Sentences with phrase «drivers car which»

The whole point of M cars is supposed to be about Rwd balance and «fun», it's supposed to be a proper drivers car which takes skill to drive fast in the wet.

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We will end up playing catch - up with the rest of the world and miss out on the most amazing transition of our lifetimes: into an era in which we become the drivers in driverless cars.

General Motors (gm), which pioneered the connected car with its OnStar concierge service, sent a software update to million of vehicles in December, introducing an e-commerce system that lets drivers order coffee or make restaurant reservations while driving — to the chagrin of some safety advocates.

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

The voluntary decision by automakers to introduce highly advanced — and costly — safety technology speaks to the accelerating pace of development toward self - driving cars, which take over many decisions and actions once the exclusive province of the driver.

One expert told me the car drives like it is living according to a strict set of algorithms, which is safer but not at all fun or even remotely like a human driver.

Last month, Uber's local marketing team in Lyon, France ran a promotion for a partnership with French website Avions de Chasse, in which Uber users could book cars with attractive female drivers.

Donations from area nonprofits and businesses are also funding a second free ride option that started on Friday: the mobile app BeMyDD, through which people can hire a driver to get both them and their car home.

In 2003, while running the chain's Michigan operations, he responded to growing competition with better coffee, along with precision milk and sugar dispensers for staff, which meant drivers no longer had to wrestle with sugar packets and creamers in their cars.

And Volvo will use the same vehicle for its own autonomous driving project, which is based on a plan that still envisages having a driver in the car.

Iowa's license plate not only tells other drivers which state a resident's car is from — it also identifies his or her county.

It exempted electric cars from Norway's value added and purchase taxes, which can add 50 % to the cost of a vehicle, and it gave e-car drivers free parking, free charging, and free use of bus lanes.

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

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.

«I think the self - driving car has the opportunity to not only improve productivity for the people in the car, which will be a huge economic boost for those people; Not only has the opportunity to save lives — over a million people die worldwide in road deaths today caused by human drivers, and I think we can take that very close to zero, which is very good for both human welfare and for economic productivity — it's a very serious dent in productivity when people get killed; And then all the ancillary industries that end up getting built out.»

Tesla's Autopilot function is a highly advanced system which allows Tesla cars to maneuver through traffic without a driver.

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.

Continuing this trend, the car will feature 5G connectivity to cloud services, which the company claimed would boost its artificial intelligence systems on board in an effort to learn what the driver likes or dislikes, and adjust accordingly.

Amazon Inc. on Tuesday launched what it calls In - Car Delivery, which allows Amazon delivery drivers to open the trunks of certain late - model cars and drop off packages inside.

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

During the call, Musk also gave details on Tesla's upcoming ride - hailing network, which he says would allow drivers to own their cars completely, but be able to specify when its not in use to be rented out by other drivers.

Secretive electric car startup Faraday Future may have accidentally leaked photos of its much anticipated concept car, which were spotted by Car and Drivcar startup Faraday Future may have accidentally leaked photos of its much anticipated concept car, which were spotted by Car and Drivcar, which were spotted by Car and DrivCar and Driver.

On the digital insurance side, Swiss Re has partnered with US - based Coalition, an MGA startup that provides up to $ 10M in cyber liability coverage, as well as App in the Air (which teamed up with Swiss Re and Chubb on a real - time flight delay insurance) and Cuvva (which partnered with Swiss Re to offer pay - as - you - go car insurance to drivers in the UK.

It also appeared that the driver's hands were not hovering above the steering wheel, which is what drivers are instructed to do so they can quickly retake control of the car.

In the Tesla incident last month, which involved a car that any consumer can buy, a Model X vehicle was in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode when it crashed, killing its driver.

The most notable (and unique) of Erie's coverages however is the Erie Rate Lock, which promises your rates won't go up for any circumstance other than adding another driver or car to your policy.

Just like all cars must have wheels, doors, an energy source and a driver, all true churches must have a set of characteristics which identify it as a church.

Alongside media duties and meeting the drivers, the video also shows Alonso sitting in Marco Andretti's car, which coincidentally wasn't able to start the race due to an issue...

It's not like an engine penalty either (which is applied to the car rather than the driver) so Fernando Alonso won't have to serve it when he returns to F1 for the next race in Montreal.

There are a number of reasons for this - as well as the obvious loss of downforce, by following in the wake of another car the dirty air generated causes the follower to slide around and overheat their tyres, which makes the idea of a driver dropping a couple of seconds behind a rival a more effective strategy.

Called the «power rankings `, a team of experts aims to rank the top - 10 drivers from each weekend based purely on individual performance, regardless of which car they're in.

The son of Zaxby's co-founder Tony Townley is attempting to revive his career with RAB Racing, which formerly fielded Nationwide cars for the driver.

That meant he had some advantages other drivers didn't necessarily have, like at the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, when he spent most of the warm - up trying both his race car and the spare car to see which one he liked the most.

Having such a slow driver in such a quick car would put him right in the pack, which would make for plenty of hilarious wheel - to - wheel battles and comedy spins — good for getting TV air - time and therefore great for sponsors.

So from next season the cars will have two different power modes available, both of which the drivers have to use at some point during a race.

For the Spanish Grand Prix new rules were introduced which forced teams to display car numbers and driver names much more prominently so that fans can identify drivers much more easily.

Not ideal... but both the driver and co-driver got out of the car and appeared to be OK, which is the main thing.

It also formed the basis for the McLaren M23 F1 car, which won drivers» titles for Emerson Fittipaldi (1974) and James Hunt (1976), and also gave McLaren its first constructors» title in 1974.

«If any driver did not complete a season in a McLaren car for which he was contracted, it would only happen by mutual agreement.»

Although she was development driver for Lotus in 2015, Jorda has only driven an F1 car in the team simulator, which makes you wonder what experience she seems to be speaking from.

It's the latest in a catalogue of car problems for the team in Bahrain which also saw multiple failures across the race weekend for both drivers.

It's well known that Williams title sponsor Martini want someone over the age of 25 in the car, which rules out the team putting a young driver alongside teenager Stroll.

«One of our aims, which we are looking at with the FIA and the teams is that, for 2021, we want to have cars that allow drivers to really fight one another on track.

The car is lighter too, and the weight balance has been moved forwards at the request of the drivers, which should mean that the car is as fast as - if not faster - than the current spec cars.

Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi took over the Sauber C36 during that first test but Wehrlein has now passed medical checks and will get to drive the car in the second Barcelona test, which starts on Tuesday the 7th of March.

He brought up Monaco, which F1 races around this weekend, as the prime example of a track that showcases the bravery of the drivers and incredible speeds of the cars.

Mercedes was the first to show off the new driver names and numbers, which have larger required sizes to help fans to tell each car apart (as, at times, it can be tricky).

It would involve all the drivers and teams, and could be brought in ahead of the 2018 season — giving fans a much closer look at car launches, which are usually restricted to media at the moment.

The only potential stumbling block is that Toyota has said that it doesn't want to run three cars at Le Mans next year, which would mean that Alonso would have to replace one of the team's regular drivers.

All those overtakes were made possible by the lower downforce cars, which allow the cars to follow each other closely as well as making it tougher for drivers to be consistent.