Sentences with phrase «drive standard car»

More accurately, you miss the downforce when driving the standard car around a circuit.

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By 2025, Honda plans to come up with cars with «level 4» standard automated driving functions, meaning they can drive themselves on highways and city roads under most situations.

The same kind of common - sense rules and standards that we already apply to driving and cars.

If you don't have the fiduciary standard, it's a little bit like walking down to the Ford lot and saying, «Do you think I need a new car yet or do you think I should keep driving the old one for another couple of years?»

In a utopian world, Canadian auto workers would get huge raises, governments would lavish money on the industry, and cars would drive themselves as they met fuel efficiency and emissions standards effortlessly.

The new feature is first added to the top - of - the - line cars, as can be seen in the $ 10,000 additional cost for self - driving capabilities, and then eventually trickling down into being an option for more vehicles before becoming a standard among all products.

Chinese electric cars are not known for providing the best driving experience and battery life, so having a standard like Tesla could help encourage the domestic market and drive up competition.

There is no shortage of companies vying to become the equivalent for self - driving cars of the Windows / Intel standard for PCs.

There's little doubt that this year's car is well - suited to Raikkonen's driving style and that Kimi himself seems pretty fired up (well, by his standards, anyway).

The bottom line is that we are driving up standards through the recognition of current competence amongst our car and commercial vehicle technicians.

Since current self - driving safety assurances aren't exactly airtight, Koopman argues that self - driving cars should be held to a way higher standard than human drivers — say, 10 times safer than the average human — before they're given the green light.

If electric cars could recharge while driving down a highway, it would virtually eliminate concerns about their range and lower their cost, perhaps making electricity the standard fuel for vehicles.

A fleet of 100 cars would have to drive 275 million miles without failure — approximately 12.5 years of round - the - clock driving at 25 miles per hour — to meet the safety standards of today's vehicles in terms of deaths.

Driving a go - kart, a fusion - engine concept race car, or a standard Ford Focus all provide a wealth of fun and unique challenges.

However, as you may have guessed from the game's title, this isn't your standard arcade racing fare in the style of Real Racing 3 [Free]- in the newest Ridge Racer release on iPhone, you instead have to draw out the line your car will race on a 2D map of the track, and then control the drifting of the vehicle while it automatically drives around the track.

Use the SCALE / LDC Curriculum Alignment Rubric (CAR) to create a shared system of quality indicators that help teachers, schools, and systems align curriculum, instruction, and assessment, as well as ensure that every task put in front of students is standards - driven, engaging, and leads to improved outcomes.

This is a novelty: I'm driving a modified Mercedes ML, a car I haven't yet driven in standard form.

I just hope the super-dark tint from the show car comes standard, because I don't want anyone seeing me drive this beautiful boor.

The first of two cars we drove was an automatic - equipped, rear - drive 340i with the standard suspension, brakes, and tires.

This is not standard operating procedure for an all - wheel - drive supercar, even one with 602 horsepower like the Huracan LP610 - 4, but out here, where traction is a faint memory, the cars are glad to throw their tails out.

Additionally, the rear - biased all - wheel - drive system combined with a standard limited - slip differential result in a car with gobs of traction yet it isn't an understeering pig.

The standard all - wheel drive has a rear - wheel bias, which means it feels like a rear - wheel - drive car but the front pair activates when needed and prevents wheelspin.

We'll have to wait until we get to have a go to see if these upgrades make the i3s any more fun to drive than the standard i3, but with the increased popularity of electric cars and the advancement in battery technology, this might be the first look at what we can expect from a hot hatch of the future.

Four doors and a real back seat may allow the 500L to net buyers who bypass the standard car, but unlike Mini, Fiat won't offer four - wheel drive.

At 296bhp, its power output is up 20bhp over the standard Astra VXR, making this the most powerful front - wheel - drive car in Vauxhall's history.

I trained myself by driving the race cars, in order to know what the standard was.

It's more powerful than the standard Fiesta ST and Ford has tweaked the suspension, actually softening the springs and dampers but beefing up the rear torsion beam and front anti-roll bar - changes that have also been applied to the regular ST since we first drove that car.

[cars name = «Hyundai»] has a corporate initiative, dubbed Blue Drive, which is an attempt to meet the 2020 fuel economy standards five years early.

NHTSA does this by promoting vehicle safety innovations, rooting out vehicle defects, setting safety standards for cars and trucks, and educating Americans to help them make safer choices when driving, riding, or walking.

In the video below, presumably created in response to an abundance of customer complaints, Porsche explains that its cars are precisely engineered to the highest standards of excellence but brake squeal is «one decibel - driven disturbance that has been misunderstood for far too long.»

«When this display car is run in, it should be over 1000bhp, but I want it to drive completely like standard, which it did at 900bhp no problem, even around town.

As we emphasized how much fun the track pack car had been to drive and that we were left a little cold by the standard model, he nodded slowly and smiled a knowing smile.

All - wheel drive is standard, even when the car is driven only on electric power.

I guess the dynamic selling points of the car would be standard all - wheel drive and ABS.

Both cars come generously equipped as standard and the quality of their cabins is befitting of their price tags, but the Porsche's classier driving experience makes it the better value car of the pair.

Our test car's standard steering setup was far more natural than the optional variable - ratio steering we've previously driven, but it still pales in comparison to the directness of the Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes systems.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

That's only a $ 5,000 increase over the previous entry - level Model S 60, which is how much Tesla usually charges just for adding AWD to a Model S. Given that the new car also has improved performance, a longer driving range, and extra standard features, the 70D's price tag is actually a bargain.

Surprisingly, buying a BMW i8 requires relatively little scanning of the options list as pretty much all the kit you could want as standard, so unlike some cars we could mention (Porsche 911...), specifying the Bavarian hybrid shouldn't drive the price too far north of the # 106,000 entry point.

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.

On the smooth roads we drove the car on it isn't immediately obvious, although with miles there's a realisation that perhaps the rear view mirror doesn't quiver over bumps like the standard Abarth's is prone to do.

1910 Panhard Levassor — Alvaro Casal Tatlock recounts the rescue and restoration of this Edvardian in Uruguay / Standard Flying Twenty and caravan — This elegant 1930s double - act is described and photographed by Paul Shinton / 1920s Essex — Kit Foster writes about the evolution of this inexpensive American four passenger «coach» / Jewel — made in Bradford — The story of John E Woods and the cars his company made during the wars / 1929 Delage DMS — The Editor drives in style on this month's «Excursion» / Hill - climb at Caerphilly — BryanDemaus continues his series of articles on pre-war hill - climb locations / Model Ts and Beaulieu Autojumble — Peter Brockes reports on this year's Beaulieu Autojumble and Dave Fitton photographed the Model Ts / 1935 Maserati sports - racer — The continuing history of the resurrection of this 4CS by owner Ken Painter.

The $ 52,000 Nismo N Attack Package B Kit is intended for customers who will be street - driving their cars, and retains the four - seat capabilities of the standard GT - R Nismo.

Standard on all S90 models is Volvo's latest in semi-autonomous driving technology, Pilot Assist, which gives steering assistance to keep the car within its lane of travel at speeds up to 80 mph.

«Making semi-autonomous features standard in the S90 symbolizes Volvo's commitment to autonomous driving and our Vision 2020,» Volvo Cars USA president and CEO Lex Kerssemakers said in a prepared statement.

The RS - spec ultra-wide tires (255 / 35R19) and rear - biased all - wheel - drive (with standard sport differential) work beautifully with the lowered, firmer suspension to send this car whipping around corners.

The critical ratings that it has received are mainly due to the fact that this car is made to be a standard five speed, and most Americans can't drive cars with manual... Read full review

Take a look at the list of standard and available pieces of safety technology: Car - to - car communication with other E-Class, Dynamic Select, Pre-Safe, Pre-Safe Sound which in the event of an accident will emit a white noise to protect your eardrums, Drive Pilot with Distance Pilot, Active Brake Assist, Active Distance Assist, Active Steering Assist, Active Emergency Stop Assist, Active Lane Change Assist, Active Speed Limit Assist, Active Brake Assist with Cross Traffic Function, Evasive Steering Assist, and Driver Attention AssiCar - to - car communication with other E-Class, Dynamic Select, Pre-Safe, Pre-Safe Sound which in the event of an accident will emit a white noise to protect your eardrums, Drive Pilot with Distance Pilot, Active Brake Assist, Active Distance Assist, Active Steering Assist, Active Emergency Stop Assist, Active Lane Change Assist, Active Speed Limit Assist, Active Brake Assist with Cross Traffic Function, Evasive Steering Assist, and Driver Attention Assicar communication with other E-Class, Dynamic Select, Pre-Safe, Pre-Safe Sound which in the event of an accident will emit a white noise to protect your eardrums, Drive Pilot with Distance Pilot, Active Brake Assist, Active Distance Assist, Active Steering Assist, Active Emergency Stop Assist, Active Lane Change Assist, Active Speed Limit Assist, Active Brake Assist with Cross Traffic Function, Evasive Steering Assist, and Driver Attention Assist.

(NOTE: Not trying to tell people how to drive... this doesn't happen with standard shift cars because you use your right foot to brake with.

Tech giant Google is working on pod - like self - driving cars that don't have any standard driving controls.