Sentences with phrase «of changes to the car»

I did not make any of these changes to the car, they were done by previous owners so I did nt have the original parts to put it back to stock.

A car facelift comprises of changes to a car's styling during its production run and enables a carmaker to freshen a model without a complete redesign.

I didn't have a choice to be here yesterday for practice, but we made a bunch of changes to the car and got it up to speed Thursday.

Not exact matches

Makers of electric cars, jetliners, helicopters and drones, Beijing plans to move even faster will see changes even earlier, as foreign ownership limits will be lifted by end - 2018.

Two San Francisco - based startups, RelayRides and Getaround, are working to change these inefficiencies — and snag a piece of the nation's $ 20 billion car - rental market.

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group will incur a $ 35 million write - down hit from the closure of some of its underperforming businesses, in response to the weak market for car retailers combined with recent regulatory changes by the corporate watchdog.

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

Tesla had originally aimed to be making 5,000 Model 3 cars per week by the end of 2017, but the company has changed that deadline twice.

But, that could change, especially in the case of Google, which has been focusing on its Android Auto software to power the car entertainment systems of auto companies, like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

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.

Owners of Tesla (TSLA) cars that include the new autopilot feature — which has the car's computer steer, change lanes, and change speed automatically — took to forums to express concern about their driving experiences.

Russ Corsi, who worked nearly 32 years for Pittsburgh - based PPG, a global supplier of auto glass, says larger sunroofs are also more prone to weakening over time as the pane absorbs impacts from bumps in the road, twists and turns of the car's frame, and «thermal shock» — the expanding and contracting from sudden temperature changes.

Ammann still sees lots of change in the next five years, largely in cities, where young people are not buying, or even leasing, cars the way they used to.

Tesla's sudden change in fortune stands in marked contrast to Fisker Automotive, a competing alternative car company now on the verge of bankruptcy and at the center of controversy over $ 192 million in federal funding that it's unlikely to pay back.

Barra brings experience helping GM, one of America's most well - known companies, adapt to a changing technological landscape, including the advent of ride - share services and self - driving cars.

«It's hard to put your hand into a car's engine when the car is still running, but that's what disruptive innovation is — changing the way things are done before your business is backed into a corner,» said Williams, who spoke to a crowd of 800 business leaders at the World Innovation Forum in New York City last week.

This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

In February, Consumer Reports urged Tesla to change a feature within Autopilot known as Summon, which lets owners start cars and move them out of a garage or parking spot automatically using a key fob or a smartphone.

Prior to his announcement, Marchionne offered his peers some words of wisdom via an interview with Bloomberg for surviving a rapidly changing industry thanks to the advent of electric cars, ride - sharing, and self - driving vehicles.

I was capable of changing lanes quickly or making a rapid exit without pushing the car to the edge.

The most profound changes may come from the development of a truly intelligent car — vehicles with increasing levels of knowledge about the driver and driving conditions, from the road itself to traffic patterns to even the weather.

This is not easy to grasp, but the gist is that Griffith and Bachrach haven't yet made T2, but in the early stages of fumbling in that general direction, they have made some cool 3 - D gorillas that can easily be manufactured in pieces, and given a few more months, they might also change the way cars are assembled.

Tesla builds millions of all - electric cars that finally start the process of displacing the internal - combustion engine from its century of dominance (a big part of this is the validation of a mass electric - car market, to induce major automakers to commit to the change).

Another Coupa customer, Fortune 500 car parts retailer, Sonic Automotive (SAH) of Charlotte, N.C., was able to standardize invoicing processes across more than 110 dealerships while still allowing local managers the freedom to make changes.

However, he explained that the so - called Internet of things, in which everything from cars to home appliances to factory equipment are connected online, has made companies want «to fundamentally change their business strategy through technology.»

And for that, Google can thank Google, and an unorthodox lobbying campaign to shape the road rules of the future in car - obsessed California — and maybe even the rest of the nation — that began with a game - changing conversation in Las Vegas.

«The end of car ownership is real, serious, and going to change your world,» Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer told auto - industry executives at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

«I think it is material as that death has changed both the public's and the insurance industry's perception of self - driving cars,» wrote Coffee in an email to Fortune.

Margo Oge, who served as the director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012, is the author of Driving the Future: Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars.

The first generation of Tesla Autopilot currently integrated in cars allows them to auto - steer, change lanes with the tap of a signal, exit ramps when the signal is on, look for parking spots, park perpendicularly, parallel park, and be summoned remotely from a garage.

As part of its ramp - up efforts, Nissan said last year that ProPILOT will allow cars to automatically change lanes by 2018.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra has said the company's small - car production will remain in Mexico, but it could only be a matter of time before she's forced to change course.

It was the toast of the auto - show circuit and a clear play on Kia's part to redefine the brand with a classic «halo» car — in this case, a rear - wheel - drive, go - fast machine with a game - changing exterior design and an inviting price tag, relative to the upmarket competition.

Capital raise after capital raise obviously signals an intense cash burn rate, but if Tesla is going to change the world and push electric cars to a point where they constitute more than 1 % of global auto sales, chilling out on the spending and letting the balance sheet take a breather doesn't make much sense.

Along with these kinds of changes, and the growing popularity of autonomous driving, the consistent design of services and experiences from within the car and beyond will become much more important to car manufacturers — to a point where it will drive brand identity, said Nils Uellendahl, the Shanghai - based design director of BMW Group's (bmwyy) global creative consultancy Designworks.

There was no driver involved for the entirety of the trip, and the cars were able to change lanes and adjust their speeds successfully.

United President Scott Kirby wrote in a memo to employees that the carrier was «pressing the pause button» on unpopular changes to its merit bonus system that would scrap quarterly performance bonuses in favor of lottery drawings for cash prizes, luxury cars and vacation packages.

A commodities boom has driven the Canadian dollar from a 62 cents US low up to parity, vaporizing any labour cost advantage we previously enjoyed over the U.S. and changing the structure of the economy; at the margin, a Canadian worker adds far more to our economy by extracting resources than by building cars.

Page oversaw major changes to Google's business structure in 2015, starting with the creation of Alphabet, the holding company that manages Google and all of its related ventures, including Nest, Calico, and Google X. Previously the chief executive of Google, Page moved up to helm Alphabet, which has its hands in everything from home automation to self - driving cars to prolonging human life.

What is perhaps most significant, however, is the fact that traditional car companies will have to drastically change the way they operate, if they stand any chance of surviving in the millennial world.

The possible merger comes against a backdrop of massive change in the car industry, thanks to electrification and the shift towards car - sharing.

The electric car maker is trying to automate all the other parts of driving, something that still requires years of research and changes in local and federal regulations.

A type of power inverter, the small, shiny box doesn't produce power itself, but instead changes direct current to alternating current, an essential process in electric car technology that lets battery power spin the car's motor.

Business Insider talked with Levandowski about what it was like to be at the beginning of the self - driving car industry — and how it's going to change the future as we know it.

«Whether it is the Google car [or] the Apple car, this notion we are seeing with autonomous driving and assisted driving is going to change the traditional nature of car making,» he said.

Tesla Motors has changed its name to Tesla Inc., showing that electric cars are not the only focus of the company.

In a misguided marketing and fundraising stunt yesterday, the founder of a car rental app hacked into the voice mail of angel investor Jason Calacanis and changed the message to promote his company.

«We need to respond to legislation changes on emissions... Towards the end of the decade, we will introduce hybrid cars across the range.

Meanwhile, the former governor of the Bank of Canada raised a red flag about the «carbon bubble,» Canada's premiers agreed to develop a Canadian energy strategy that would address climate change, and Elon Musk broke ground on his Gigafactory that will slash the costs of electric vehicle batteries and, by extension, the cars themselves.

Indeed, notwithstanding Ontario's emphasis on green initiatives — fuel - efficient car production, wind power, the closing of coal - fired generating stations — climate change is the great battle of the present and future, one that neither Ontario nor any other jurisdiction is doing enough to fight.