Sentences with phrase «mainstream cars in»

And, she suggests, debuting Nissan's ProPilot Assist in the Leaf will give it a tech - forward image that shows what technologies will appear in more mainstream cars in years to come.

Just read that Honda is beginning to put turbos in some of their mainstream cars in the near future, starting with the Civic, I guess at this point they'll try anything to make their compact relevant again.

Just as Honda sells three mainstream cars in the Fit, Civic, and Accord, the introduction of the 2016 Honda HR - V at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show provides the automaker with three mainstream crossover SUVs in the HR - V, CR - V, and Pilot.

However, none of these three vehicles could even score Good on all its crash tests, something mainstream cars in all categories now do with ease.

Most of the VW Group's EU profits come from Audi, which builds most of its mainstream cars in Ingolstadt and Neckarlsum, Germany, but for much bigger profit margins than Wolfsburg's VWs, and from Skoda, which still maintains mostly Czechia - based production, at significantly lower costs.

Even with its exotic car good looks and exceptionally capable engines, the Audi R8 has always felt more like a mainstream car in terms of comfort and convenience when you're at its controls.

Of course, as a GM product, the Sonic also stands out as the only mainstream car in its class with mobile Wi - Fi capability and 4G LTE connectivity, and for another important exclusive, it's the only one to have garnered a Top Safety Pick endorsement from the IIHS.

This is the best small turbocharged engine in any mainstream car in the U.S. (it is also found in Hyundai models).

Not exact matches

In addition, new content formats like augmented reality and in - car ads will probably go mainstreaIn addition, new content formats like augmented reality and in - car ads will probably go mainstreain - car ads will probably go mainstream.

They've been locked away in car factories for years, but as computer processing gets faster and cheaper robots are moving into the mainstream.

The company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, putting itself in prime position to become the country's first mainstream electric car company.

Top automakers in Germany have agreed to jointly invest in thousands of ultra-fast charging sites across Europe to boost mainstream acceptance of electric cars, the companies said.

With Google, we have a company that is using the cash cow of search to go after the «flying car» - type businesses that may be mainstream in a decade.

Tesla's Autopilot is arguably the most comprehensive package of driver - assistance features available in mainstream cars today.

As technology becomes more mainstream in our homes and cars, demand for NXP's solutions is likely to increase.

It's also something we are covering in our five - part battery series, in which we are looking at lithium - ion battery demand, as well as the materials that will need to be sourced as electric cars go mainstream.

Mainstream political thought in transport has moved to a widespread acknowledgement that providing extra space for cars in cities — whether underground or not — is counterproductive.

In a couple of weeks where even the mainstream press have admitted that corbyn has done far better than expected you have one article from a lib dem attacking him as a Tory and then this one which tries to equate labour's reasonable (with the exception of Diane Abbott) competent and well thought out campaign with Theresa May's car crash.

Nissan LEAF One of the first fully electric vehicles offered in the United States by a mainstream car company.

THE KAVLI FOUNDATION: At the end of 2011 there were several news stories about how a battery in the Chevy Volt, GM's first mainstream electric vehicle since the EV1, caught fire several weeks after the car was subject to crash testing.

Unfortunately, given that the thriller plot kicks in for the latter half of the film, which employs such things as cracked security systems, hacked computers, tampered drinks, hidden cameras, women in cages, car chases, and criminal frame jobs, the upper hand is completely lost to cheesy mainstream suspense gimmickry that is both wearisome and distasteful considering the thematic material presented.

Coming off a decade where the American genre film devolved into lowest - common - denominator investments and blockbusters ballooned skyward on the backs of sequels and franchises, Refn's modest exercise in crime pastiche and car - chase nostalgia parlayed both the exhaustion of Hollywood's narrative resources and — perhaps more importantly — the gathering mainstream curiosity in independent music's preoccupation with the sound and feel of the 1980s (the film's soundtrack has become one of the most popular word - of - mouth successes of the decade).

Due, in part, to the outsized proliferation (and templatization) of a particularly disaster - friendly subgenre of science fiction — the superhero movie — mainstream cinema is saturated with images of VFX - bloated destruction wreaked by all manner of creatures: demigods, aliens, pirates, mummies, mutants, advanced apes, sentient cars, and humans.

At the same time, it marks one of the first pairings of an electric motor with a gasoline engine in a mainstream car.

There's a lot of padding along the dash and door inserts of the Premier, and the leather is as good as any in the mainstream commodity midsize car segment.

Add to all this Skoda's first real go at autonomous driving capability and its display at a contemporary motor show such as Shanghai, this is proof of Skoda's intent on being a real voice in the future of mainstream car manufacturing.

It's not easy being a mainstream car manufacturer fighting for space in the automotive D - segment.

Many friends and relatives come knocking on our door when it comes time for them to buy a new car, and a good chunk of them are in the market for a mainstream compact.

The announcement indicates that GM intends to move fast in getting the technology on the road and in the hands of mainstream consumers, including customers of its nascent Maven car - sharing program.

It makes the SLR Roadster, unveiled at Geneva in March and now in production at an eye - watering # 350,000, a more enticing prospect than its coupe cousin, promising to kill stone dead even the subtle scuttle wobbles that afflict the mainstream Merc SL65 and in so doing putting some clear blue water between itself and a car that, on paper, all but matches its straight line pace for less than half the price.

Today, Porsche is the only mainstream automaker developing one - piece carbon - fiber wheels in - house, and there's just one supplier, Carbon Revolution, manufacturing them for production cars, including the Ford GT, Mustang GT350R, and several upcoming models from other brands — though there are a number of other outfits making «hybrid» carbon / alloy wheels for the aftermarket.

In other words, Cadillac's new accounting system will make it easier to green - light an exotic, high - priced, low - volume sports car as a way to elevate the value of its more mainstream products.

As turbos have transitioned into the mainstream, it's become a matter of performance - car honor to eschew the magic turbine in favor of normally aspirated purity.

But in the years since the Buick Velite concept, Chevrolet has had several mainstream RWD cars, in addition to the Corvette, Cadillac has returned to a mostly RWD car lineup, and even Pontiac had a couple of them before that brand was killed.

Such mapping is key to the autonomous car technology Google is testing this year in its effort to push driverless cars into the mainstream.

First, a big bow to the 2011 Nissan Leaf, the newest all - electric car from a mainstream automaker in 11 years.

It's hard to believe the Honda Accord is only 40 years old, given it's such a staple among mainstream car buyers in the U.S. Over the past 40 years, Honda has sold over 12.7 million copies of the Accord here.

The standard car's perfect, mid-engined balance is just as evident in this limited edition model, but in terms of response and immediacy the GT4 is on a different planet to the mainstream versions.

The Accord fell to 20,604 units, in a month that was unkind to mainstream midsize cars.

In the middle are cars like the unique i3, which already is a hit in California, plus numerous affordable BEVs impinging on Tesla's upcoming mainstream Gen III models, including the Chevrolet Bolt which promises a range of 200 miles (322 km) and a redesigned Nissan Leaf that is the sales leader in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500In the middle are cars like the unique i3, which already is a hit in California, plus numerous affordable BEVs impinging on Tesla's upcoming mainstream Gen III models, including the Chevrolet Bolt which promises a range of 200 miles (322 km) and a redesigned Nissan Leaf that is the sales leader in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500in California, plus numerous affordable BEVs impinging on Tesla's upcoming mainstream Gen III models, including the Chevrolet Bolt which promises a range of 200 miles (322 km) and a redesigned Nissan Leaf that is the sales leader in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500e.

The partnership with Ford, in particular, aims to bring self - driving cars to the mainstream as both companies collaborate to find how to dispatch autonomous vehicles as efficiently as possible; however, the Ford and Lyft partnership doesn't intend to put passengers in autonomous vehicles just yet.

In the unenviable position as one of the few remaining truly independent car manufacturers, Mazda has had to constantly redefine its place within the mainstream since breaking away from Ford at the beginning of the last decade.

In 2013, we reported that a new RX - 8 replacement could arrive by 2017 with direct fuel injection — so long as Mazda had already bolstered its profits by selling more mainstream cars.

As the first recognition of car enthusiasm in mainstream culture since the oil crisis of 1973, the article created a sensation, and Barry was commissioned to write the first draft of a screenplay that eventually became a bad movie, King of the Mountain.

Subaru has taken up that torch lately, and it makes as much of a difference in a performance car as it does in a mainstream compact.

The contingent of mainstream car manufacturers in Formula E has consisted of Renault and Jaguar so far.

Maybe not a sea change, and maybe not VERY quickly, but I doubt companies will be making mainstream ICE cars in 10 - 15 years time.

On Friday 22 June, the last ever Renesis rotary engined car — the RX - 8 — rolled off the production line at Mazda's Hiroshima factory, signalling the end of an era for the company, as it currently has no current plans to re-introduce the engine in a mainstream model.

Given the current popularity of SUVs and crossovers, automakers will have to offer AWD in order to take hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and electric cars into the mainstream.

For instance, while V - 6 engines have pretty much disappeared from mainstream midsize cars, Honda still offers one in the Accord.