Sentences with phrase «many cars we test»

All self - driving cars tested in California or anywhere else to date have been required to have human standby drivers along.
Earlier this year the DMV proposed new restrictions on self - driving car tests, but companies like Apple, Tesla, Ford, and GM resisted this effort.
A car I tested recently adjusted its position in the lane automatically based on wind conditions.
Google's campus, where some of its self - driving car tests are performed, has long been a hub of cycling activity.
Most recently, it acquired car testing and benchmarking firm Advanced Structures India.
Prior to that, it acquired car testing and benchmarking firm Advanced Structures India and roadside assistance startup Help On Wheels.
He got into trouble with Google when he self - lobbied a law in Nevada and California to allow self - driving car tests.
The Arizona Governor temporarily suspended Uber's autonomous car testing operations.
John Krafcik, CEO of Alphabet's veteran self - driving project Waymo, meanwhile tweeted out a photo Monday of a self - driving car testing in a winter wonderland.
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.
On Monday, Uber halted autonomous car tests in Arizona, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.
The car tested in early 1979 and had no wings at all, the theory being that the underbody aero would provide so much downforce that wings would just produce drag.
Unlike F1 though, the change to a turbo hasn't killed the sound, as you can hear in the glorious footage of from the car testing in the video.
Many car seats that passed the standard sled test, failed in actual car tests, as the baby dummy's head hit the front seat causing high injury ratings.
Infant seats flying off their bases could not be replicated in sled bench tests, but occurred frequently in real car tests.
They tried simulated car tests using the familiar car sleds in two sizes of dummies.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's office said it received no prior warning of Cuomo's announcement that General Motors and Cruise Automation will begin a self - driving car test in Lower Manhattan next year.
General Motors donated $ 17,000 to Gov. Cuomo's re-election fund months before the company was picked for a self - driving car test in New York City, which is now part of a dispute with the de Blasio administration.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that General Motors and Cruise Automation will begin a self - driving car test in Lower Manhattan next year.
So far, Volvo's tests have been limited to three cars driving about 16 feet apart at 35 miles per hour, but five - car tests are scheduled for this fall.
You need to recheck your battery, and have your car tested for parasitic draw.
Just to ratchet up the stress levels, there are real race cars testing today, including a McLaren 650S GT3 and a Lamborghini Huracán GT3.
At 170 hp, this engine delivers less horsepower than any of the four - cylinder engines in the other seven cars we tested and produces less torque (177 lb - ft) than all the others except the Camry.
But please write this on antohter actual car test - you will see what people have to say about this nonsense.
I feel post-shift lag shift on most modern manual cars I test these days.
From either front seat, the system localized sound to the doors worse than any car we tested.
At highway speeds, the Meridian held up against road noise better than any other system, with clear and well - defined bass still distinguishable at 75 mph, and the audio experience for back - seat passengers was among the best of any car tested, with a pleasant and accurate soundstage.
Hyundai keeping them under its own umbrella is a decision with a big downside for the Equus, whose near - $ 70,000 Ultimate edition — the car we tested — is nearly double the price of a base Genesis.
The car tested was on Michelin Primacy 3 tyres, and around even the shallowest of curves, they would make an audible scrubbing noise.
Although our crafty spy photographers had already caught the car testing without disguise, the fourth - generation 2016 Toyota Prius finally makes its official debut in Las Vegas.
So here are a few things you ought to know about the Tesla: With the equivalent of 248 hp and 211 lb - ft of instantly available torque, the car we tested surged to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds — in damp conditions.
This is the drawback of any short - term car test — any smart BMW i3 owner will install a fast charger and rarely use the OUC.
Among the nine cars tested, only the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain, and Toyota Highlander earned a Top Safety Pick + rating.
As well as being Lotus's road car test track the circuit at Hethel has also been the location where many of its race and Formula One cars have been put through their paces.
Confirmation: our Vbox test equipment recorded a peak acceleration reading of 0.96 g, a record during Automobile's first decade of car testing.
Not Just a Larger 500 It took BMW's Mini nine years to birth a larger sibling to the Cooper hatchback in the Countryman, part of a rapid multiplication that dealt us two - and four - seat convertibles, a coupe, a panel wagon, two more hatchbacks, an electric - car test program and the Countryman.
This was the car I test drove and I liked it so much that I took it home!
However, the car we tested had a conventional, H - pattern manual.
Most of the cars we tested were close to fully loaded and hovered right around the mid - $ 50,000 mark or higher.
The car we tested cost # 35,695 as it had a windscreen, a vinyl roof, the new LED headlamps and a few other goodies.
It doesn't matter that we've already seen the 2016 Ford Focus RS fully revealed — these spy shots of the car testing out on real roads are still pretty exciting.
Though the test looked for high NOx emissions, officials were surprised that many of the cars tested also produced high levels of CO2.
It was smooth, fast, luxurious, and beat all the other cars I tested.
A $ 19,500 sport package (which, along with $ 14,000 worth of optional carbon - fiber accents, was on the car we tested) includes reprogrammed power - management controls that allow higher peak torque (295 lb - ft instead of 273) and reduce the 0 - to -60-mph time from the 4.7 seconds we measured in a prototype two years ago to 4.3 seconds in the Roadster 2.0.
A DS5 THP 200 on 17in wheels might be a much better car in every way than the car we tested, but it won't be in the price lists.
Located in the southern Italian region of Apulia, Porsche says that the facility will continue to grow, and will continue to be fully available to clients for testing purposes - the mild climate offers the perfect stable environment for car testing.
Though our spy photographers had already managed to snap the car testing (pictured here), a dealer brochure leaked to Europe's Autovisie now reveals the full specifications on the wild Jag.
Not long after Subaru showed off its Impreza concept at the Tokyo auto show, our spy photographers caught a sedan version of the new car testing.
Those prices are entirely reasonable for the class; for reference, a 99bhp Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost in Zetec trim cost # 15,445 and delivers similar performance to the car tested here.
Once again, safety scores carry on going up — of the 17 cars tested, 11 managed the maximum five star rating and the remaining six cars won four stars.
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