Making these features standard
forces other automakers to do the same.
The same fire
forced other automakers to also halt or at least slow production.
It will
force other automakers to create their own versions, just to compete.»
Not exact matches
LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move likely to be mirrored in
other parts of Europe and to
force automakers to pay to improve exhaust systems or switch to cleaner vehicles.
BMW's decision to unveil a car in a video game illustrates how the digital era is transforming the way
automakers introduce vehicles,
forcing Detroit and
other big auto shows to figure out how to stay relevant.
«USE THE
FORCE» LIFTGATE Many
automakers offer hands - free liftgates, but they often involve using a kicking motion or some
other potentially - silly looking movement.
The Japanese
automaker calls them Dynamic
Force Engines — one is designated for conventional use, the
other for hybrids — and they achieve a thermal efficiency of 40 and 41 percent, respectively.
The Japanese
automaker simply hasn't produced that many vehicles with
forced - induction powerplants (City Turbo IIs notwithstanding) even as
other manufacturers have embraced the technology wholesale.
The development of engine computers was
forced by federal fuel - economy and emissions regulations: to meet the new standards,
automakers had to use fuel injection and
other more precise technologies.
Those figures may not sound like much, as
other automakers exploit
forced induction and direct injection to wring more power out of less displacement.
Most
other automakers are relying heavily on direct - injection and
forced induction to create cleaner cars without sacrificing performance.
Nearly 50 Honda dealers are suing the
automaker for allegedly looking the
other way while a manager
forced them to pay kickbacks.
And if vehicle sales don't start picking up, Toyota - and
other automakers — will be
forced to turn to innovation to revive sales.
That's certainly not a promise to commercialize electric Minis, though pressure from
other automakers who have announced electric cars will probably
force BMW to react.