Sentences with phrase «like company vehicles»

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Mojio You've probably heard of car insurance companies that install technology on vehicles to monitor things like how often you use the car, how fast you drive, etc..

He had to convince them he could help cut company costs, like warning a car dealership to move vehicles inside ahead of a hailstorm.

Forty - two companies, including market leaders like Uber, Waymo, Tesla, and GM, are currently permitted to test vehicles with self - driving features in the state.

The bill applies only to companies that manufacture their own vehicles, like GM.

The popularity of Pokémon Go threatens companies like Foursquare, which has a service called Swarm offering coupons and prizes to customers who «check in» at participating venues, and social e-commerce sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, which many businesses use as a vehicle to offer discount deals.

The company's Open Automotive Alliance launched in January intends to do for cars what Android did for phones by running an Android - like platform directly onto a vehicle's dashboard.

Compared to the Hummer, «other vehicles wind up looking like they're made from chewing gum wrappers,» a company official crowed.

Meantime, here are 99 massive disruptions that autonomous vehicles will cause — things that forward - thinkers and companies like Apple, Google, Tesla, Uber (plus Audi, Mercedes - Benz, and a few dozen others) see clearly on the horizon.

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.

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

The survey bodes especially poorly for tech giants like Google's Waymo, as only 20 percent of people surveyed said they would trust an existing tech company to safely execute on the futuristic vehicles.

In - vehicle video ads: Companies like Go Vugo have been around for a couple years but haven't quite gained a foothold with the driver community.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

As for the long - term plan, Musk dodged a question from an analyst on whether the company could ever offer an autonomous vehicle to a ride - sharing company like Uber.

But for Tesla to become primarily an energy company would be like General Motors to shift its emphasis to creating steering wheels for vehicles of all types rather than for management to think of it as a car manufacturer.

Monday's accident may also call into question new regulations from states like California and Arizona that are letting auto and tech companies test self - driving vehicles without human backup drivers that can intervene if the vehicle makes a mistake.

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

States like Florida, which has favorable weather, and Michigan, home to the U.S. car industry, have also adopted a laissez faire approach the autonomous vehicle testing in hopes of attracting or retaining automaker and tech company dollars.

Like all Tesla vehicles, the Model 3 will have access to the company's Supercharger stations.

Companies like General Motors and Toyota were also investing in electric vehicle technology, but Tesla was the first to show that a battery - powered car could be sexy.

Expect the latest unmanned aerial vehicles from companies like Pelican Products, iRobot and Squadrone.

Still, while other companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are planning much of their business around space flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space Station.

After all, both firms stand to gain if autonomous vehicles become a commodity — and everything to lose if a company like Google has a multi-year head start.

Artificial intelligence serves as the foundational technological platform for several of Aspect's portfolio companies targeting key verticals, including companies like Amino (digital health), Astro & Troops (future of work), and Mapper (autonomous vehicle software).

At the end of August, the company received a permit to run self - driving car tests in California, alongside an earlier permit that it got in Korea, and announcements like today's will make sure that they will have not just their own tech, but that of partners, to put into those vehicles.

It was unclear which of TPG's platforms was leading the talks with Vice, although one industry observer suggested that it was likely to be TPG Growth, a vehicle used to hold its stakes in technology companies like Airbnb and Box.

The electric vehicle movement the company arguably popularized is seeing momentum from new and existing players, while self - driving competitors like Alphabet's Waymo strike deals with automakers to develop vehicles that could rival Tesla's own offerings.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

GM, which now has a seat on Lyft's board, will get access to the ride - hailing company's software, whereas Lyft will have GM's expertise — especially when it comes to autonomous vehicles to separate itself from competitors like Uber in the future.

The sum WM said it's raised is a show of confidence in a startup competing with more than 200 Chinese electric - vehicle companies, some backed by the likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Jack Ma, Foxconn Technology Group's Terry Gou and Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s Ma Huateng.

Companies like Google, Tesla and General Motors all hold permits to test autonomous vehicles in California.

Because Switch's data centers are energy efficient and the company tends to hang on to customers for several years, Switch aims to be well - positioned to capitalize on data - intensive technology trends like the Internet of Things, wearable devices and autonomous vehicles, the prospectus said.

This surging stock looks like a promising bet on electric cars — and it's not Tesla Battery - materials company Umicore is among the few electric - vehicle «champions,» analyst saysAs Yogi Berra might have put it: Nobody buys Tesla stock anymore.

The first indication that Waymo was positioning itself as a competitor to players like Mobieleye and Delphi came in December, when CEO John Krafcik announced the company was going to build its own sensor technology, the proverbial eyes that self - driving vehicles need to track the road and any obstacles such as oncoming traffic or pedestrians.

Johnson created a new committee dedicated specifically to for - hire vehicles like Uber and Lyft — and gave its chairmanship to Ruben Diaz Sr., who got at least $ 11,800 in campaign contribution from employees and owners of taxi, limousine and dispatch companies for his election last year.

The City Council proposal, bolstered by the mayor, was designed to limit the growth of for - hire vehicle companies like Uber to 1 percent, pending a study of city traffic patterns.

McCain's platform revolves chiefly around monetary challenges for companies and consumers — including a $ 5,000 tax credit for consumers who buy zero - emission cars (encouraging automakers to create such vehicles) and a $ 300 - million X PRIZE — like competition to develop a battery for plug - in hybrids and fully electric cars.

The commercial crew program — subsidies for companies like SpaceX to develop privately owned, human - rated rockets — would get $ 805 million, while the agency would spend $ 2.051 billion on its own rocket, the Space Launch System, a lumbering, and delayed, heavy - lift vehicle that will not see its first launch until the end of 2018.

NASA awarded five companies a total of nearly $ 50 million through the first round of funding in 2010 to develop spacecraft, launch systems and support equipment, including Blue Origin, Paragon Space Development Corp. and United Launch Alliance as well as those involved in manned vehicle development like Boeing and Sierra Nevada.

While Supercharger stations are clearly marked as being set up by Tesla for its own cars, CHAdeMO and SAE Combo chargers are generally installed and owned by infrastructure companies like NRG EVgo or ChargePoint, making it unclear which vehicles can plug into which stations.

You can search via category of vehicle or use It seems like Seattle is home to more and more tech companies by the day — and today is no different.

Interestingly enough, the game does boast 140 authentic vehicles that include all the latest and hottest companies like Ponsse and Deutz - Fahr.

The film seems like an obvious vehicle for a pop star to break into acting, although that wasn't quite the case for the original's seasoned but not yet famous 16 - year - old Irene Cara (an alumna of «The Electric Company», who appropriately enough would find Fame).

Bad Company is an example of what happens when filmmakers decide to engage in a feckless cash grab — a greatest hits compendium of stolen moments so bombastic and dreary that when the film actually rips off a gag from Fletch (like that balding loser at the bar thinking himself a wit while well into the second decade of quoting Chevy Chase vehicles).

Quinn Duffy, Game Director at Relic, explains how «True Sight» mechanics and better vehicle physics offer players a real time strategy game like never before in Company of Heroes 2.

When Mario Kart 8 released a free DLC pack featuring several models of Mercedes vehicles, gamers were understandably stumped about why a company was placing what seemed like advertising within a $ 60 game.

Within the entire Ford Motor Company range, the only vehicles that moved fewer units last month are non-mainstream models like the Police Interceptor Sedan, the Police Interceptor Utility, the Ford Transit commercial van, and Ford heavy - duty trucks, as well as every Lincoln save the MKZ and MKX.

The company will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020 and is already looking ahead for its next 100 years with a few interesting concepts and kei vehicles like its e-Survivor compact SUV seen here.

Car companies tend to like to make a big, official production of new vehicles, whether concepts or production models.

Contrary to popular opinion, CAFE standards for 2025 don't impact SUVs that much, as the rules factor in vehicle size and sales mix, allowing companies like GM to sell them if there's demand.