Sentences with phrase «driving a motor car»

I think it is akin to learning typing or driving a motor car ie once the skill has been acquired, it is with the learner forever.

However, the brothers did not begin production in earnest until 1903 (although they produced about 10 cars in this period) when they built a range of shaft - driven motor cars.

The compulsion under s 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 — the duty on the registered keeper of a vehicle to give information about the driver of the vehicle — flows from the fact that all who own or drive motor cars know that by doing so they subject themselves to a regulatory regime; the section does not sanction prolonged questioning about facts alleged to give rise to criminal offences.

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Ford Motor Co on Monday said it was replacing Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields with James Hackett, the head of the unit developing self - driving cars, in response to investors» growing unease over the U.S. carmaker's stock performance and prospects.

Blame the full - size sedan's slow demise on the national obsession with SUVs and Ford Motor Co.» s need to slash costs and remake itself for a new era of self - driving cars and shuttles.

The hereditary leader of Ford Motor Co. sees cars dominating the suburbs for a long time but crowded cities will drive innovation in how we get around.

CALIFORNIA UPDATES SELF - DRIVING REGULATIONS: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) released updated fully autonomous car regulations earlier this week, allowing fully autonomous cars with no driver on public roads.

This meant that he never drove a car older than six months and he never had to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get a license plate.

Aurora Innovation, the secretive startup founded by some of best minds in self - driving cars, has landed partnerships with Volkswagen Group (vlkay) and Hyundai (hyundai - motor) to help bring fully autonomous vehicles to the masses faster.

Aurora Innovation, the secretive startup founded by autonomous vehicle veterans from Google, Tesla, and Uber, has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start testing self - driving cars on public roads there.

Alphabet «s self - driving car unit Waymo (googl), Ford Motor (f), Uber Technologies, Toyota Motor (tm), Tesla Motors, and others also filed comments suggesting changes.

The three - wheeled car weighs about 1,200 pounds and features a single - cylinder 7 - hp engine that uses either diesel or ethanol and networked batteries to drive two electric motors, giving it the equivalent of 16 hp and a max speed of about 70 mph.

California Department of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez confirmed that Uber was on Wednesday granted a permit to test two self - driving cars on public roads.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles had also recently proposed new rules for the self - driving car industry.

A number of companies, including Audi, Bosch, Daimler's Mercedes - Benz unit, Delphi Automotive, Google, and Nissan have permits through a California Department of Motor Vehicle program to test self - driving cars.

A big change is the addition of a second motor, giving the P85D dual motors and turning the single - motor, rear - wheel drive Model S into an all - wheel drive electric car that is more responsive and efficient.

General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc, Toyota Motor Corp and many other companies are aggressively pursuing self - driving car technologies and want Congress and regulators to remove barriers to the vehicles.

Tesla Motor CEO Elon Musk has made a bold prediction that self - driving cars will go cross-country in 2018.

Ford Motor Co. is experimenting with its own ride - sharing initiatives: the company last year started offering a network of shared cars in London to tap the growing market for on - demand driving.

Even the path to that crash was bumpy: hours after it started testing its self - driving cars in December, the California Department of Motor Vehicles told it to halt because it hadn't received the proper permit.

That's the same as thinking a car can drive without a motor.

Dozens of tech companies, including Apple, Google's Waymo and Tesla, have expressed their desire to see some changes in the California Department of Motor Vehicles» self - driving car policies.

In the video, the team at Faraday Future can be seen providing Dahm with tidbits about the projects taking place behind the scenes, and later an extended test drive of the 1,000 horsepower, dual - motor electric car.

Yesterday, Feb. 1, the California Department of Motor Vehicles published its annual performance report on the 11 companies testing self - driving cars on public roads in the U.S. state.

In December, just hours after rolling out its self - driving cars in San Francisco, Uber sent its fleet packing to Arizona after California's Department of Motor Vehicles told the company it had not requested the necessary permits.

Bonhoeffer came to accept the full implications of the resistance movement, justifying his position as follows: «It is not only my task to look after the victims of madmen who drive a motor - car in a crowded street, but to do all in my power to stop their driving at all.

And she soon also followed her father into motor racing, eventually becoming a winner in sports car and GT endurance racing, even driving in the grueling 24 hours of Le Mans.

It was a busy day for Alonso, as he got to grips with how IndyCar works and took a closer look at the cars — he'll drive a Dallara DW12 for the first time on the 3 May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

It is the same infraction found on the car drove to victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last month.

NASCAR officials determined the car Elliott drove to an 11th - place during Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway did not have a rear window that remain rigid.

NASCAR issued stiff penalties to Kevin Harvick, crew chief Rodney Childers and the No. 4 Stewart - Haas Racing team on Wednesday after officials found a violation on the car Harvick drove to victory Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2 driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor racing can transfer to road cars.

Moss has said that he regards «the ability to drive fast cars a little faster than most people as an intangible, almost abstract thing, like an ear for music, but with a motor car perhaps it is balance.»

The event was organised by American Race Car Experience, who run driving experience days around the oval circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby.

Should you be in an older car that doesn't have LATCH, rest assured that the Monterey can also be secured with just the seat belt, as long as it is a 3 - point combined lap and shoulder belt that is not motor - driven or anchored to your car door.

• A 23 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with DUI, illegal transport of open alcohol, driving with a suspended license and operating an uninsured motor vehicle after he was found drinking beer in a running car in a parking lot on the 8700 block of West 159th Street on Sept. 1.

Visitors could actually drive their cars into the Village and tour by auto, motoring past the Blacksmith Shop and around the Common to view its historic stores, shops, homes and churches.

The Dromida RTR RC Car is designed to perform; the stable setup makes for smooth driving while the brushless motor makes for some amazing power.

The hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an electric motor as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.

In his scheme, the lead car serves as the locomotive, doing most of the work so simple electric motors that deliver just enough power for tooling around town and driving to the commuter track can power the rest of the cars.

Hybrid technology is far from an exact science, however, as student engineers found out last week at the Formula Hybrid International competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Dartmouth College's fifth - annual Formula Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endurance.

In an effort to help develop a sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements and lessen the United States» dependence on China for materials that are vital to the production of electronics, wind turbines, and many other technologies, two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a method of extracting rare earths from the drive units and motors of discarded electric and hybrid cars.

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

At ITS America's 2014 World Congress last week in Detroit, Honda Motor Co. showcased its next generation of ITS technologies, including short - range communication between vehicles and pedestrians» or bicycle riders» cellphones, fully automatic highway driving and V2V «virtual tow» — a blend of connected and automatic car technology that enables a driver to request assistance and then virtually link up with and trail another vehicle.

They instituted an annual «Driving Safely Week», during which the worst car wrecks that had accumulated during the year were prominently displayed on the tops of metal frames at road junctions and traffic lights, together with signs urging the motoring population to drive more carefully.

But the thing with brain - injured guys — the thing that really keeps them out — is they can't remember how to do certain motor tasks like drive a car or operate machinery.

It's like having a bigger motor in your car: Just driving around town in a Hummer will burn more fuel than driving the same distance with a Prius.

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Based on the car designer's real - life trial regarding his involvement on the wrong end of a corrupt cocaine trafficking bust, «Driven» is set to follow the financially strapped businessman's ill - advised attempt to fund his motor company.