Sentences with phrase «drivers car as»

From the original M3 to today (excluding the M4 and M3 on release) it has set the standard as the true drivers car as has the M5.

Maybe the Alfa will do well, it's a great car and I admire it but does not have the reputation as a true drivers car as yet.

Not exact matches

Drivers in California will have access to GM's all - electric vehicles, in addition to standard cars such as Buick Regal or Chevrolet Impala.

Bhavesh Patel, 39, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after a witness saw him sitting in the passenger seat of his car, the driver's seat empty, as it drove along the famous M1 highway on May 21 of last year.

There is a significant demand for GPS trackers as parents of teenage drivers are aware that they require trackers in the cars of their children to monitor their movements.

As well, this particular model was fitted with the $ 4,000 option of a roof - integrated solar panel that powers the car's cabin ventilation system, obviously conceived to allow you to quiet any hostile and righteous Prius drivers hurling abuse your way at red lights.

BMW AG's new U.S. subscription pilot will put drivers into the brand's top performance cars for as much as $ 3,700 a month as the German automaker tests a new ownership model with its most exclusive customers.

The limits on the system include factors such as Tesla (tsla) being unable to ensure driver attention even when the car is traveling at high speeds, ensuring Autopilot is used only on certain roads and monitoring driver engagement, NTSB said.

Backup human drivers in Uber's self - driving cars had to take over about once every mile as of March 8, according to documents obtained by Recode (Uber doesn't make its data publicly available).

Regulating services like Uber is totally appropriate,» Khosrowshahi told the newspaper, adding that he was pressing Brazilian senators to remove rules that would require Uber drivers to own their cars and be licensed as taxis.

At the time, the NTSB said that «operational limits» such as Tesla being unable to ensure that drivers are paying attention when a car travels at high speed played a major role in the 2016 fatal crash.

(As independent contractors, currently drivers take on all the risks and costs associated with maintaining, fueling, and insuring their cars).

If you decide to sign up as a driver for the on - demand food economy, you'll need a car and a clean driving record.

Lyft as well as rival Uber have a history of drumming up ways to attract drivers, even for people who don't own cars.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

Autopilot is at least as safe as human drivers on the highway, in a car that doesn't use gasoline and performs like a sports car, the magazine said.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

Coming soon: «safe driving system» technology to keep track of your business's employee - drivers, as well as that teen in the family car.

The Model 3's 15 - inch center screen is has an impressive level of capability and functionality, the magazine said, but it's packed with menus and drivers are forced to use it «in ways that don't always make sense,» such as to adjust the car's adaptive cruise control speed.

A drone launched from a UPS car roof, flew autonomously toward its destination, dropped a package, and then returned to the vehicle, as the driver separately continued on a delivery route.

Starting in 2005, GoDaddy ran a series of racy Super Bowl commercials featuring women such as race car driver Danica Patrick and supermodel Bar Rafaeli — usually in some state of undress.

I was walking down the street the other day and as I crossed a driveway a car came speeding out, the driver didn't slow down at all, missing me by a few inches.

And during the years after that, we'll see both self - driving cars and cars with human drivers on the road, as the former gradually replaces the latter.

Daily, weekly and monthly car rentals from Hertz are now available as part of a pilot program for Lyft drivers in Las Vegas, said Oliver Hsiang, Lyft's vice president of partnerships.

«Their driver monitor system isn't as good as some other systems in terms of assuring that someone is paying attention,» said David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports.

Lyft, whose current drivers are regular folks with a car who give rides for a fee, is betting that self - driving cars will quickly eliminate people's need to own a car, as well as his company's dependence on human drivers.

Driving Dynasty: Tan's great - grandfather worked as a taxi driver, and his grandfather built a Malaysian automotive empire by importing Japanese cars.

In other words, self - driving vehicles would lead to fewer crashes, so human drivers wouldn't have to spend as much on car insurance.

In the lawsuit, the drivers alleged that because Lyft has misclassified them as contract workers instead of employees, it owes them reimbursement for expenses like gas and car maintenance.

Last month, the city council approved a separate set of regulations that requires that drivers display the companies they work for in their cars (such as Lyft's pink mustache), mentions fingerprinting as part of the background check requirements, and outlines restricted areas at the airport and during large festivals.

The lead car's driver looked inside the parked vehicle as he passed.

«We developed a vehicle which make drivers feel as if they're steering something that's not a car,» Kinoshita said.

Even if fully autonomous cars don't work out as planned (some critics think it's a distant pipe dream), autopilot tech that aids drivers and prevents accidents is available now on Tesla EVs and other cars.

«What that means in short is that he understands the back - end workings of the business well enough that he could rebuild them himself (well, almost), and he also cold calls customers and says things to journalists aimed to warm consumers» hearts, such as: «On Valentine's Day in Chicago, we had every driver give every woman who got in the car a rose.

During BMW of North America's debut of its M2 coupe on Periscope last month, the sound dipped in and out as the driver talked about how the car handled.

Some studies claim that for every 10 % increase in capacity, there is a 9 % increase in vehicle miles travelled four years after expansion, as drivers who previously parked their cars take to the roads.

It would mean that between the end of the year and around 2019, Tesla could have a level 4 autonomous system enabled in second generation cars — meaning the vehicles can drive themselves without a driver as backup, but not in all conditions or environment.

At least 15 cars have been impounded in the process, with transportation authorities posing as customers to snag Uber drivers.

The ruling sets up yet another battle between state regulators and the $ 41 billion Uber Technologies, which is on a quest to become a global car service that relies on drivers who don't require costly benefits such as health care.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

Such as: Self - driving cars have to become legal to drive without a safety driver; users will have to want to get in a self - driving Uber; and, perhaps most importantly, Uber will have to buy and trick out enough cars with self - driving technology to make it worth the investment.

The electric vehicle is also touted to be a connected car, as drivers and passengers remain in contact with their digital lives while in the vehicle as they are able to access their favorite apps and content.

A video of Kalanick aggressively berating one of his own drivers swiftly followed, as did a lawsuit from Google driverless car sister company Waymo for trade - secret misappropriation.

These include cars used by drivers that work with ride - hailing services such as Grab and Uber [UBER.UL], which are becoming increasingly popular.

By focussing on the software and driver experience over the vehicle's physical performance, Breitfeld hopes to avoid repeating the same mistakes as Faraday Future — an electric car company that has run into financial difficulties after unveiling its FF91 vehicle at CES last year.

Some of the rules that were outlined include requiring such services to share their data with local transport officials, signing up their drivers on labor contracts, insuring both the cars and the passengers and registering their cars as taxi services.

In the months since these top engineers have left, the 43 self - driving cars Uber had on the roads as of March 8 saw little progress when it came to decreasing the frequency of disengagements — or how many times a safety driver would have to take back control of the system.

As Autopilot technology continues to be developed, more advanced functionality will be made available to Tesla owners over time nearing full self - driving capabilities; however, until truly driverless cars are developed and approved by regulators, the driver is responsible for and must remain in control of their car at all times.

I did a stint as a driver with Uber here in Seattle and almost turned it into a full time business by hiring other cars / drivers.