Sentences with phrase «in a road car on»

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As electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving range).

The iPhone maker received its first permit to test self - driving cars on California roads in April 2017.

Quicker journeys will result in less congestion as each car will be on the road for less time.

In 2001, European cars of all sorts were getting 7 % fewer miles per gallon on the road than they demonstrated on the dynamometer.

As of last year, Blackberry was estimating that around 30 million cars on the road used QNX, with 11 million of them sold just in 2012.

I work at Staples in Canada and one blustery winter morning, no cars were on the road, and we employees had trudged to work expecting it would not be a very busy day.

He shows me a low - slung, rust - covered 1952 Chevrolet Fleetline, the first car his garage built; and a hunter - green 1968 Shelby Mustang, riding high on off - road tires, meant to look like the Mustang that appeared in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

In 2011, after government researchers conducted a series of those tests, the European Commission found that diesel cars were spewing as much as seven times more NOx on actual roads than they were in the laIn 2011, after government researchers conducted a series of those tests, the European Commission found that diesel cars were spewing as much as seven times more NOx on actual roads than they were in the lain the lab.

It also wants to be relevant in this next decade — and it's taking the very first step in a more flexible approach to getting cars on the road.

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

In November, Jaguar allowed Business Insider's Benjamin Zhang to take a different F - PACE test car out on a mildly - challenging off road course.

Had I decided to live in a hotel far from the disaster zone, I would have spent hours trying to commute on «roads» that were essentially broken paths filled with frantic people, smashed cars and cement ruins.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

In November 2014, one month after Audi track - tested a self - driving RS 7 at 150 mph, company chairman Rupert Stadler said Audi's automated cars would be on the road in 201In November 2014, one month after Audi track - tested a self - driving RS 7 at 150 mph, company chairman Rupert Stadler said Audi's automated cars would be on the road in 201in 2016.

The black leather seats in our test car felt soft to the touch and offered more than adequate bolstering for both leisurely jaunts down the highway and dynamic drives on twisty country roads.

The 2018 Nissan Rogue, which I also tested recently, costs just $ 24,800 and is remarkably similar in terms of what you can load in the back, the overall feel on the road at least in terms of wind noise (a crossover is literally a cross between a full - size SUV and a car, but tends to drive more like an SUV), and even the fuel economy (around 33 highway for the Rogue, 28 highway for the Stelvio).

However, while Samsung has licenses for autonomous driving on - road testing in South Korea and California, the FT reports that the company does not plan to manufacture the cars itself.

On a sunny Saturday morning, I made my way up from Business Insider's suburban New Jersey road test center to Miller Motor Cars in Greenwich, Connecticut where Bugatti stored its two Chiron prototypes.

After multiple calls from irate neighbors, «which continued even after Blackman assured the Silvermans that the «parties were small and that everything was under control,» the Silvermans drove out on the afternoon of June 23 and found «about 50 cars in the road, security guards checking IDs» and «at least 100 persons all over their yard.»

The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber's ability to test self - driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49 - year - old pedestrian.

On - board computers and cruise - control technology already present in most cars on the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn lefOn - board computers and cruise - control technology already present in most cars on the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn lefon the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn left.

According to Zimmer, in five years, we'll have self - driving cars on the road.

Google, in comparison, is testing out cars rated «level three,» meaning that humans are sometimes needed to take the wheel, on public roads in the United States.

Google is teaching its self - driving cars to share the road with cyclists, the company said in a monthly report on its autonomous vehicle testing program.

«The reason we are doing Tesla is to try to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport, to have there be more electric cars on the road,» Musk said in September during an interview with the Danish news site Borsen.

Just like car fuel, if you don't have the right company culture in place, you can find yourself broken - down on the side of the road.

It received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test the cars on public roads in September 2014.

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«What's happening in robotics is we are going from robots in a structured, pre-programmed environment to a free - flowing environment working alongside humans, and that is a baby step to a car operating on its own on the road.»

Singapore is banning additional cars on its roads starting next February in an effort to curb over-congestion in the tiny city - state.

In December, the California DMV released draft rules allowing self - driving cars to be used on public roads but requiring a person to remain behind the wheel.

Google already has a fleet of 48 robot cars that have clocked in more than 2 million miles on private tracks, highways and roads across the U.S.

A woman in Tempe, Ariz., died after being hit by a self - driving car operated by Uber, in what is believed to be the first fatality of a pedestrian from an autonomous vehicle on public roads.

In 2009, China became the largest car market in the world, while in the same year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in the United StateIn 2009, China became the largest car market in the world, while in the same year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in the United Statein the world, while in the same year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in the United Statein the same year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in the United Statein the United States.

Those who are thinking to own a Tesla can get trained and tested in one, making them better - adapted with the features and mechanics of the car and thus ensuring their further safety on the roads, â $ Amer said.

Tesla noted that data from its cars on the roads were being uploaded to its servers on a regular basis to help the company better understand what to do in order to refine the algorithms.

We have always believed competition should be fueled by innovation in the labs and on the roads and we look forward to bringing fully self - driving cars to the world.»

But, only two years later and not 20, those robot cars are now deployed by Uber on the road in Pennsylvania.

The Chinese government aims to put half a million electric cars or plug - in hybrids on the roads by this year and five million by 2020.

In spite of the city's many attempts to put a stop to it, Uber said it planned to keep its self - driving cars on the road.

Two types of testing will be reviewed for public roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time, similar to laws in the US where driverless cars have been tested on public roads since 2011 in some states.

That said, the screen showing what's ahead on the street, pedestrians crossing the road or other cars turning in front of us was easy to understand.

«We think the Model 3 will feature hardware and software that provide a level of active safety that could significantly lead all other cars on sale today and could, if the company achieves its goal, be an order of magnitude (i.e. 10x) safer than the average car on the road,» Jonas wrote in a note Thursday.

Phil LeBeau takes a look at the progress that Alphabet subsidiary Waymo has had in putting self - driving cars on the road for the public.

In 1917, Detroit had 65,000 cars on the road, which resulted in 7,171 accidents and 168 fatalitieIn 1917, Detroit had 65,000 cars on the road, which resulted in 7,171 accidents and 168 fatalitiein 7,171 accidents and 168 fatalities.

They report that in 2011, Alberta coal power plants produced over 40 megatonnes of CO2: «the same amount produced by roughly half of all cars on the road in Canada today.»

Tesla also warns its drivers in the car's manual to pay attention to the road and prepare to take corrective action since the Autopilot can not always detect and make decisions and actions concerning stationary objects on its path.

Those cars and those trucks don't [operate] separately in silos on the road.

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.

China said in January that it wants these cars to make up half of new vehicles (link in Chinese) on the roads by 2020.