Sentences with phrase «per cent of the car»

In an effort to get that deal, the U.S. appears to have backed away from one of its most contentious demands and is no longer insisting that 50 per cent of cars be made in the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salaries.

He confirmed that the U.S. had been willing to drop its demand that 50 per cent of every car consist of American parts, in exchange for a new system that credits parts - makers when they pay more than $ 15 an hour.

The U.S. has proposed a more flexible formula for ensuring production in the U.S., rather than a hard rule demanding 50 per cent of every car to have American content.

The original NAFTA required that 62.5 per cent of a car's parts come from North America to avoid a tariff.

In 2016, just 0.6 per cent of car sales in Canada were for electric vehicles, well behind...

A new report from the National Audit Office into car crime has concluded that 32 per cent of car registration details are inaccurate.

Digital Radio Norway estimates that 7.9 million radio sets will be affected, and that only 20 per cent of car radios in Norway can pick up DAB.

Presently about 30 per cent of cars built in Europe have ABS; in Britain, the figure is about 20 per cent.

At half a per cent of the car's value, it'd also be small change for the eventual owner — if that owner was even paying at all, since Tom Hartley will offer the car with the Platinum Plus warranty included.

20 per cent of cars will be fitted with the 2.3 - litre EcoBoost engine (which will also be used in the forthcoming Focus RS).

Drive is still sent to all four wheels via a seven - speed S tronic dual - clutch transmission, though the latest setup can now send up to 100 per cent of the car's power to the rear wheels alone, in certain situations, with a torque vectoring effect through the multi-plate clutch on the rear axle to also divert power to the wheels with the greatest grip.

Apparently over 90 per cent of the cars registered with the famous WOB number - plate prefix are VWs.

Still, with the passenger area accounting for 60 per cent of the car's length, you can squeeze four adults in.

The SuperSport's adaptive all - wheel - drive chassis has also been improved, with around 60 per cent of the car's rear suspension components receiving revisions, while the car's front HiPerStruts — which prevent geometry changes during hard cornering — remain an innovative feature in this class.

The quattro all - wheel drive system sends 85 per cent of the car's power to the rear wheels under normal driving conditions.

Eventually, Local Motors hopes to be printing as much as 90 per cent of the car.

They aim to utilize such a shared platform in up to 80 per cent of their cars.

The compact sedan and hatchback category, accounted for over 40 per cent of car sales in January 2017, at over 114,000 units.

Over 70 per cent of all cars sold in India are small cars sold in this segment.

Among the three aforementioned models, over 90 per cent of cars is the Honda City compact sedan, accounting for a total of 22,084 units.

Plug - in electric vehicle sales in Canada account for less than 0.30 per cent of all cars and trucks sold.

«If you're perpetually paying for a car, it is probably better to pay for the 40 per cent or 50 per cent of the car that you're going to be using in terms of how they calculate a lease, rather than paying for 100 per cent of the car,» he said.

This is what Canada Safety Council insists the problem is with a hard core minority of drivers and maintains, «High - BAC drivers (i.e. those with BACs over 0.15) represent about one per cent of the cars on the road at night and on weekends.

Yet, it's estimated that about 16 per cent of car buyers skip the test drive, and 33 per cent test drive just one vehicle.

The changes also reflect the uptake of technology that supports drivers, for instance 52 per cent of car drivers now have a sat nav.

Not exact matches

Using these value - added data, Flatness and Rasmussen calculated that the U.S. share of automobile imports — in other words, the amount of American made parts in cars and trucks imported from Canada and Mexico — dropped to about 12 per cent in 2011 from about 19 per cent in 1995.

We made calculations that if between 15 and 20 per cent of all cyclists today were to shift to cars, in several streets traffic would completely stand still.»

New car sales were down 11.6 per cent in Western Australia, with nearly 1,000 fewer cars sold in the month of April.

Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on recoCar dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on recocar sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on record.

End - of - financial - year specials failed to maintain May's positive tone on new car sales for Western Australia, with numbers for June down 5.5 per cent as the financial year ended with a whimper.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

Sales of new cars fell 10.5 per cent across Western Australia in October on the previous corresponding period, despite a 3.4 per cent uptick nationally for the month.

New car sales in Western Australia have continued the 2015 trend of slipping further away from the national increase, with sales down 8.8 per cent in September.

The U.S. had originally proposed that threshold be boosted to 85 per cent and that half of every car comprise American parts.

The U.S. - based Railway Supply Institute, whose members build more than 95 per cent of all North American tank cars and lease more than 70 per cent, said about 55,000 new tank cars will have been put in service between 2011 — when the new voluntary safety standards were adopted — and 2015.

The cash - guzzling Tesla's market capitalisation is slightly ahead of Ford and slightly lower than General Motors, despite it producing less than 10 per cent as many cars and failing to deliver profits.

It will initially produce methanol and later ethanol — enough each year to fill the tanks of 400,000 cars using a five per cent ethanol blend.

Musk's latest noisy antics sank Tesla's stock nearly 7 per cent in New York on Thursday (Friday AEST), as investors fretted about the billionaire innovator's failure to address Tesla's high debt and under shooting of car production targets.

Tesla Motors reported a loss of 61.9 million, or 50 cents per share, in the second quarter due to large expenditures ahead of the launch of a new car and the construction of a new plant.

Consider this: Roughly half of all electric cars sold globally last year were in China, which saw a 73 - per - cent increase in EV sales over 2016.

In the U.S., sales of compact cars and small crossovers jumped 40 per cent in March and April from the year before, and now account for nearly one - quarter of all sales, up from less than than 20 per cent last year, according to a report from Scotia Economics.

The plan would help get our region moving again through the addition of 50 new SkyTrain cars, a 46 per cent increase in Canada Line capacity, five new West Coast Express cars, up to 5 news B - line rapid bus routes, and a new SeaBus.

For Canadians aged 55 to 75, keeping a sense of independence trumps all: eight in 10 (80 per cent) want to live at home for as long as they can and 72 per cent say it's important to own a car.

Imports from the U.S. rose 3.1 per cent in March due in large part to higher imports of passenger cars and light trucks, while exports to the U.S. rose 1.2 per cent, led primarily by higher exports of crude oil.

Analysts at BMO Capital Markets said Tesla's decision «does imply lower cobalt demand,» given the company's 10 per cent share of the electric car market.

Imported car prices rose by 2.5 per cent in the September quarter 1999, possibly reflecting some rebuilding of wholesalers» and retailers» profit margins.

According to the Philippine Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, only around ten per cent of some 30,000 Uber cars currently have permits, a situation which would create «an uneven playing field» for other transport services such as taxis, buses and jeepneys — which all require licenses — and «unduly challenge the limit of fair regulation,» the transportation regulator said.

Sid Rajeev, Vice President, Head of Research at Fundamental Research Corp., notes, «The Commodities Research Unit («CRU») Group estimates electric car and plug - in hybrid vehicle sales could reach approximately 14.2 million by 2025, up from 0.77 million last year, reflecting a compound average growth rate of 38 per cent per year from 2016 to 2025.»

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The vast bulk of the assets underlying these securities are residential mortgages (other assets, such as commercial property mortgages and car loans, constitute only about 2 per cent of the pools).