Sentences with phrase «low speeds the car»

When driving at low speeds the car will automatically apply the brakes if it senses an imminent collision.

My Prius is actually better in this regard — when I hit the accelerator at low speeds the car actually moves forward, it doesn't have that lag.

Should the driver fail to take action to avoid a collision (such as when distracted by an incoming text message), at low speeds the car can slow and even bring itself to a complete stop.

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Those numbers are all highway - ready cars, and does not include low speed neighborhood electric vehicles that look like golf carts.

This primarily makes the car harder to drive at low speeds and for parallel parking, but does not materially affect control at high speed, where only small steering wheel force is needed.

They can be very boxy since there's no need to make those lower - speed cars all that aerodynamic, Breitfeld said.

Another solution is to create a dedicated, high - speed, low - latency wireless network especially for cars.

Faster speeds and lower latency will also be critical for autonomous cars, which must make near - instant decisions should a kick dart out onto the street.

After Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot, the younger brother — who was low on ammunition — shifted to the driver's seat of the car from the passenger's seat, slammed it into reverse, ran over his brother, sped away and quickly abandoned the vehicle.

That it happened to Uber seems to be a bit of bad luck blended with hubris, adds Brauer, noting that in some 2.5 million miles and years of testing the most that has happened to Google's autonomous cars are low - speed bumper dings.

Teams have always been allowed to exploit the pit - stop advantage that the lower speeds of safety car conditions present, and some even run strategies which anticipate its appearance.

It was really difficult to keep the car on the line especially in Turn 8, Turn 10, just getting out of the low speed corners was really tricky.»

At high speeds the car worked great, but at low speed it was all over the place, as it was prone to suddenly losing and then regaining all its downforce as the air pressure moved around - an effect known as «porpoising».

In the split second before the Maserati could hurtle, brakeless, out of control, Moss coolly jammed the shift lever into low gear, bringing the compression of his eight cylinders against the speed of the car.

He hit the wall and despite it being a relatively low speed accident the whole back of the car seemed to get ripped off, giving his mechanics a bit of work to do this evening.

The first feeling is positive, I felt comfortable with the car - It's consistent from one corner to another, between the low speed, medium speed and high speed.

Studies show that those babies who are not strapped on or those who do not travel in the car seat are more likely to go through serious injuries as compared to the others, even on low speed collisions.

The system already works for schools, where the speed limits are extremely low and cars are expected to go about 10 miles per hour over a speed limit, give or take.

As the car slows down, the transmission automatically downshifts into lower gears, but a sudden command to increase speed reverses that process and the transmission has to find the proper gear for quick acceleration.

Such transmission tweaks include reducing the engine's time spent operating at a very high rotational speed to lower mechanical friction, or reducing time spent with an open throttle to lower air friction in the cars cylinders.

Like racing cars that swerve and hit each other on a circular track, the moons» speed relative to each other is low because they travel in nearly the same orbit.

As well as speeding up Wi - Fi, plasma antennas could also allow cars to come with low - cost miniature radar systems to help drivers avoid collisions.

Those cars charge up their batteries with electricity generated when the car brakes and then used that «recycled» energy to power their electric motors, which take over from the vehicle's gasoline engine at low speeds and in stop - and - go traffic.

Like a ghostly highway with only a few cars, the belt nowadays has such a low density of objects that any collision — whether a high - speed crack - up or a low speed merger — is improbable.»

Like any full hybrid, the 300h can run on electric power at low speeds for short distances; an EV mode, activated via Drive Mode Select, raises the threshold where the car transitions to engine power.

However, if you drive to the car's strengths — low centre of gravity, supreme balance, exceptional rear grip — then you can cover ground at quite extraordinary speed without ever feeling that the car is teetering on the edge of a large insurance claim.

New associate editor Eric Tingwall spent a few nights in the Evo, a car he hadn't driven since he was an intern with us last summer, and he quickly remembered how the tricky throttle / clutch interaction dampens low - speed maneuvers: «It's especially bad when backing out of a parking space.

The roof is where this car differs, of course; the fabric roof is fully electric and lowers in 9.5 sec at speeds of up to 18mph.

Around 70 per cent of 360 buyers opted to have their cars equipped with the «F1» automated manual gearbox, which although fine on the move and excellent on track, can make low - speed manoeuvring a little tricky until you get the hang of it.

Depending on trim, you can get blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, an electric parking brake, an around view camera system, and a sonar system that detects objects approaching from the front and behind in low speed situations and works with a rear cross traffic braking system to alert the driver and can slow the car if necessary.

This can catch a few people out — because you are braking from a relatively low speed, there is not a lot of downforce acting on the car and so you have to brake earlier than you think.

Our only reservation is that it isn't as involving as the old car at low speed.

Since the small electric motor can only power the car when creeping forward very slowly, the gasoline engine is constantly starting and stopping at low speeds with a noticeable shudder.

The car's ABS system which prevents wheel lockup can not work properly at low speeds.

After spending a day attacking the low mountains of the Berkshires in both five - speed and automatic Imprezas, I'd say that this car absolutely owns the title for «chassis that could handle significantly more horsepower.»

The air suspension's continuous damping control system has also been recalibrated to offer a plusher ride at trundling speeds and lowers the car slightly when you're getting after it out in the Bavarian countryside.

It's fine at lower speeds, but the diesel - powered Jaguar XE simply isn't a very fast car, and this becomes apparent when merging onto an English motorway or passing on a two - lane road.

The steering is heavy at low speeds, but as soon as you muscle the throttle the car just loosens up, as if it's finally able to breathe and stretch itself.

If you don't wait for it to drop then you either strain your clutch or upset the engine and the car judders before the engine speed matches that of the transmission, especially in lower gears (1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd).

It looks slick when raised, but you'll still want to lower it — a 10 - second affair that can be done at speeds up to 30 mph — to show off the car's giant roll hoops.

It works with the independent AMG sports air suspension, the automatic level control and the Adaptive Damping System to enhance agility, lowering the car at high speed for improved stability.

This mode lowers the car, switches it to a firmer damping rate and adjusts the angle of the rear spoiler, producing genuine downforce at higher speeds.

Proof that out - and - out speed ranks lower than pure driving enjoyment in eTcoty, the fourth fastest car of the day was in fact our favourite.

Our test car was fitted with the # 2600 Dynamic Pack Plus, and at lower speeds there is just enough give in the suspension to give a cushioned and settled ride quality on the optional 20 - inch wheels.

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When I force start the car when it's about to stall at low speed or trying to push - start it, I get the oil warning light and the car stalls (this happened to me sometimes).

I recently noticed my car is making a barely - perceptible, low - pitched, buzzing or droning sound at highway speeds.

Its ability to turn - in and pounce towards the apex in low - speed corners combined with pace and stability in high - speed corners like Copse and Abbey revealed the GT R's race car - like ability.

But check the car has oil rads fitted, and an induction kit, sports cat manifold and remap will speed up the changeover to the top cams and lower the rev point at which this happens.»

On a MacPherson strut car, sometimes the springs of the front suspension will bind in their seats, and when turning the wheel sharply at low speed (or at a standstill) you end up with a kind of «bung, bung, bung» sound as the spring intermittently lets go.