Sentences with phrase «of driver tech»

Under the skin is the new Mercedes lightweight Modular Rear Drive Architecture Platform (MRA) that will be rolled out to underpin much of the Mercedes range from the C - Class upwards and promises a more agile chassis, the option of air suspension and plenty of driver tech inherited from the S - Class.

This midsize sedan offers a full suite of driver tech: adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection, lane depature warning, and active (parallel) parking assist.

Not exact matches

A key driver of Atlanta's attractiveness to tech companies is its reputation for higher education, especially for churning out skilled engineers.

The program resembles Amazon's Alexa Fund and reflects the extent to which Google sees the success of its smart assistant as a driver of future growth, as both companies (and other tech giants) vie for dominance in the home.

While ending world hunger is a laudable ambition for agri - tech, another driver is the simpler goal of making the business more profitable for farmers, many of whom are struggling to manage larger farms with fewer hands.

So even as Tesla woos middle - class buyers in the U.S. (the Model 3, due to arrive this fall, will start at about $ 35,000) buyers in China have mostly resembled Vanessa Zhu: wealthy drivers who view Teslas as luxury vehicles, or at least as the coolest new piece of tech since the iPhone.

However, it will be a few years before the big tech players that are getting into mobile payments will be able to develop the necessary ecosystem for loyalty to be a significant driver of volume.

That's obviously a complex question, but Murthy suggests that one of the underlying drivers of the problem - our disconnected, tech - obsessed work culture - can also be a big part of the solution.

Members of this generation are also called «digital natives,» which gives you a partial clue as to why the 20 - something set is seen as the prime driver of tech innovation.

The Trump campaign counters the history of bad blood between Trump and the Bay Area, saying it values the tech industry as a driver of economic growth, according to Re / code.

The legal battle pitches one of the world's richest cities against a tech giant known for its forays into new markets around the world that have prompted bans, restrictions and protests, including by drivers of London's famous black cabs.

Believe it or not, Audi's driver - assistance package was not one of the options, so it will cost even more if you're looking for the true, high - tech experience.

In January, a #DeleteUber boycott erupted on Twitter after some users accused the tech company of trying to profit from a taxi driver protest against President Donald Trump's immigration ban.

So why not use tech to hack the most important driver of the human experience of all, your brain?

A day later, tech news site Recode reported that Eric Alexander, Uber's president of business in the Asia - Pacific region, was fired after it was learned that obtained the medical records of an Uber customer who was raped by her driver in India three years ago.

The announcement raises the bar for the world's most valuable company — now a huge driver of the economy — to continue its dominance and growth in the wake of political pressure on big tech companies.

David Ludwig of Goldman Sachs» Investment Banking Division explains that increasing investor confidence and investor willingness to pay more for growth companies have been key drivers behind an attractive tech IPO pipeline for 2017.

Today Solium announced that it's acquiring the tech and whole team of Advanced - HR, which will continue to sell its Option Driver software - as - a-service.

Four tragic deaths, in four separate instances, using two different flavors of self - driving tech (driver assist & fully automated), but one common thread which we must, as a society and industry, address candidly: user error and — most confoundingly — the abuse or misuse of this technology.

Blanche considers this finding very important, especially because the majority of survey participants considered individuals and corporations the biggest drivers of progress for diversity in tech.

«The major drivers for the growth of Indian online supplemental education space will be engaging course material, inventive pedagogy and (attempts by ed - tech firms to) reach out to the distant locations of the country which have minimal supplemental education infrastructure,» Mukesh Kumar, associate consultant, RedSeer Consulting, said in a statement.

That includes its ongoing technological efforts to get rid of the most costly part of its business model (the driver) via self - driving car tech; targeting 2020 for a demo of a flying car project called Uber Elevate; and, last week, announced it was pushing into the trucking space with Uber Freight.

Today the White House announced major steps to improve incentives for future innovation in high tech patents, a key driver of economic growth and good paying American jobs.

Thiel said that his political alienation after supporting Donald Trump was not a primary driver of his move, but he did continue to bellow against tech's liberalism.

Productivity is the key driver of global economic growth, but it has stayed puzzlingly low despite a string of high - tech innovations.

There are pedestrians and taxi drivers, kebab carts and revolving doors, and Jeffrey revels in the low - tech humanity of it all.

While power locks and windows used to be the essence of extravagance in new cars; technology has advanced enough to provide drivers with high - tech, luxurious upgrades that make commuting more comfortable, safe and easy.

In fact, it seems that every piece of tech released relating to vehicles, is designed purely to take control away from the individual in the driver's seat.

Police in New York state may soon have a high - tech way of catching texting drivers: a device known as a textalyzer that allows an officer to quickly check if a cellphone has been in use before a crash.

Radar, flashy LED signs, and text alerts to drivers» cell phones and local police are part of New York's new, high - tech effort to combat often fatal wrong - way crashes on the state Thruway.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says the nation should increase funds for the development of high - tech sensors that can disable a car's ignition if its driver is drunk.

To make matters worse, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute reports that nearly 80 percent of car crashes result from drivers» lack of attention (pdf) to the road.

Features such as Pilot Assist exist in what tech policy expert and University of South Carolina assistant professor Bryant Walker Smith calls the «mushy middle of automation,» where carmakers still require human drivers to pay attention.

If oxygen was a driver of the early evolution of animals, only a slight bump in oxygen levels facilitated it, according to a multi-institutional research team that includes a Virginia Tech geoscientist.

Risks of distracted driving were greatest for newly licensed teen drivers, who were substantially more likely than adults to be involved in a crash or near miss while texting or engaging in tasks secondary to driving, according to the researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Virginia Tech.

All Fives enjoy «EfficientDynamics» fuel - saving technology, a wealth of standard - fit and optional electronic driver aids and the sort of high - tech cost options that wouldn't disgrace a Bentley.

That it costs half the money, forces the Lamborghini to dig deep to save face, seats four in impressive comfort and possesses more high - tech hardware and electronic driver aids than a whole herd of Lamborghinis only reinforces its fearsome reputation as the world's most accomplished supersaloon.

Available black leather upholstery with white stitching adds a dose of style as well as comfort, while new parent - friendly tech like Toyota's Driver Easy Speak amplifies the driver's voice through the speakers so moms and dads can save their voices for yelling at third - row passeDriver Easy Speak amplifies the driver's voice through the speakers so moms and dads can save their voices for yelling at third - row passedriver's voice through the speakers so moms and dads can save their voices for yelling at third - row passengers.

The Google cars that have been on the road for years of testing have all been vehicles built by others that replaced the driver with Google tech.

In addition to the refreshed styling, including standard «Jewel Eye» LED headlights with auto on / off and auto high beam and LED daytime running lights and turn signals, the base TLX features Dark Burl / Acoustic wood interior trim, a revised infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration and Sirius XM 2.0, 10 - spoke 17 - inch alloy wheels, and the AcuraWatch suite of active safety and driver assist tech.

These exhibits also have what Kia calls the world's first in - vehicle 5G connection and facial recognition tech that will disable many features of a car if it doesn't recognize a driver.

Since I was off that day, one of the other techs checked it out and found that the connector for the driver airbag as loose.

«If the driver is disengaged, I've seen one study that suggests that it can take as long as 7 seconds for him to become aware of the environment he's operating in,» says Walter Sullivan, a human - machine interface expert at Elektrobit, a Finnish engineering company specializing in wireless and automotive tech.

Other new tech carried over from standard car includes Adaptive Front Lighting — which constantly adjusts to maximise visibility whilst minimising glare to drivers ahead — and Cross Traffic Alert, which warns the driver of potential impacts when reversing towards obstacles approaching from the side.

This is a package of driver assist systems that add up to a Level 1 self - driving system, incorporating standard tech like rear backup collision mitigation, emergency braking, and lane departure / blind spot warning and prevention.

Mind you, the Veedub is nowhere near as luxe inside as the S3, and it lacks a lot of the Audi's cutting - edge tech (including that fabulous Virtual Cockpit), but for a driver hungering only for the main go - fast ingredients, the Golf R offers a value proposition that can't be ignored.

A full suite of driver assistance systems and Skoda Connect online capability tick all those de rigeur tech boxes, while the latest 8in glass - fronted infotainment system is impressively slick.

To its credit, Subaru, unlike Honda, does offer a suite of high - tech safety features — its EyeSight driver assistance system, which includes adaptive cruise control, pre-collision braking, and lane departure warning.

The emotion engine, by tech firm cocoro SB and dubbed HANA (Honda Automated Network Assistant), can make choices based on past decisions of the driver as well as elevate the driver's mood via music recommendations.

Other tech features use a combination of lasers and cameras to help make life easier for Land Rover Discovery concept drivers.