Sentences with phrase «heavily on their automobiles»

For much of his later life he bet so heavily on the automobile's proliferation that in the 1930s he devised ambitious plans for the so - called Broadacre City, an urban concept centered on people owning cars.

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On the other hand, it was a small debacle compared to the time Riggs got taken by a corporate thief in Manhattan for several hundred dollars on a repossessed automobile swindle, or the day in Miami he was cheated out of $ 3,000 when two well - known tennis pros conspired to throw a match he had bet heavily oOn the other hand, it was a small debacle compared to the time Riggs got taken by a corporate thief in Manhattan for several hundred dollars on a repossessed automobile swindle, or the day in Miami he was cheated out of $ 3,000 when two well - known tennis pros conspired to throw a match he had bet heavily oon a repossessed automobile swindle, or the day in Miami he was cheated out of $ 3,000 when two well - known tennis pros conspired to throw a match he had bet heavily onon.

What had led me to the magazine was a heavily automobile - flavored childhood: my father raced a modified coupe and late - model stocks on the oval tracks around Omaha, Nebraska, where we lived.

Peugeots traditionally have been a little, well, different from other cars; but the Oxia, unveiled at the recent Paris Automobile Salon, is different and then some.A two - seat coupe powered by a 680 - horsepower, twin - turbocharged engine, Oxia is said to be capable of going 210 mph flat - out and booming through a kilometer -LRB-.62 mile) in less than 20 seconds — from a standing start.Rumored to be a racing prototype, Oxia uses a heavily breathed - on version of the familiar Peugeot - Renault - Volvo V - 6 engine.

Electric cars are considered the automobile future — their development and parallel patenting is heavily incentivized by governments already pushing for quotas on electric cars: China, for instance, envisions as of 2019 a 10 % quota from car manufacturers selling cars in China.

According to the study, the top 10 companies in terms of filing patent applica - tions were Bosch (958), followed by Audi (516), Continental (439), Electric cars are considered the automobile future — their devel - opment and parallel patenting is heavily incentivized by gov - ernments already pushing for quotas on electric cars: China, for instance, envisions as of 2019 a 10 % quota from car manufac - turers selling cars in China.