Sentences with phrase «other small car companies»

Durant was a great promoter and visionary, and by 1909 he had turned Buick into the best - selling car in the U.S. Searching for a business model in a new industry, and with the prescient vision that a car company should offer multiple brands, that year he bought three other small car companies — Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac — and merged them with Buick, renaming the combined company General Motors.

Not exact matches

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

Car companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tecCar companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving teccar tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tech).

Tapping the sponsorship of none other than lumbering, financially troubled General Motors and blending it with the skills of some of the most innovative, daring engineers in the vehicle business, MacCready has driven his small company to design and build a car that many observers think will make the biggest splash since the ’65 Mustang, and maybe even since the Model T. It's fast, it's sexy, and it's being rushed into mass production.

Ford Going global Like so many vehicles coming from the Ford Motor Company these days, the next Escape is built on the global C - segment platform that underpins the Focus and a bevy of other small cars (page 66).

The company is proceeding with plans to roll out its first electric model, shown in concept form at the Frankfurt motor show earlier this year, and is currently looking for partnerships with other automakers to bring down the costs as well as solve the engineering challenges of building small electric cars.

Asian car companies in particular have long been known for their ability to do a small car really well — American car companies on the other hand, not so much.

We've written often about it: It's modular and thus cheaper to produce, and cars as small as the Polo and as large as the next Phaeton ride on it, or some version of it, not to mention various Skodas and Seats and whatever other companies VW Group purchased since I started writing this note.

Represented a car service company, various restaurants, a dry cleaning chain, and other small businesses in both litigation defense and drafting employment policies and handbooks.

He's done work for many composers; designers; book writers, including J.K. Rowling; film directors; singers; artists; individual software developers; movie producers; film companies ranging from small ones to Dreamworks; software companies from one - man startups to Apple, Microsoft and Sun; recording companies; electronics manufacturers, including Sony and Motorola; car companies, including Porsche and Ford; apparel companies, including Columbia Sportswear; perfumery and skincare companies, including Amway, L'Oreal and Mary Kay; and a countless number of other clients, big and small.

Both companies have also said the wheels of other small toy cars can come off and increase the risk of choking.

I have also helped recording companies; electronics manufacturers, including Sony and Motorola; car companies, including Porsche and Ford; apparel companies, including Columbia Sportswear; perfumery and skincare companies, including Amway, L'Oreal and Mary Kay; and a countless number of other clients, big and small.

Some companies even let you plug a small device into your car to monitor your driving habits and offer discounts if you're a low risk driver based on the times of day you drive and other factors.

Still, there are many other Kansas car insurance companies to like, including quite a few smaller, regional carriers.

Still, there are many other major Minnesota car insurance companies around, as well as smaller, regional carriers that serve the state of Minnesota.

While costs of repair when the car has been heavily damaged needs to be reimbursed by the insurance company, do not file Plymouth auto insurance claims in Connecticut for windshield damage and other small repairs which you can cover from your pocket.

Some companies introduce entirely new cars at CES, other companies are just in town to peddle smaller things, like components.

Patent trolls and profiteers - those that use their patent ownership for the sole purpose of demanding payment from operating companies - have ramped up their activities in recent years, expanding their targets beyond technology companies to include small businesses, retailers and grocers, financial institutions, hospitals and pharmacies, car dealers, real estate agents and thousands of other businesses.

When we took a look at the Vive app, Sketchfab had set up a small catalog of dinosaur models, car renders, anatomical models, and other things that would fit well into a grade - school curriculum — which seems to be exactly the vibe the company is going for.

Over recent decades, we have seen car companies absorb other car manufacturers, tech companies like Facebook have absorbed smaller start - ups like Instagram, and even so - called «boutique» or independent hotel operators like Joie de Vivre, Thompson, and most recently Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants have merged or will soon merge with other corporate entities.