Sentences with phrase «less than that of car»

Critical mass means tens of millions of vehicles in use and at a cost of travel that is less than that of car ownership.

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But as Romano points out, they account for less than 10 % of all recharging (because most journeys are shorter than a car's range).

On Wednesday, China announced fresh tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including cars, whiskey and soybeans — less than 24 hours after the U.S. administration issued a list of Chinese imports that it would target.

GV, Alphabet Inc.'s venture capital firm, offered up significantly less than half of its stake in Uber even though Alphabet's self - driving car subsidiary Waymo is suing Uber for stealing trade secrets.

From Vox, citing a study at the University of Texas: «If 10 percent of the vehicles... were self - driving cars, the country could save more than $ 37 billion a year due to fewer deaths, less fuel, more free time, etc..

«When you go through life, what you'll find is what you take out of the world over time — be it money, cars, stuff, accolades — is much less important than what you've put into the world.»

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

Markets have been on edge in recent sessions amid concerns of a potential trade war between China and the U.S.. On Wednesday, China announced fresh tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including cars, whiskey and soybeans — less than 24 hours after the U.S. administration issued a list of Chinese imports that it would target.

The company predicts that BEVs will comprise less than 10 % of the alternative propulsion car market over the next decade, compared with 70 % for traditional hybrids.

Dyson aims to lean less heavily on suppliers than traditional carmakers, partly because of a penchant for making components in house, and partly because electric cars contain substantially fewer bits than their combustion engine counterparts.

While such an aircraft would traditionally create a sonic boom, NASA expects the new aircraft to create a sound of less than half the noise level — or more akin to the sound of a closing car door.

The unfortunate reality is the opposite: Electric car programs (or programs for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1 % of their total vehicle sales.

Some see this as a bet - the - company move, requiring near - perfect execution and a wholesale public embrace of electric cars, which today account for less than 1 % of the auto market.

By comparison, all the Tesla (tsla) cars on the road (about 280,000 at the end of 2017, according to company statistics) likely used less than 1.3 terawatt hours of electricity combined for the year, a Fortune analysis found.

He said that self - driving cars will «be a reality» but that he expects autonomous cars to be less than 10 percent of the auto market by 2030.

While we haven't yet got to the point where Canadian oil production is literally stranded — shut down for lack of a place to store, let alone ship it — our product is selling for far less than the North American and world benchmark prices that continue to make filling up your car an expensive proposition.

Hiroomi Kinoshita, President & Chief Executive Officer at Four Link Systems, Inc., who's worked on the creation of next - generation smart vehicle since 2008, said he was also hoping to appeal to a younger generation of drivers who are less interested in cars than previous generations.

The cost of producing an average, $ 36,000 car would go up by about $ 160 — less than 1/2 of 1 percent, he said.

«We are really excited to get going on this project,» O'Connell said, which will bring prices down for batteries to power its upcoming line of cars with a price tag less than $ 40,000.

Satwani — who hasn't delivered the CAR - T therapy but is heading up the program at Columbia, one of the 32 sites Novartis will use — said patients would need to be monitored closely for about a month, meaning they'd need to be less than a two - hour drive from their hospital.

Although this means that a majority of these regular ride - hailing users are car owners / drivers, they are significantly less likely to own or drive a car than either occasional ride - hailing users or Americans who do not use ride - hailing at all.

The cash - guzzling Tesla's market capitalisation is slightly ahead of Ford and slightly lower than General Motors, despite it producing less than 10 per cent as many cars and failing to deliver profits.

At $ 45,000, the Byton finds itself above Tesla's $ 35,000 «entry - level» EV, but is substantially less expensive than some of the other start - up cars priced in the $ 100,000 range.

Automakers produce about 90 million cars each year, but less than 2 percent of those are electric vehicles, said Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk in Hong Kong last week.

A recent study in Denmark found that if commuting a distance of less than eight kilometres half of the car trips can be replaced with trips using an electric bicycle.

In the U.S., sales of compact cars and small crossovers jumped 40 per cent in March and April from the year before, and now account for nearly one - quarter of all sales, up from less than than 20 per cent last year, according to a report from Scotia Economics.

If your car payment is more than 10 - 15 % of your monthly income, you might want to switch your car for something with a lower monthly payment, or opt to pay for something less expensive with cash.

The miles driven between instances the car did something it wasn't supposed to do has dropped from more than four miles in January to less than two miles as of last week.

Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, is quitting the car - hailing company after less than a year.

(The Senate bill also limits companies to making autonomous - only cars so long as they sell less than a certain number of units in a given year, capping the number at 15,000 vehicles in the first year, 80,000 in three years, and allowing an unlimited number of cars in the fourth year.)

Muckerman: I saw something from the CEO of Ford, he's saying that, «Yes, we might produce less cars, but these cars are going to be used much more than they are today.»

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

The result of a new car's quick depreciation is a policy limit or an actual cash value of a car that is less than what is owed to a loan or leasing company.

This could have a big impact on the automotive sector, as many of the people who bough cars over the last few years have has less than stellar credit.

A separate study from Autotrader shows that less than one percent of shoppers agree that the current car purchasing process is ideal.

Recharging of these cars at Tesla's proprietary Supercharges can be done to the 80 % charge level in less than half an hour, and the range per charge exceeds 300 km.

First off the mark is Tesla [TSLA - NASDAQ], a fledgling California - based company that has grown from a niche manufacturer of an electric sports car to the largest North American auto manu - facturer, by market capitalization, in less than 10 years.

There may be some restrictions on the age of the car, but if it is less than four years old, it should be able to qualify for late model or new car rates.

on the age of the car, but if it is less than four years old, it should be able to qualify for late model or new car rates.

Ross said the change would add less than a penny to the cost of a can of soup and about $ 175 to the price of a new car — a «trivial effect.»

If you have «miracles» on the menu and prophetic utterances (i.e. competing with the psychic hotlines and HDTV), personal growth (read gospel flavoured new age narcissism) and groovy music it gives you an edge over the poor guy next door (read your competition — i.e. the small potatoes pastor who has even less than you) and you will drive a better car and be considered a man of G - d but only if you are successful (i.e. attract crowds) otherwise you are a loser whether you have a shepherd's heart or not.

But already we know that we can accomplish our purposes with far less energy than we now use and that other means of fueling cars and heating homes are being developed.

To make a sofa requires a lesser degree of intelligence or inventiveness than to make a mincing machine or a mincing machine than a car.

Except Cleveland is a city with its own swagger, and a cost of living so low that Stockham said, «You can buy a house for less than a car, and you should never pay full retail price for anything here.»

Less than three hours by car from Mumbai lies the city of Pune, where the Evason Pune Belmondo project lies.

Sure, he benefited from the lap one safety car and lack of fight from most of the midfield, but in the end he was only five and a half seconds away from the winner and less than three seconds behind his teammate - which must be a little bit embarrassing for Valtteri...

Carroll Shelby, the rawboned Texan who put together a winning streak of 19 straight for absentee owners, was tapped by SCCA President Jim Kimberly for Saturday's four - hour race for cars of less than two liters displacement.

The idea is that an elongated screen with stretch along the nose of the car, protecting the driver from oncoming object whilst also preserving the open - cockpit nature of the cars in a less hideous way than the Halo did.

«It's a less physical car than in Formula 1 because of the downforce and because of the power steering as well.

Despite jumping back behind the wheel of an adapted Fun Cup Endurance race car in July, just less than three months since his accident at Donington, Monger has since set his sights back on single seaters.