Sentences with phrase «drives the wheels at»

The Morgan 3 Wheeler is as quirky as its name suggests, with two skinny 19in wire wheels up front and a fatter, single driven wheel at the rear.

That's almost an extra 80bhp on tap, but with just two driven wheels at the rear it could be limited by traction.

BMW decided to separate its two - door models from the 3 Series saloon by naming them 4 Series, but the recipe for the M version of the coupe is the same as it's been since the original M3 arrived in 1985: a powerful engine at the front, gearbox in the middle and driven wheels at the back.

This design concept and configuration — engine at the front, drive wheels at the rear — guarantees optimum traction, near - perfect weight distribution front - to - rear, excellent directional stability, and predictable handling.

Placing the drive wheels at the rear allows ample room for the transmission in the centre of the vehicle and avoids the mechanical complexities associated with transmitting power to the front wheels.

Left alone, you'll wear the tread off of your drive wheels at more than twice the rate of the non-drive wheels.

Trucks as well as many SUVs and some cars still use rear - wheel - drive (RWD) systems, in which a long driveshaft transmits power from the engine in the front of the vehicle to the driven wheels at the back.

If Honda could somehow turn this car around and put the driven wheels at the back, the Accord Coupe would instantly graduate from sporty car to sports car.

It doesn't drive the wheels at all, so think of it as a BMW i3 or Chevrolet Volt but a step further.

Not exact matches

When Piëch resurfaced in 1972 at Audi, by then owned by VW, he dragged it upmarket almost single - handedly with a series of engineering innovations, such as the four - wheel drive system for the Quattro.

Our tester was equipped with all - wheel - drive, and while it was fine for whatever we threw at it in the suburbs and the big city, the proclivity toward a rear - wheel bias means that the Stelvio is more for the «sport» part of SUV than the «utility» part.

You'll never have to look down at your iPhone again while driving because your car will be an iPhone on wheels.

Personally, the highly capable torque - vectoring all - wheel - drive system gave me all the grip I needed when I needed it, while at the same time piping the power to the rear wheels often enough that I didn't want for more grunt.

Television footage appeared to show a police van striking a group of protesters, reversing into them and then driving forward, leaving several people bloodied and at least one man stuck under the van's wheels.

Other changes included a price cut on the company's rear wheel drive 70 kWh version of Model S, and the new offer of a «Ludicrous Speed Upgrade» for the 85 kWh, all - wheel drive Model S called the «P85D» — the company's most expensive model at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by Tesla.

This primarily makes the car harder to drive at low speeds and for parallel parking, but does not materially affect control at high speed, where only small steering wheel force is needed.

Parking by a self - driving car — without a human at the wheel — is a complex problem that researchers at virtually all car makers are trying to solve.

I drove a well - optioned 2018 that came with all - wheel - drive and stickered at $ 45,750.

I clung to the shotgun seat while a self - driving Audi TT - S took corners far faster than most human drivers would dare, and Stanford professor Chris Gerdes, who runs the Stanford Dynamic Design Lab, sat at the wheel.

Autopilot, she wrote, can't actually drive the car, but it lets consumers keep their hands off the steering wheel for minutes at a time.

Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk unveils the dual engine chassis of the new Tesla «D' model which is a faster and all - wheel - drive version of the Model S electric sedan at the Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles on October 9, 2014.

For new customers, Tesla is only selling Premium Model 3 sedans with rear - wheel drive at the moment.

The car's driver sits at a 45 - degree angle while she drives, an angle determined by NASA to be optimal for driving, and the steering wheel has an embedded dock for your smartphone.

Once ready, Tesla could technically enable a system like that in those markets, but for a truly level 5 coast - to - coast drive where someone could be sleeping at the wheel or not even be in the driver's seat, it's unlikely to be before Musk's «2 - year» timeline.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation at the Automotive Hall of Fame on Friday allowing for the testing of self - driving cars without a steering wheel, brake pedal, or human in the front seat.

According to Joe Oliver, federal spending tripled between 1969 and 1979, driven by «the ideology of the man at the wheel and on the reckless assumption that commodity prices would remain high».

Powered by three electric motors — one in front and two at the rear — FF 91's all wheel drive system will be capable of blasting off a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, making it the world's quickest electric vehicle.

«It is a great waste of social resources to reinvent the wheel,» wrote Yifei, in a statement that seemed to hint at the overarching ideology driving China's CBDC effort.

The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it hit 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg as she was walking a bicycle outside the lines of a crosswalk, police said.

The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it struck Herzberg, police said.

«Riders will be able to use a Waymo app to hail one of our fully driving, self - driving cars without a driver at the wheel,» she said.

Uber said its self - driving cars, which require a person at the wheel to monitor or control them, did not fall under that strict definition.

At the same time, automakers are bringing more pieces of self - driving technology to market while insisting that the driver is responsible for the vehicle's operation and may need to take control of the steering wheel in challenging situations.

Three four - wheel - drive trucks carrying at least 30 armed fighters arrived Thursday morning at three mausolea — all U.N. World Heritage sites — in the southern Timbuktu neighborhood of Kabara, two residents told CNN by phone.

Three four - wheel - drive trucks carrying at least 30 armed fighters arrived Thursday morning at three mausolea - all U.N. World Heritage sites - in the southern Timbuktu neighborhood of Kabara, two residents told CNN by phone.

We drove, for 50 km, on dirt roads that were riddled with potholes, at about half the recommended speed because tiny wheels and giant potholes.

You got to get it up right on top of the power curve, right at the peak so that the rear wheel is driving fast off that chain.

Tom Coronel was driving during FP1 for the FIA World Touring Car Championship round at Vila Real when his car suffered a left - front wheel failure.

Even on the vast back straight at the Shanghai International Circuit, it's still pretty risky to take both hands off the wheel while driving a Formula 1 car.

Montoya's been driving the Chevrolet - powered, Penske - run car, with Servia at the wheel of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports» Honda - engined version.

Then there was the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort where he suffered a puncture and then drove back to the pits at maximum speed, often on just two wheels and with sparks flying everywhere - something that the adaptable Lego should make it easy to recreate (OK, maybe not the sparking bit).

THE TEST: We came to think of the Kirkham as the all - wheel - drive wagon of the hiking world - it's as much at home on pavement as it is on dirt.

The look on his face made me feel no better about my turn and as Will went to get behind the wheel himself, I was being driven around the track for three exhilarating laps at full - speed by professional driver and instructor, Sam.

With 1:02 left and the Giants at their own 39 driving for at least a winning field goal, Cravens was ready for the wheel route this time.

Formula E will mark Nissan's first major motorsport project since it built a front - engined, front - wheel drive LMP1 car to race at Le Mans.

I remember one time my mom came to pick us up at the roller rink in my aunt's car, and it had a beeper that went off if the seat belt wasn't pulled, and my mom drove with one hand on the wheel and the other holding the seat belt pulled out so the stupid alarm would stop.

Guide her, protect her when crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller - coasters, log flumes, or anything called «Hell Drop,» «Tower of Torture,» or «The Death Spiral Rock «N Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,» and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

Pros - Looks stylish especially brown leather detailing Very roomy, good for growing baby Easy latch system with isofix, good for car users Spacious storage beneath pram Easy brake system Cons - Car seat does not match rest of pram Slight rock to it Not good for rough pavements best for flat shopping centre type floors otherwise baby is shaking all over the shop (i guess this is where rubber wheels come in) Not good over kerbs no foot tilt to help Handle poor design when folded away the handle scratches on the floor Cant fit into fiesta boot The hood keeps falling backward when walking, not robust to hold itself Could be slightly smoother at turning corners Overall the venti is a good looking pram however due to the comfort of the drive i would not recommend it as a sleeping newborn quickly wakes up due to the rattling.

See The Shipwreck at Shipwreck Beach If you're feeling adventurous and still have the keys to your 4 - wheel - drive, stay in the neighborhood of North Lanai and make your way to Kaiolohia.

Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced last Thursday that in all about 208 state vehicles, including Toyota four - wheel - drives and saloon cars, could not be accounted for.