Sentences with phrase «more car makers»

Once that patent expires, I expect more car makers will start using similar hybrid system in their HEV and PHEV cars (similar to Prius» HSD).

More and more car makers are equipping their vehicles with gadgets that allow you to interact with electronics, from checking your GPS to updating your Facebook page.

Not exact matches

Silicon Valley electric car maker Tesla Inc was valued at $ 51 billion on Friday, more than Ford's $ 43 billion.

He confirmed that the U.S. had been willing to drop its demand that 50 per cent of every car consist of American parts, in exchange for a new system that credits parts - makers when they pay more than $ 15 an hour.

While rumors about a potential merger between the electric car maker and consumer electronics giant have swirled for years, a new Bloomberg report suggests that Tesla has recruited at least 150 employees from Apple — more than any other company, including competing car firms.

The restrictions, which prevented foreign car makers from owning more than a 50 percent share of any local venture, will be lifted incrementally over the next four years.

HITTING THE SKIDS: Tesla tumbled 6.6 percent to $ 281.86 after the electric car maker said it lost $ 745 million in the first quarter as it is still struggling to produce more of its lower - cost Model 3 sedan.

It will be the biggest lithium battery factory in the world and is critical to the electric car - maker's plans to begin mass marketing a more affordable line of the vehicles within three years.

Despite her criticism of car makers, Merkel rejected a blanket ban on diesel autos, saying that a gasoline - powered vehicle actually emitted more CO2 than a diesel one.

Apple is said to be in talks with BMW, adding more weight to earlier rumors that the iPhone maker is looking at creating an Apple - branded electric car.

Musk had said in October that Tesla has been «deep in production hell» making the Model 3, its first attempt to cross over from being a niche maker of high - end electric cars to a mass manufacturer or more midpriced vehicles.

Shares in car maker Renault were also sharply higher after it reported a tripling of full - year profit last year and highlighted more improvement in the year ahead.

Volkswagen vows a «more honest, more open, more truthful» carmaker as former CEO Martin Winterkorn is hit by wave of U.S. Department of Justice charges linked to the car - maker's 2015 «dieselgate» scandal.

Shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) were trading higher by more than 3 percent early Tuesday following unconfirmed reports the electric - car and solar - power maker is close to reaching an agreement with the Chinese government.

Despite the expected decline in sales, auto makers are likely to sell at least 50,000 more sport utility vehicles, mini-vans and pickups than they did last year, while car sales will likely drop by 250,000 this year, Merlis predicted.

On an industry basis, car makers suddenly started disclosing more currency moves during the quarter, with 16 companies mentioning their results had been affected.

The electric vehicle maker failed to make as many of its more affordable Model 3 electric cars during the first quarter as it had promised just two months ago.

The Audi to F1 rumours are constant, it seems there are new murmurings every week or two about the car maker joining the grid in some capacity (and more excuses to use Sean Bull's concept liveries).

Meanwhile, clear standards for programmers and developers of such cars need to be drawn up, says Tinosch Ganjineh at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, as accident liability may fall more often on software or sensor - makers.

«We could combat climate change, reduce harm to health and foster advances in automotive technology by offering a stimulus for auto makers to develop more economical and efficient cars fueled by ethanol.»

But at $ 109,000 each the Roadsters are not cheap, and like more established car makers Tesla has been hit hard by the recent turmoil in financial markets as well as by cost overruns and production delays for the car.

More than $ 400 million went to the «Big Three» car makers — Chrysler, Ford and General Motors — and the two biggest winners, the Michigan divisions of Johnson Controls and A123 Systems, together pulled in around $ 550 million to manufacture new batteries.

Thanks to its widely - acclaimed and award - winning Leon car, SEAT has crossed the line as a perennial loss - maker and is on course to a sustainable and profitable future, safeguarding more than 14,000 employees and over 60,000 dependent jobs across the supplier network.

Ford has long sold more pickup trucks than any other car maker, and Toyota is the undisputed king of hybrid technology.

Koenigsegg doesn't really need to break any more records to remain in the minds of a few impressionable young speed freaks, as the Swedish sports car maker's very name brings to mind ridiculous feats of acceleration and outright speed.

Although former Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking departed the sports car maker with a hefty $ 50 million ($ 71.1 million) payout, he was reportedly offered three times that figure to step down, and was possibly entitled to more.

The Caterham AeroSeven concept is a bold preview of an even more extreme future for the British sports car maker

2004: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Why it won: In an era when cars were becoming more sanitized, a maker of boring, second - rate family cars produced a raw rocket sled.

Porsche has been more than just a «car» maker for years, since the introduction of its wildly popular Cayenne midsize SUV.

More relevant now than ever, this car delivers best - in - class fuel economy, according to its maker.

Now the car makers don't understand why more people are buying cars made in Korea - Japan - Germany - ect.

From Fulk's Hall To Luton — A full review of Nic Portway's thesis on early Vauxhalls was promised last year.The Editor delves more deeply into this exceptional two - volume work / Dieppe 1907 — In the final part of his account of the 1907 French Grand Prix, Marc Douëzy describes in detail the race itself / William Morris — Jonathan Wood makes the case for greater recognition of Lord Nuffield not only as one of Britain's most successful car makers but also one of the country's greatest philanthropists / The Dunhill Museum — Michael Ware visits a little known motoring collection / German Festival — Schloss Dyck is set to become Germany's answer to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

We may know more about the new GT on April 9th with the makers of the Gran Turismo driving game having already teased a new Audi Sport e-tron car that's set to appear in the game.

(Adds details on future investment) By Paul Lienert and Bernie Woodall DETROIT, July 31 (Reuters)- Tesla Motors Inc, the California - based maker of luxury electric cars, said it expects to build more than 60,000 cars in 2015, after spending heavily this year to update and expand its Fremont assembly plant.

By putting the Mission E project into production, the German sports car maker is making a significant commitment to the technology — as well as investing $ 700m at Stuttgart - Zuffenhausen, and creating more than a thousand new jobs.

The two are distant cousins, both with the weight of the world's biggest car maker behind them, but inside the cabin it's the R8 that seems to have benefited more from that vast R&D capability.

Tesla became the first American car company to go public since Ford in 1956, but more importantly, the electric car maker raised some much - needed cash — $ 226 million.

The Kia GT sports car is set to reach production in 2017, heralding the launch of more performance cars from the Korean maker that will include a Ford Fiesta ST rival.

Nissan has ruled out a next - generation GT - R until at least 2020, by which time the Japanese car - maker's halo performance car will be more than a decade old.

It was also that this car, which was able to compete, dynamically at least, with the best of junior supercars, came from a cottage - industry car - maker with minimal resources and little more than one man's vision — a vision that encompassed design, engineering, chassis tuning, manufacture, the lot.

In a 2006 article titled «The Manwagon», The Wall Street Journal linked the V70R to a trend «to lure speed - crazy guys with kids,» saying «car makers are trying to transform the dowdy old family hauler into something new,» [152] and that «consumer research had unearthed a surprising number of family men who thought wagons could be cool, if only they had more guts.»

Sales of large cars in Australia have been dwindling for more than a decade but one French car - maker is having a red - hot go at reigniting interest with its flashy new Peugeot 508.

We do know that the car maker's straight - line 3.0 - litre six - cylinder petrol unit will replace the V6, while a plug - in hybrid is also under development which will offer an all - electric range of «more than 50 km» (31 miles), according to Fetzer.

I could not have asked for more for the value that I got compared to the base model of other car makers, this car is without a doubt more than a base model.

The vehicle faced many hurdles from the government and other car makers, but the company has been optimistic... Read More

I have to say that if this car would have the logo covered and someone would ask me who's the auto maker for this car, I would be more than sure that it is Honda because of the look of the car but more specially because the car is a full hybrid car.

But thanks to Audi's emphasis on building safety systems into even it's entry - level cars, the 2017/2018 lineup has more Top Safety Pick ratings than any other car maker in their competitive set.

Combined, the Golf R and Golf GTI account for around one in every five Golfs sold in this country — one of the highest percentages globally — and by introducing more models the German car - maker hopes to continue its reign as the hot hatch king.

Dragging punters in to car showrooms — especially without another plate change until next spring — means car makers need to offer a bit more for a bit less — or -LSB-...]

Euro NCAP is calling for car makers to do more to help reduce Europe's road deaths by fitting autonomous emergency braking technology as standard to new cars.