Sentences with phrase «of building cars»

«Porsche has had a very distinctive look and way of building its cars,» says Gross, former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum and veteran of several art - museum auto shows.
Toyota Auris will be manufactured in Europe, emphasising Toyota's commitment to its localisation strategy «of building cars close to where they are sold».
[23] Production of the 8C Spider began in 2009, in Modena, with Maserati in charge of building the cars.
And the cost of building cars has increased steadily during the last three years.
Mazda has a history of building cars with interesting motors.
The process of building this car inspired us, unlocked our imagination, and allowed us to pursue exciting new engineering objectives without restraint.
Martti uses the same software, which did no longer require more than minor adjustments,» says Ari Virtanen, who was in charge of building the car and its equipment.
But, as the mid-2016 update of the Mazda3 proves, the holy grail of building a car that suits just about everyone is getting closer.
Sponsored by Ballroom Marfa, the body of work uses the car as her theme, yet incorporates both her husband and child, drawing parallels between the labor of building the car, the labor of producing her art and the labor of producing a young family.
The cost of building a car that has 2 engines and a battery is very high.
We talked about the eco-extremists (my word, not his) and how out of touch they are with the reality of building a car today, especially the Volt.

Not exact matches

The race car is the end result, but cars are built by people: People with different backgrounds, different experiences, different forms of knowledge and expertise... all of whom come together to try to accomplish something great.
Don't worry whether you're «qualified enough» — most of the ideas are about building businesses in landscaping, car detailing or graphics design -; all businesses designed to cashflow.
Ford has repeatedly said no U.S. jobs will be lost because of the move — and it will produce two new vehicles at a Detroit area plant that built the small cars.
Today, a handful of Chinese companies and cities are feverishly courting Tesla for a joint venture, Fortune has learned, and Musk has said his company could begin building cars in China before the end of 2018.
Tesla was hurriedly building customer - service centers, and customers outside of Beijing and Shanghai were told they wouldn't get their cars until those centers were finished.
As a bonus, the belt even has a key hook built in for extra security — because finding yourself locked out of your home or car after a long run is not fun.
Trump has warned German carmakers and Japan's Toyota (tm) of a «big border tax» if they build cars for the U.S. market in Mexico.
Train tracks and tanker cars weren't built to accommodate trains carrying loads of heavy crude oil, making the trains more likely to derail.
But the quick pickup way of life is increasingly under threat: Tim Hortons has faced flak because of the emissions created by idling cars and several Montreal boroughs are considering banning the building of new drive - thru outlets.
Shell is building an offshore wind farm in the North Sea; it's part of consortia installing solar farms in Oman and California; and it has bought one of Europe's biggest electric - car - charging firms and a major British electricity provider.
So researchers, with limited success, have tried to build such a GPS directly into a new type of biological assassin called a «CAR - T cell.»
«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE), which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to supply the market's needs.
In other words, says Surace, the «built environment» presents a far greater opportunity than oft - demonized cars and light trucks, which produce 9 percent of emissions.
Ford Motor Co. built more than three million Pintos in the 1970s, a smaller, lighter car meant to be economical in the face of soaring energy prices (and Japanese competitors).
Ninety - three of the smart city projects are focused on transportation, according to SCMP, and could potentially use its connected infrastructure to build the number of driverless cars and shared - driving models on the road.
Terranova gives the example of car manufacturers that need to marry proprietary engineering data with customer feedback in order to build accurate predictive models for vehicle maintenance problems.
In a recent research note, he pointed to the possibility, based on Apple's reported hiring of a large number of auto industry veterans, of Apple changing gears entirely and building a car.
It's already happening in some high - end cars, but what's more surprising is that there's a general feeling among involved parties that the majority of vehicles will have built - in modems by 2017, he said.
Daimler said in its release that battery electric cars built to accept the new technology will be able to recharge in a «fraction of the time» of today's current stations.
He shows me a low - slung, rust - covered 1952 Chevrolet Fleetline, the first car his garage built; and a hunter - green 1968 Shelby Mustang, riding high on off - road tires, meant to look like the Mustang that appeared in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.
We're the only company in Silicon Valley that's not building a car,» Sandberg said to laughter and applause at the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt motor show, where she met German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He is the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who built cars for the Austro - Hungarian imperial family before World War I, long before Hitler tapped him to build the People's Car.
And although no solid estimates of recharge time are available, Porsche claimed in 2016 that if fast recharging stations were built, its 2019 Mission E car battery could charge to 80 percent from flat in around 15 minutes.
The long - term solution is therefore to build the cost of the wireless subscription into the car purchase price.
The North is sitting on US$ 6 trillion worth of minerals, according to a South Korean state - owned mining company, including rare earth metals, which are used to build everything from smart cars to iPhones.
When I founded Zipcar we were very community focused, we had lot of parties where we provided the transportation and they provided the potluck picnics or the destination, and whenever I needed cars or parking locations or new employees or surveys of what cars to buy, I went to my customers, all the time they were front and center and part of building that company.
The ultimate goal of the Boring Company is to build an underground tunnel network that can support cars or a Hyperloop, but currently it's digging a test tunnel in the SpaceX parking lot.
One day last August, lender relations specialist Ford Scott and business development specialist Bob McLoone signed out an agency car and made the long drive toward the Tennessee border and Abingdon, an old mercantile town in the far southwest part of the state with red - brick buildings and red - brick sidewalks.
I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhcars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhCars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Alex Webb, Apple «has drastically scaled back its automotive ambitions, leading to hundreds of job cuts and a new direction that, for now, no longer includes building its own car, according to people familiar with the project.»
One of the most common and terrifying features of the close - quarters combat that has raged in Mosul since October was the suicide car bombs built and deployed by ISIS.
In 2015, South Korean news agency DailyNK reported that a customized bathroom is built into one of the cars of Kim's convoy of armored vehicles.
Ultimately, Musk wants to build a network of underground tunnels that could be used for cars or a futuristic transport system called hyperloop that theoretically would send people and packages, housed inside reduced - pressure tubes, long distances at super speeds.
And then another friend of mine, after seeing my build, ended up doing a road trip living out of his car, which was pretty cool.»
Google (GOOG) has already built a prototype of the next generation vehicle that is rounded and compact like a Mercedes - Benz Smart car with a device on the roof that looks like a fast - spinning mini-radar.
Now Google wants to take the next step by designing and building a fleet of 100 driver-less cars — albeit without steering wheels, gas peddles, brakes and mirrors.
With the Boring Company, Musk aims to build a network of underground tunnels in Los Angeles that would move cars on electric skates.
BMW has announced it wants to build a crash - proof car, and, at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I rode in a self - driving BMW i3, sitting in the passenger seat of a driverless sedan while it piloted itself down a simple short course — maybe 100 feet long.
Of the 500 cars the company plans to build over the next decade, more than half of them have already been solOf the 500 cars the company plans to build over the next decade, more than half of them have already been solof them have already been sold.
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