mechanic would get when fixing your car, plus an open platform served by some 150 third - party apps for your smartphone that will do everything from automatically logging your mileage to telling you how fast your teenager may be driving.

The skills - focused platform recently launched a scholarship in partnership with Lyft for an «Intro to Self - Driving Cars» program, in an attempt to make it easier for workers to enter the field.

Apollo as a platform uses hardware as well as software to help its partners source the code and tech to integrate self - driving into their cars.

While Uber, the global leader in on - demand transportation, relies on thousands of independent drivers, Uber's business platform enables the transition to self - driving cars, one of the company's stated strategic priorities.

Uber didn't offer a timeline for when self - driving cars will make their way to its platform, and the company declined to comment beyond its blog post.

Using real - world map data, procedural growth algorithms and generative models, the platform can teach cars how to drive and make sure the car's software is learning how to drive properly, he said.

Those who have left Uber in recent times have included the VP of maps and business platform Brian McClendon, president Jeff Jones, AI lead Gary Marcus, communications SVP Rachel Whetstone, VP of global vehicle programs Sherif Marakby, VP of product Ed Baker, SVP of engineering Amit Singhal and self - driving car head Anthony Levandowski.

Nvidia's new DRIVE Constellation platform seeks to transform the way self - driving cars learn our roads.

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.

Named the smartest company in the world by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nvidia has solutions for self - driving cars, gaming, cloud platforms, 3D rendering, and more.

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The Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform the S90 and V90 share with the XC90 also contributes one of the key external design features: a long dash - to - axle distance, which gives the pair of Volvos the proportions of rear - wheel - drive cars despite their front - / all - wheel - drive drivetrains.

Last year, there were rumors Fiat Chrysler would sign a deal of some sort with PSA Peugeot Citroen, which has nothing but front - wheel - drive platforms for its passenger cars.

Unfortunately the car falls short of delivering on its driving dynamics when compared to its peers, even falling short of the Golf with which it shares a platform.

The only current Kia model that offers rear - wheel drive is the full - size K900 luxury sedan, so the upcoming Kia sports car would ride on its own independent platform.

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).

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

While it's hard to say exactly how the Patriot — let alone one driven primarily by electricity — fits into Jeep's off - road mantra, there is some promise in this concept vehicle: as it shares its platform with the Caliber, this shows Chrysler could feasibly develop an ER - EV compact car for the Dodge brand.

Lacking Old World luxury - car provenance and a front - engine, rear - wheel - drive platform, Acura high - techs its way through such shortcomings.

As the standard car is based on the same MQB platform as the Audi S3, it is speculated that the SQ2 will also share its 306bhp 2 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder and Haldex based all - wheel drive system.

Unlike an SUV, which is built on a body - on - frame truck platform, a CUV is built off a «unibody» car platform, which make the vehicles drive and behave more like a traditional sedan or coupe.

CEO Carlos Ghosn says traffic jam pilot, which «allows the car to drive autonomously and safely in heavy, stop - and - go traffic,» will be available on several Nissan and Renault models by 2020, and the electric Leaf could make an ideal platform and package.

Its 2.0 - liter turbo - four produces 235 hp and 258 lb - ft, but because that car is based on a front - wheel - drive platform, the engine would need to be redesigned for use in the rear - wheel - drive IS.

«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.

If one surmises that there is still room for a range - topping, image - leading, headline - making vehicle in the Buick lineup that resurrects the Riviera nameplate on a version of GM's rear - wheel - drive platform, Federico only smiles and reminds us that «I'm Mr. GM Small Car Worldwide,» not in charge of the Buick brand or Buick product development, but he allows that «I don't think anybody disagrees with you [that Buick needs an image leader].»

It ought to keep the Dodge Challenger selling right up to the 2017 model year, the rumored date an all - new car, possibly downsized and probably off a new Alfa Romeo - developed flexible rear - wheel - drive platform, is unveiled.

Now in its second generation, this car shares its platform with the front - wheel - drive Mercedes - Benz CLA, and it does family - style duty in a lot of countries.

The FX is a true performance SUV — it shares its platform with the Nissan 350Z sports car — and it delivers a relatively engaging driving experience.

Toyota will begin to roll out the new platforms with the launch of a midsize, front - wheel drive car on TNGA this year, with extensive plans for other models in the near future.

The Giulia's so - called «Giorgio» rear - drive platform is all new and exclusive to the car, and makes extensive use of lightweight aluminum.

Turns out, BMW envisions a «high - performance electric drive» car that sits on a lightweight platform.

As we roll that platform and the new design philosophy out to our products... these cars are getting fantastic, having driven some of the prototypes.

The Acura MDX is the competitor most often considered: it's priced nearly identically, based off a car platform, and has a V - 6 and front - wheel drive.

That's where this car comes in: the new - for - 2014 Ghibli (pronounced «GEE - blee,» with a hard «g» like «giddy»), a midsize luxury sport sedan based on a Chrysler - sourced, rear - wheel - drive platform.

Built on the new Lexus GA - L rear - wheel - drive luxury - car platform, the LC 500h uses an aluminum for the hood, door skins, and front suspension towers, and carbon fiber for the door structures, trunklid, and roof.

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.

That car, which featured subtle nods to the styling of the classic Toyota Sports 800 in a platform almost identically - sized to the current MX - 5, took the form of a four - seater, front - engined and rear - drive coupe.

The Z5 will share its platform with the upcoming Toyota sports car (possibly dubbed Supra), although the two will not share any sheetmetal and the Japanese version may offer an all - wheel - drive hybrid platform using its electric motor technologies alongside BMW combustion engines.

It's going to be tough to get executives to continue to support a costly rear - wheel - drive platform for a small - batch sports car.

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.