Sentences with phrase «public roads as»

Here's how: because they once owned (until 2011, when they sold the division to Polaris) a company called GEM, which made ugly little plastic electric cars that were used as utility vehicles on campuses and zoos and even on public roads as part of NHTSA's «Neighborhood Electric Vehicle» classification that allowed the vehicles to be used on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less.

Guests have private access to public roads as well as resort grounds.

That's it for public roads as Collins takes the Ford Focus RS out on the track to try out Track mode.

The Cruise AV is a 100 - percent fully autonomous car, without steering wheel and pedals, and could be on public roads as soon as next year.

The 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP is nearly as ferocious as the track - ready Mini Challenge race car and — unlike the latter vehicle — you'll be able to drive the John Cooper Works GP on public roads as early as March of next year.

The footage insists on all the luxury features at the interior and also shows the 2011 Range Rover Vogue in action on both public roads as well as on off - road terrain.

The Cruise AV is a 100 - percent fully autonomous car, without steering wheel and pedals, and could be on public roads as soon...

According to Simpson, Waymo would be using public roads as its â $ laboratoriesâ $ and civilians as its â $ guinea pigs; â $ hence, it is only appropriate for the DMV to provide full transparency.

It's always a little bit odd to see an F1 car being driven by someone without a helmet, but it's even stranger when it's on the public road as well.

[43][44] Porsche, unusually, claims to have conducted a test of a factory stock, European market GT - R and achieved a slower time (of 7:54), apparently implying that the car isn't as fast around this public road as Nissan claims and / or that their driver isn't as talented as Nissans.

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But the public good doesn't end up helping as many people is it should, since the residents who live just outside the city center — who would use the roads — aren't able to commute in.

The number of cars on the road is expected to decrease by 135 million globally as car sharing and public transportation improve.

That idea might have been considered «science fiction» as recently as a decade ago, Felten said, but now Waymo is testing its driverless ride - hailing service on public roads in Arizona.

The state has licensed 27 companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, including vehicle manufacturers from BMW to Tesla Inc; suppliers such as Delphi Automotive Plc and Nvidia Corp; technology companies such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo and China's Baidu Inc; and a long list of self - driving startups such as Zoox, Drive.ai, AutoX and PlusAI.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

As the CEO of Alteon WebSystems, a Silicon Valley data - networking company that was poised to go public, he spent months on the road meeting with business partners and wooing clients.

Blacktop politics are as old as the roads that led to Rome, but the time lag between a politician promising to improve public infrastructure and cutting the ribbon has grown longer — to years, and sometimes as much as a decade.

Bonds get their «tax - free» status because the money raised by the bond issue is usually for a «public good or service» such as schools or roads.

A deal, which could come as early as next month, will be seen by media industry - watchers as another step along the road towards an initial public offering of shares in Vice, which was founded in 1994 as a «punk zine» for music enthusiasts in Montreal, Canada.

TransLink, as the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority is known, has control over all public transit and roads in Vancouver and its surrounding cities.

All roads in progressive philanthropy seem to lead to Lord, who runs NEO Philanthropy, formerly known as Public Interest Projects, and also directs the Ottinger Foundation.

The consumer groupâ $ ™ s challenge comes amid reports that Waymo has provided all the necessary information to the DMV as part of its efforts to secure a permit to test driverless cars on public roads.

Ride - hailing offers a new option for the movement of people around the province and Lower Mainland and could serve as an integral tool in the management of road congestion and a complementary element to a public transit system that is nearing capacity in many communities.

The recently released Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard identified inadequate public transit and road infrastructure as a major obstacle to our regional prosperity, and Metro Vancouver's resistance to this project only exacerbates the issues we are facing.

An earlier filing might have been a telltale sign about the financial problems to come: Tesla disclosed that it had begun reimbursing Mr. Musk for his use of his private plane, justifying the cost by saying, «By paying only the variable expenses of Mr. Musk's private airplane, consistent with the reimbursement policy in place, we will recognize a cost saving as compared to the customary practice for an initial public offering road show.»

The Public Policy Forum, an independent think tank, will release a report on Thursday on «news, democracy and trust in the digital age» that is expected to provide a road map for government to bolster professional journalism as a key component of the political process.

«We've got enormous gravel demand on the horizon for the Gateway Project and other public building priorities moving forward,» said Mike Proudfoot, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, who expects the Pitt River Bridge / South Perimeter Road to enter Environmental Assessment as soon as this summer.

As early as September, Levandowski began emailing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, arguing that the company didn't need to obtain the $ 150 permit required of all autonomous vehicle companies to operate semi-autonomous cars on public roadAs early as September, Levandowski began emailing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, arguing that the company didn't need to obtain the $ 150 permit required of all autonomous vehicle companies to operate semi-autonomous cars on public roadas September, Levandowski began emailing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, arguing that the company didn't need to obtain the $ 150 permit required of all autonomous vehicle companies to operate semi-autonomous cars on public roads.

One caveat: As each company is at a different stage in its self - driving development and has performed different levels of testing on public roads, it's a little tricky to compare their stats apples to apples.

The big news is that Waymo's self - driving cars — previously known as Google's self - driving project — navigated public roads without human intervention four times better than it did last year.

A deal with a new investor is expected in the next few weeks will be seen by media industry - watchers as another step along the road towards an initial public offering of shares in Vice, which was founded in 1994 as a «punk zine» for music enthusiasts in Montreal, Canada.

Baidu and other autonomous driving technology developers testing vehicles on public roads in California have had to release more details as to why thei...

But the total damage is expected to be much greater than just the insured losses, as many people in the area didn't have flood insurance, and there has been substantial damage to roads, bridges and other public infrastructure.

As is required for Uber's autonomous test vehicles operating on public roads, the AV had a safety driver at the wheel.

Most of these bonds are used to finance public projects, such as the creation of schools and the repair of roads and they usually pay a monthly dividend, so you can expect a very fast partial return on your investment.

Housing affordability topped the list, identified by 40 per cent of respondents, followed closely by the need to invest in public transit as well as broader transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and highways.

Taxes serve to pay for municipal services, such as public schools and road maintenance.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self - driving car while testing it on public roads under legislation passed unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate, where backers touted the measures as necessary to keep...

The Progressive Era developed the view that public utilities and other natural monopolies rightly belonged in the public sector, where governments would provide their basic services at a subsidized price or even freely as in the case of roads.

This research area covers the evaluation of the costs and benefits of capital projects of Canadian governments, such as roads, ports or public utilities, of financing modes for such projects, such as public - private partnerships, and the contribution of public infrastructure to economic growth.

-- This is without Spotify having hired investment banks as underwriters and undertaking an investor road show as is typical in a traditional initial public offering (IPO).

In October, NIO USA announced that it was issued an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit by the California DMV and it would begin testing on public roads under the Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program guidelines as it progresses on its path to bring autonomy to market.

The brutalities of the Chinese regime have also had a toxic effect on China's public moral culture, as was demonstrated last year in a widely - viewed YouTube video: a truck driver in a Chinese city ran over a small child who was crawling across the street, stopped» and then ran over the child again, as if the toddler were so much road - kill.

Yet even a purely laissez - faire system requires government to enforce contracts, protect private property, prevent fraud, produce public goods such as defense and roads, and protect third parties from «externalities» such as pollution and public hazards.

As to taxes — you don't use public roads, public schools, public libraries; the police and fire services don't cover your home?

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

As a public - interest representative involved in the creation of the Public Broadcasting Act, I remember the anguish we felt at failing to get through Congress a 5 percent tax on TV and radio sets — something like the gasoline tax for roads which was protected from congressional rapublic - interest representative involved in the creation of the Public Broadcasting Act, I remember the anguish we felt at failing to get through Congress a 5 percent tax on TV and radio sets — something like the gasoline tax for roads which was protected from congressional raPublic Broadcasting Act, I remember the anguish we felt at failing to get through Congress a 5 percent tax on TV and radio sets — something like the gasoline tax for roads which was protected from congressional raiding.

Prior to joining the show this season and becoming the family's public relations manager, Robertson served as the full - time pastor of White's Ferry Road Church of Christ in Louisiana, the church the rest of the family attends.

For evangelicals who are wary of government, I suppose you do not turn to the police when you are under threat; you do not drive on public roads; you do not participate in any regulated activities such as banking or stock trading.

• Lawmakers in Ohio and Arizona passed bills to ensure that public colleges and universities didn't go down the same road as Hastings.