Sentences with phrase «mass produced car»

Because it's cheaper to manufacture as fitting electronics to a mass produced car is much cheaper than fitting additional mechanical parts.

So i am wondering from your perspective as having to fix them, does vw really mass produce cars that are holding together by thread and duct tape or am i just seeing all of the people with a negative experience talking about the cars?

First effort to mass produce a car made largely from carbon fibre, representing one of the biggest shift in automobile production.

Not exact matches

Describing the units atop Google's cars as «bulky,» the Lux report concludes that «no automaker would ever go to market with [such technology] in a mass - produced product.»

At the age of 40, after two failed, previous attempts, the Michigan - born engineer took another shot at building a powerful, but affordable and reliable, mass - produced car.

Now, the automaker is pushing the envelope again, with the first mass - produced fuel - cell vehicle, a zero - emissions car called the Mirai.

Tesla struggled to produce the mass - market Model 3 electric car during the quarter, falling short of production estimates.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk knows the future of his electric car company depends on his ability to mass produce quality, affordable cars.

As we at Tesla reach for our goal of producing a mass market electric car in approximately three years, we have an opportunity to leverage our projected demand for lithium ion batteries to reduce their cost faster than previously thought possible.

The factory is part of Tesla's plans for producing mass market electric cars.

Buoyed by the mass market appeal of the Model 3, Tesla hopes to produce half a million electric cars by 2018, vastly ramping up its output over last year, at 85,000 vehicles.

Google executives have said they have no plans to mass - produce cars and trucks.

Baidu has also partnered with major carmakers like BYD to mass produce self - driving cars powered by Baidu software in as early as two years.

The ability to produce mass - market cars profitability, given Tesla's margins have only declined while selling cars twice the price of the upcoming Model 3.

Nissan is the world leader in producing mass - market zero - emission road cars, so its presence in Formula E makes total sense.

Why not give away something like one awesome wooden racing car instead of a bunch of mass produced plastic junk?

The first will only be solved when companies begin to mass produce such vehicles, according to GM's Burns, which could happen as soon as 2012 when a law is set to take effect in California requiring that a portion of new cars emit no pollution.

Nobody has yet mass - produced such cars.

Daimler began manufacturing a small series of this model in late 2009, then quickly decided to make it the first fuel cell passenger car it would mass - produce.

1920 Fiat 501 — Zoe Harrison reports on a surviving English - bodied example of the first mass - produced Fiat / Electro - plating and cars — Part 2 A brief guide to do - it yourself chromium and nickel plating by John Teague / 1907 Demeester voiturette — Douglas Ormrod on the history of this French make and the restoration of a rare survivor / Benz 16 - valve sportscars — The remarkable story of two cars that took part in the 1910 Prince Henry Trials.

Volvo's first mass - produced car — an OV4 — rolled out of the factory on April 14, 1927.

The main updates to the engine revolve around improving combustion and heat management, plus reducing friction, and the Toyota engineers boast that the engine's 40 percent thermal efficiency is greater than any mass - produced car engine on the planet.

These will be worth something down the road as they did not make many and it's one of the last authentic analog M cars before they became too mass produced

By the time the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance became an annual event, all but the most exclusive of luxury cars were mass - produced.

Mitsubishi, the first auto maker to mass - produce an electric car, the i - MiEV in June 2009, will show off a tiny electric van, the Minicab - MiEV.

At the very least, the company had a vested interest in the project — should VW / Audi brass enjoy the proposal, Karmann felt it could attain a contract to mass - produce the car.

In fact, apparently it's as fast as an Enzo around the iconic circuit, which in turn makes it the fastest «mass produced» Ferrari to date, although on longer tracks the 599's extra power gives the bigger car the edge.

Source: Edmunds * The world's first and most successful mass - produced hybrid car the Toyota Prius hybrid continues to expand its dominance.

The luxury sedan has the distinction of being the first mass - produced car to integrate carbon fiber in its construction.

The Eagle was the first mass - produced car in this country with a four - wheel - drive system.

The first mass - produced fiberglass car...

Yes we know that you know that Toyota Prius was the worldâ $ ™ s first mass - produced hybrid vehicle but the first hybrid car was launched a long time ago.

The Nissan Leaf came to be in 2010 as the company's first mass - produced, all - electric passenger car.

Honda leases a handful of Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen - powered hybrids in California and sells the Civic GX, the only mass - produced car running on compressed natural gas.

The steering is the best on any mass produced performance car in my opinion with lightning response, and it provides great of feedback through your hands.

Packing 631 HP from its 6.0 L W12 engine, it was to be the fastest car that Bentley has mass produced for the streets and the 0 - 60 MPH time of 3.8 S coupled together with a top speed of well over 200 MPH meant that no one could ever complain that a Bentley was slower than its equivalent Ferrari or Lamborghini.

Alfa Romeo was the only mass - produced Italian car in the show, and there were no French cars.

Some are familiar names — Bonneville, Wildcat, Parisienne — in the guise of mass - produced models that assumed the concepts» identities, even if the production car little resembled the concept design.

One of the icons of the 1980s, the 959 was a collector car before the very first examples came out of Zuffenhausen, with its turbocharged and intercooled flat - six producing figures that mass - market performance cars are just now approaching with largely the same engine formula.

Even the most optimistic players in the automotive industry admit mass - produced self - driving cars are at least a few years away from becoming a reality, but everyone agrees the so - called «robot cars» are much closer than they've ever been.

It's intended to be «one vision of a possible flagship» for the Chrysler division, sort of the ultimate spinoff on the mass - produced LH cars.

The few problems and quirks it has do not drastically effect the performance of the car and adds to the character of one of the last great station wagons to be mass produced.

High - performance hybrids are the latest craze in the supercar world, and we are getting closer to seeing this technology trickle down into more mass - produced cars.

And now, FHI leads the way for automotive advances, including the first mass produced four - wheel drive car, emissions restructuring to meet stringent controls, and ECVT (Electronic Continuously Variable Transmission).

Engine: 80kW electric motor, 1 - speed automatic The five - passenger Nissan LEAF electric car is the result of the automaker's stated objective to produce an affordable zero - emission vehicle for the mass market.

«I worked on cars a lot growing up and it kept my interest because no two are the same, even though they're mass produced,» Jones said.

Honda has released a preview of its new Everus EV concept, which will be its first mass - produced electric car sold in China.

But for the Scion FR - S, which is designed to be an affordable, mass - produced sports car, 1,500 vehicles...

This aggressive design concept, engineered without the limitation of road - car regulations, will test the boundaries of mass - produced vehicles in every way imaginable.

We are pursuing improved electric powertrain technologies, such as motors, batteries and inverters, which will enable us to mass produce and market EVs that equal or surpass the convenience of gasoline - powered cars.»