The company is using the concept study based on the BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) to send out the message that pure - electric mobility using
drive system technology developed at BMW i will soon be making its debut in the BMW core brand's model range.
Toyota Hybrid Synergy
Drive System technology enables drivers to experience the unbeatable gas mileage that they love, cuts down on the dangerous emissions that are being released, and allows drivers to drive however far they need to travel without reducing speed capabilities!
An exceptionally lightweight and aerodynamically optimized body — including a passenger cell made from carbon - fiber - reinforced plastic (CFRP)-- plus advanced BMW eDrive
drive system technology, a compact, highly turbocharged 1.5 - liter gasoline engine with
This package of features also helps to make maximum use of the efficiency potential inherent in the vehicle concept and
drive system technology of the BMW i8.
Like the vehicle concept — which offers an optimum platform for the broad - spread application of lightweight construction and optimized aerodynamic properties — and the BMW i8's
drive system technology, intelligent energy management also plays its part in imbuing the car with its outstanding levels of efficiency.
Groundbreaking
drive system technology and an accentuated sporty look: at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, Audi will be presenting another concept car which demonstrates the potential of the future Q8 model range.
The BMW eDrive
drive system technology originally developed for the all - electric BMW i3 and BMW i8 plug - in hybrid sports car can now be experienced in six BMW model ranges and one MINI.
Not exact matches
Science and
technology will be the tools that carry us forward, inevitably, but it is this
driving idea — of customer - centered value — that will spur the most meaningful changes in the realms of healthcare
systems and medical
technology.
This is precisely why his Grantham Foundation has aggressively invested in alternative transportation
technologies, such as the lithium - ion battery
systems expected to
drive mass - market adoption of electric vehicles.
Apple (aapl) said California should revise how companies report self -
driving system «disengagements» and said the state should change a proposal «that may restrict both the design and equipment that can be used in test vehicles to further develop autonomous
technologies.»
It's spacious, incredibly comfortable, has great cargo capacity, a gutsy engine, plenty of
technology, and Land Rover's go - anywhere, four - wheel -
drive system.
Waymo and Uber are part of a crowded and hotly competitive field of automakers and
technology companies aiming to build fleets of self -
driving cars that could transform urban transportation
systems.
Coming soon: «safe
driving system»
technology to keep track of your business's employee - drivers, as well as that teen in the family car.
Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous
systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the
technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self -
driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.
Collateral damage will also occurr to self -
driving technology and the semi-autonomous driver assistance
systems since they'll likely be viewed with even more suspicion by the public due to this mishap.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Wednesday that a prior investigation into Tesla's semi-autonomous «Autopilot» self -
driving system did not assess the «effectiveness» of the
technology.
Most companies currently working on self -
driving technology are also working with vision - based
systems, but most of them are also complementing their cameras with lidar sensors — something Tesla believes is not necessary.
The first patent the company holds for self -
driving car
technology is for a camera and sensor
system to take in information about a vehicle's surroundings and input commands to a computer.
The Apollo program was launched as an open - source platform for other automakers to develop their self -
driving systems and help accelerate the development self -
driving technologies.
Tesla acknowledged its semiautonomous Autopilot
system was engaged by the driver in the seconds before a fatal crash last week, raising more questions about the safety of self -
driving technology on public roads.
Google was initially hesitant to jump onto the self -
driving tech but after successful demos (using a self -
driving pizza - delivering Prius), Levandowski was able to convince Google's big bosses, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, to buy 510
Systems and his
technology.
Cadillac showed off its Super Cruise semi-autonomous
driving technology in Chicago and across the country this week, touting it as the most advanced
system on the market.
The fatal crash, which occurred in Florida on May 7, will see the NHTSA examine the design and the performance of the Autopilot
system of Tesla Motors, which has previously been criticized by self -
driving car
technology experts as launched too early.
More questions were raised about the safety of the company's self -
driving technology after a second fatal crash in which the Autopilot
system had been engaged.
Shares of Silicon Valley darling Tesla were off 5.7 percent following questions about its self -
driving technology system known as Autopilot.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to
drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information
technology networks and
systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.
Jeffrey B. Straubel has served as our Chief
Technology Officer since May 2005 and previously served as our Principal Engineer,
Drive Systems from March 2004 to May 2005.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to
drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information
technology and
systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to
drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information
technology and
systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.
On the basis of CR's research and testing of early automated
driving technologies, Consumer Reports and Consumers Union previously have called for automakers to make consumers aware of
technology limitations and for there to be a safe fallback when drivers overestimate the capabilities of driver assist -
systems, and also specifically have called for Tesla to only allow the Autopilot
system to be used in the situations for which it can safely operate.
These cars will employ Volvo's «Intellisafe
System» that features a variety of safety
technologies and automatic protocols that ensure autonomous
driving and its occupant's well - being.
Nvidia is also boasting novel
technology for the developing autonomous car market, touting its self -
driving car
system called
Drive PX with A.I. co-pilot.
The company claims that Levandowski stole the designs for this
technology, and has potentially been using it in Uber's self -
driving systems; Uber denies this.
At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care
system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from
technology -
driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.
In August, Delphi and Mobileye (which supplies sensor
technology) announced the companies were partnering to develop a fully self -
driving system that automakers can begin to integrate into their vehicles in 2019.
Efficient 24V
drive technology minimizes energy consumption By contrast with conventional conveyor
systems that are equipped with a
drive in continuous operation, the Interroll RollerDrive makes it possible to build up an intelligently controlled conveyor
system divided into zones.
The CALORIS CONCENTRIX ® MVR evaporator is a high - efficiency falling film evaporator
system that uses proprietary turbofan
technology for Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) heating,
driving the evaporation process with electrical power.
Superior responsiveness to smaller target weights thanks to improved feeder
technology, using pulse width modulation and an integrated AFD (Automatic Feeder
Drive)
system.
Doëhler is a global producer, marketer and provider of
technology -
driven natural ingredients and
systems for the food and beverage industry, with emphasis on natural flavors and colors, health & nutrition, cereal, and fruit & vegetables.
Greg Richards has served as Vice President of Business Development at Franke Foodservice
Systems since 2002, where he has contributed to the launch of
technology -
driven products and services that have expanded the company's reach into new market segments.
The company helps its customers achieve flexible solutions with the industry's most advanced conveyor
technologies, electric
drives and controls, linear motion components and
systems, as well as production tools and tightening
systems and hydraulic
systems.
Doehler (www.doehler.com) is a global producer, marketer and provider of
technology -
driven natural ingredients, ingredient
systems and integrated solutions for the food and beverage industry.
As the Minister responsible for the National Institute for Health Research, as well as the whizzy high science of tomorrow's
technologies, I can say that we also have at the heart of the NHS a commitment to ensure, through the institute, that we are constantly using the power of our health
system to
drive public health and to promote best practice.
These, he said, include the introduction of an e-business registration
system, a paperless port clearance
system, a digital addressing
system, a mobile interoperability
system, and a national identification card
system, all of which are designed to formalise the Ghanaian economy, reduce the cost of doing business, and facilitate interaction between businesses and their clients, particularly in a
technology -
driven era, where connectivity through digital services is an important element in achieving competitiveness.
10 November 2011, London: The Institution of Engineering &
Technology (IET) has announced the winners of its 2011 Innovation Awards, which include innovations such as a solar - electric unmanned aerial
system, an intelligent decision support
system for interpretation of foetal monitoring during childbirth and an automotive hybrid
drive system.
These
system - on - a-chip innovations will
drive a host of new
technologies and products in the consumer and business marketplace, including smart phones, tablets, and laptops; 3D
systems for gaming; ultrafast and secure computer servers and IT
systems; and sensor
technology for emerging health care, clean energy and environmental applications.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sees so much promise in gene
drive technology that it plans to double spending on its Target Malaria initiative, which aims to create
systems for
driving genes in two species of malaria mosquitoes, to $ 70 million.
The initiative, called Safe Genes, comes at a time when so - called «gene
drive»
systems, which override the standard rules of gene inheritance and natural selection, are raising hopes among some scientists that the
technology could alter or suppress populations of disease - carrying insects or other pests in as few as 20 generations.
The electric vehicle — maker initially licensed a
drive system design and reductive charging patent from AC Propulsion but later developed its own versions of these
technologies.
Su says that several companies, including Raser Technologies (a maker of
drive systems) and MBtech (which provides engineering and consulting services to the auto industry), have expressed interest in the
system, although they have not discussed details as to how the
technology might fit into these companies» existing offerings.