Sentences with phrase «of vehicle ride»

Allied to a 5 mm lowering of vehicle ride height and a choice of purpose - made, 15» or 17» alloy wheels with integrated, aerodynamic caps and low rolling resistance tyres, a large, roof mounted rear spoiler further improves the Toyota Auris HSD's aerodynamic efficiency.

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One said her driver «pulled out his penis and masturbated during the ride,» while another recalled waking up in the back seat of the vehicle as the driver was «engaging in oral sex on me without my consent.»

Ford still plans to roll out a fleet of self - driving cars in an unnamed city in 2021 for ride - sharing, but even these vehicles will only be able to operate under certain conditions.

Today, the ride - hailing company officially announced that it will develop a suite of hardware and software that will allow any manufacturer to turn its vehicles into autonomous vehicles.

I drove to the island in this Volvo XC60, relying on the traction control (it has both an AWD mode and one for off - roading that raises the height of the vehicle), ample storage (the seats fold down easily), and smooth ride.

To play «backseat DJ,» you first need to connect your Spotify account with your Uber profile; when you request a ride, a music bar will appear at the bottom of the Uber app and you can select a playlist from your Spotify account while you wait for your car to show (although this only works if you get a music - enabled car, a detail that's apparently stressing out Uber drivers with older vehicles who fear they'll be penalized for not offering the service).

Uber said California should allow paying members of the public to ride in autonomous vehicles with drivers.

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.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

A convoy of US Army Rangers riding in armored Stryker combat vehicles was seen crossing the border into Syria last week to support Kurdish military forces in Manbij.

TEMPE, Ariz. — The family of a woman killed by an Uber self - driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.

«It's very clear that the first application of autonomous vehicles is in a ride - sharing setting,» Ammann said.

The auto industry is actually riding the waves of three separate disruptions, all at the same time: electric engines, ride sharing, and autonomous vehicles.

Southeast Asia's Grab said its app will allow a selected group of commuters to book and ride start - up nuTonomy's driverless vehicles within a western Singapore district, where the vehicles are being tested, and adjacent neighbourhoods.

Chris Urmson, the director of the company's self - driving cars project, says he wants his 12 - year - old son to be able to ride in an autonomous vehicle by the time he reaches driving age.

«By committing significant financial resources to these offsets, we're building into our business a strong incentive to pursue shared rides and the displacement of gasoline - powered vehicles,» Zimmer and Green wrote.

Since launching its early rider program in April, Waymo formed an alliance with ride - hailing company Lyft, issued a safety report outlining how it plans to navigate the risks of self - driving vehicles, and revealed more about its technology.

Krafcik has said he sees Waymo's self - driving car technology being used in an array of applications from personal vehicles and ride - sharing to logistics and solving so - called last - mile problems for public transport.

Each is preparing to roll out fleet - based autonomous ride - hailing services in the coming years — but each is taking a completely different approach to the actual vehicle part of the equation.

Grab claims the company commands about 95 % of Southeast Asia's market in third - party taxi hailing and 71 % in private vehicle hailing, with about 3 million rides daily.

Last week, GM filed a petition with NHTSA requesting an exemption to have a small number of autonomous vehicles operate in a ride - share program without steering wheels or human drivers.

Ride - sharing service Uber's app is mocking New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's push of reducing on - demand for - hire vehicles in the city in a bid to reduce traffic snarls.

Some 3 % of American adults use ride - hailing apps on a daily or weekly basis, and around two - thirds of these regular ride - hailing users indicate that they own a car or regularly drive a personal vehicle.

Critics say electric scooters are essentially overgrown children's toys, ridden solely by out - of - touch tech elites who carelessly dump the vehicles wherever they feel like after riding.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

Indian ride - hailing firm Ola's pilot project to test a fleet of electric vehicles in Nagpur was expected to herald a coming...

More than three out of four Americans are afraid of the prospect of riding in a self - driving vehicle, a new survey by AAA finds.

With the wealth of information now available online, combined with a variety of different vehicles in which to invest, people can learn how to invest properly and ride out the market swings.

Chinese consumers can already buy vehicles online with their smartphones, but the company said its new vending machine model will allow them to browse and purchase their new rides in only five minutes, making «buying cars as easy as buying a can of Coke.»

Meanwhile, as all the major ride companies and automakers race to develop self - driving car technologies, Google's driverless vehicles are already traversing the streets of Mountain View, California.

Develop provincial safety standards for ride - hailing drivers, vehicles, and activities which are reflective of their particular business model.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has fired the engineer accused of stealing self - driving car trade secrets from its competitor Waymo, bowing to pressure from a federal judge to cut ties with the former star of the ride - hailing company's autonomous vehicle program.

According to The Information, Waymo is considering rolling out a commercial ride - hail service — with FCA self - driving vehicles — by the end of 2017.

First of all, this is a fairly big vehicle and riding it feels like riding a motorbike!

Uber also intends to use Otto's kits to retrofit passenger vehicles such as Volvo's and those of other automakers the ride - hail giant may partner with.

Though these vehicles are compact, some of them allow the installation of a seat that reduces fatigue and makes long rides far more comfortable.

Still, it'll be rather hard to catch up to Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Google's parent company Alphabet, which is also planning to roll out its first public ride - hailing service this year.

Ride - sharing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., and the advent of electric vehicles and driverless cars, are poised to chip away at the higher prices that real estate around subways and bus stops has earned, according to a report from MetLife Inc.'s asset - management business released Tuesday.

The organization also aims to contribute to the creation of a system or set of systems that would allow people to automatically pay for the use of both ride - sharing and car - sharing vehicles; for the insurance policies covering those vehicles; for the energy that those vehicles consume and the pollutants that they emit during a trip; and for traffic that the commuter contributes to by traveling during peak hours.

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Uber fell afoul of incomplete reporting to the CPUC in a breakdown of ride statistics for numbers of rides requested and accepted by zip code; the origin and destination zip codes for each trip and the amount paid or donated; the number and percentage of customers who requested accessible vehicles, and how often Uber could meet the request; and submitting a report on issues with drivers and causes of incidents, and the amount of insurance paid by any party other than Uber for each incident.

«Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self - driving vehicles with Google's technology, a huge step by both companies toward a new business of automated ride sharing,» reports Yahoo Autos.

It's a complete about - face for Ducey, who welcomed Uber into the state with open arms after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the ride - hail company's vehicle registrations.

Many automakers are targeting 2021 for a roll - out of autonomous vehicles that likely will be part of a ride - sharing network.

To boil things down, the expertise of the two new heads likely points to a ride - hailing service that makes use of Google's technology for autonomous vehicles efficiently.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick as well as leaders of companies such as Ford, BMW, Google and ride - sharing rival Lyft have cited 2021 as a date when self - driving cars could constitute the bulk of vehicles in urban centers.

Waymo, originally Google's autonomous vehicle division, has accused one of the best engineers in the field, Anthony Levandowski, of stealing 14,000 documents from it and then moving on to Uber when the ride - hailing company bought Levandowski's new self - driving truck company, Otto, last summer.

The family of 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, who was killed earlier this month when she was hit by one of Uber's self - driving vehicles in Tempe, Arizona, has reached a settlement with the ride - hailing giant, an attorney for the family said Thursday.

Uber spokesperson Chelsea Kohler told USA TODAY that the vehicles, whose number remains unspecified, are «for internal use only, have a safety driver up front and are not part of our ride - sharing service in the city.»

Ford, Uber, Google and others are promising that same autonomy (Level 4 under the Department of Transportation's designations)-- often in vehicles with no steering wheel or pedals — but for ride - hailing fleets plying dense urban centers.