Sentences with phrase «hour highway stretches»

An electric sedan with a true 200 - mile range (2.5 to 3 times that of today's LEAF) could be driven for 3 - hour highway stretches between fast charges.

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On a stretch of Highway 101, east of downtown San Francisco, Vogt had clicked a button between the front seats, turned a dial to adjust the speed, taken his hands off the wheel, moved his feet back from the gas pedal and brake — and then turned to look me straight in the face, while, at 60 miles per hour, the scenery ticked by.

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — On a stretch of highway not a half - hour from Fairfield County, just off the Saw Mill River Parkway, luxury auto dealerships fall in line, one after the other: BMW, Volvo, Lexus — and Tesla, the relatively new kid on an expensive block...

Overall, it's a very enjoyable watch but the runtime (at nearly two hours) seems a bit stretched for a light comedy with an over-extended highway chase scene being the main culprit.

Its long, flat stretches were favorable to the Golf R's fuel economy, which approached 24 mpg instead of the low 20s we've been more commonly recording in and around L.A.. That's still a far cry from its EPA rating of 30 mpg highway, but when you're trying to get a boring, six - hour - plus drive over with as quickly as possible, you're not worrying about maximizing mileage.

I drove a 2016 Kia Optima SXL for several hours around Aspen, Colo., over the Continental Divide and through Vail on a mix of winding mountain roads and interstate highway stretches.

After an hour of driving and putting the Panamera Turbo through a reasonable late - night workout, torching on - ramps and deserted stretches of highway and everything in between, I got out of the car and was suddenly taken aback.

Heading around Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook is irresistibly close — please note that the last stretch of road off the main highway into Mount Cook village is partly gravel, an average of 50kms and 1 hour drive.

It's a rare event, and hard to resist for any cyclist or skater - a 10 - mile stretch of I - 405 in Southern California from Highway 10 to Highway 101 is going to be closed this weekend for 53 hours in order for construction crews to widen the roadway and

It's a rare event, and hard to resist for any cyclist or skater - a 10 - mile stretch of I - 405 in Southern California from Highway 10 to Highway 101 is going to be closed this weekend for 53 hours in order for construction crews to widen the roadway and demolish part of a bridge.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers are allowed only to drive 11 hours per stretch, leaving a weekly total of 77.