In response to a shareholder question about what could be done to speed up the glacial pace of adoption of electric car
production by other car companies, Musk said he was «playing with doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind of controversial with respect to Tesla's patents.»
Not exact matches
Although I did approach the
car with more respect than any
other Porsche currently in
production, my awe for the wild thing kept growing in the course of the day, and
by evening, I handed back the key with a mix of relief and reluctance: Relief, because we have all the photos in the can and the
car went back unscratched.
Stefan Bellof did indeed drive a Porsche 956 to the fastest ever lap of 6:11:13 for a motorised vehicle in 1983... but it was for qualifying for the 1000 km Sports
Car race, so technically it was never a production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pocke
Car race, so technically it was never a
production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pocke
car... Admittedly some of the
cars near the top of this list blur the definition of
production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pocke
car... if you was to go
by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest
production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pocke
car as the
others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockets.
Partially automated driving systems are in
production today, not only on the 2014 Mercedes - Benz S - Class and its suite of active safety technologies, but also on lower - end
cars like the 2014 Infiniti Q50 which uses an industry - first steer -
by - wire system to control an active lane departure system among
other semi-autonomous systems.
Called the I.D Vizzion, the four - door is around the same size as a contemporary luxury
car such as the Audi A8, but differs from it, and all
other production cars by its total lack of driver controls.
Rear end with double - flow exhaust system: Compared to all
other production Sciroccos, the rear image of this
car is dominated
by a considerably larger roof edge spoiler and a prominent glossy black diffuser in the lower area of the bumper that shows typical R - design styling.
This time we did notice a different engine cover on these shots... the louvres returned, we've seen these on photos before but a different cover was shown on
other test
cars that featured a glass center with fins on the sides, however a recent article
by «Only The Best» in which they state they actually saw the
production car already, mentions a «Miura» style engine cover too.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie (also called through its code - names as AM - RB 001 and Nebula) is an upcoming
production hybrid electric sports
car collaboratively built
by Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing and several
other manufacturers.
While the
production of 10,000
cars is a tiny number
by the standards of typical
car manufacturers, it is a significant milestone for an Aston Martin model — the DB9 being the only
other Aston Martin model to have achieved that figure.
While
other carmakers showed hybrid powertrains or concept
cars powered
by them, the Prius is a
production vehicle.
The new E-Class represents another major advance
by Mercedes - Benz in all these fields as the saloon marks the series -
production debut of a series of innovative technical features which can not be found in any
other car in this vehicle category - from the drowsiness detection system to automatic emergency braking when an accident is imminent, from Adaptive Highbeam Assist to the Active Bonnet with its reversible actuation mechanism, from the air suspension with electronically controlled damping to the trend - setting BlueTEC exhaust aftertreatment system.
The
car even ups the ante on
other American small
cars by being built in the United States, since
production is ongoing at the Detroit - Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
The Ferrari 458 Italia Challenge maintains the
production of the 458 Italia which is powered
by an all new four point five liter V8 engine, however thinner body panels have been comprised and ride height dropped as well as
other features to allow the
car the capacity to reach a maximum speed of three hundred and thirty kilometers an hour on the track.
Other features of the
production car previewed
by the Vision concept include a Sport mode, which will most likely sharpen the drive further.
Acura is still riding the wave of enthusiasm it created
by introducing the 2016 Acura NSX, but while this sports
car looks great on wallpaper backgrounds, video games and magazine covers, the automaker will need a lot more than a limited -
production, halo performance
car to keep up with its luxury rivals in
other segments.
... a feisty group of rogue Prius owners has taken the technology into their own hands,
by essentially «hacking» into their vehicle systems and modifying the
cars into plug - in models... It comes at a considerable cost, but for them the message is important: It can be done, and with mass production it can also be affordable... «Toyota's engineering of the system means it's not impossible to get to this second stage,» says Felix Kramer, founder of the California Cars Initiative, whose sole mandate at the moment is to raise awareness of plug - in hybrids and to spur Toyota and other automakers into supporting it... Talking to Kramer, plug - in hybrids seem like a no - brai
cars into plug - in models... It comes at a considerable cost, but for them the message is important: It can be done, and with mass
production it can also be affordable... «Toyota's engineering of the system means it's not impossible to get to this second stage,» says Felix Kramer, founder of the California
Cars Initiative, whose sole mandate at the moment is to raise awareness of plug - in hybrids and to spur Toyota and other automakers into supporting it... Talking to Kramer, plug - in hybrids seem like a no - brai
Cars Initiative, whose sole mandate at the moment is to raise awareness of plug - in hybrids and to spur Toyota and
other automakers into supporting it... Talking to Kramer, plug - in hybrids seem like a no - brainer.
Not sure that the CO2
production side of things is as bad as you think — this latest report reckons 85 % of CO2 is caused
by driving (using)
cars around and only 15 % from
other parts of the lifecycle (
production, disposal)-- meaning better to get an efficient
car than keep driving an old one.
The technologies include biomimicry (
production of materials
by imitating nature — such as solar panels in the pattern of a leaf), gene editing and genomics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things (where embedded software enables
cars, buildings and
other inanimate objects to communicate), and 3D printing.