Sentences with phrase «real world driving»

It's imperative that the UK's driving test is aligned to practical, real world driving experiences.»
They were priced reasonable and the instructor that was assigned, taught his students for real world driving.
Drivers, who are high risks, including teenagers who lack real world driving experience, can still find low premium rates however.
With her twenty - five years of experience as a driving instructor in the state of New Jersey, Karen covers all required subjects and is experienced in helping students prepare for the written, road and real world driving tests that a student may face in life.
The easy - to - use format helps teens retain the information longer so that they can apply it in real world driving after they receive their Texas driver license.
And then there is the controversial argument that skills among drivers will less money may be lacking due to a lack of an acceptable driver's education program, a lack of real world driving skills, or for other reasons, making these motorists more prone to poor decisions behind the wheel.
Still, those first few months of taking the wheel are not surprisingly the most dangerous for a wreck because the inexperienced teenager is learning to adjust to the real world driving experience.
I want to push it as far as I can, test its limits, as well as testing normal, real world driving.
It's also nice to hear from this video that Nissan hasn't backed off its claim that a fully charged Leaf will deliver «100 miles of real world driving
Those lucky enough to get their hands on the Signature Edition (quantities are going to be strictly limited) will be able to enter an extraordinary competition that will combine in - game and real world driving challenges — the prize at the end of these two stages?
However, the Golf R's performance gains are really hard to feel in real world driving.
Tied exclusively to V6 or V8 petrol engines, many buyers have shunned away from the large car — even though, in real world driving, the figure isn't as dramatic as you'd expect.
Yet my gut tells me while it will get a high EPA approved MPG, real world driving will show a lower number.
The oil burner is a 2.2 - litre mill which belts out 170 HP of power and 400 Nm of torque, returning 10 km / l in real world driving conditions.
We've tried these active cylinder technologies from other manufacturers and they work great in the lab but not so great in real world driving.
But it's important to know that many Cooper owners will admit that their car's fuel economy in real world driving leans more heavily in favor of the City Rating, and premium - grade fuel is recommended.
However, in real world driving conditions the Cross managed to deliver a commendable figure of 20.58 kmpl.
None of this involved any particular care regarding mpg, so it seems Mazda6 buyers can expect good fuel economy in real world driving, and even better results if they actually try to go light on the pedal.
The EV mode operation ratio increased from 47 % EV, 53 % EV in the Infiniti 2012 M35h to 51 % EV, 49 % HEV in the Q50 Hybrid in real world driving in San Francisco.
The new plug - in technology brings a much improved electric range and provides added fuel savings in real world driving conditions.
But in real world driving conditions it is a rather different story with overall consumption that is close to that of the Panamera Diesel, which now returns a combined cycle figure of almost 45mpg.
However, that will only provide you with enhanced visual appeal but has very little practical value in real world driving conditions.
Even though the S4PH engine had contemporary maximum power and torque outputs, its performance was reportedly sluggish in real world driving.
The hybrid driveline consists of a 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine and a 60 - kilowatt electric motor, helping the car get over 40 mpg average fuel economy in real world driving.
that shows that the real world driving CO2 numbers in the EU are not really dropping even though the stated figures are.
As always in real world driving, the C - HR didn't achieve these sorts of figures, with the trip display reading 53 MPG after the first day's 160 km drive the second day's 225 km route.
Now, a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE TDI Clean Diesel vehicle equipped with a six - speed manual transmission has broken the previous record by covering 1626.1 miles achieved on one tank of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel under real world driving conditions.
Just like hybrids, pure diesel and petrol models won't necessarily achieve their quoted figures as the existing fuel economy testing procedure doesn't do a great job of replicating real world driving.
So if Peugeot can get 199kW out of the previous 1.6 Prince engine used in the R56 and have it pull 0 - 100 km in 5.9 seconds with a six speed manual (instead of 6.1 with the supposedly faster auto in the F56), I'm really not understanding why Mini chose to stuff a 2.0 litre in the F56 — especially given it's heavier and uses more fuel in real world driving.
But in real world driving conditions it is a rather different story, with overall consumption that is close to the Panamera Diesel, which now returns a combined cycle figure of almost 45mpg.
The money spent on driver aids is a good investment, especially as people are getting more distracted, and real world driving, talking to you highway 405, becomes ever the bigger bummer.
High - Precision Injection (HPI) is a lean spray - guided gasoline direct - injection technology that BMW projects will increase fuel efficiency by up to 10 % in the Euro test cycle and between 5 % — 15 % in real world driving.
A dyno will allow your tuner get a better than baseline tune (doing a road tune will provide a better tune as these produce real world driving conditions).
Revelations that Volkswagen AG installed «cheater» software to make its 2.0 - liter turbodiesel meet U.S. emissions regulations and run differently, and out of compliance in real world driving, claimed corporate chief executive Martin Winterkorn Wednesday.
In 2014, the International Council for Clean Transportation and West Virginia University identified through their test program, and brought to CARB's and [EPA's] attention, concerns of elevated NOx emissions over real world driving
Sure, the is faster than a 911 Turbo around the intimidating circuit, but a regimented testing procedure on the lumpy and bumpy track also yields huge benefits to real world driving dynamics.
While the previous pack was good for around 120 miles on the European cycle (and less in real world driving) the new pack is apparently good for 195 miles.
«It has been observed for some time that real world driving conditions do not deliver the emission reductions shown in the laboratory.
The reality is the E220d struggles to match its claimed 73mpg, and a figure in the high 50s is more likely in real world driving.
I'd rather celebrate how good the hybrid powertrain is during real world driving.
According to rulebook, or law, when cars are testet the test results shall reflect real world driving.
A lot will depend on whether the next version of «official fuel consumption'tests can be representative of real world driving consumption.
I must confess, this kind of sloppy citations and a lack of even the slightest distinction between models and the real world drives me spare.

Not exact matches

It is also possible to test emissions during real - world driving, using a portable emissions measurement system, though the process is cumbersome.
Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is sending 5,000 connected cars that can wirelessly communicate with other vehicles and infrastructure onto the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a real - world experiment designed to move autonomous driving closer to reality.
«Trying» doesn't drive «buying» in the real world — selling is a skill just like many others and not something you pick up in your spare time.
It's been an exciting year for self - driving car projects that people can actually see and experience in the real world: In December, Google announced it was spinning out its self - driving car project into Waymo, a company that will partner with automakers to put driverless technology into cars.
The real question is whether China is taking over as the driving force of the world economy.
But as I live in the real world, I buy gold, even though I am optimistic we'll get through this rough patch; because I simply don't trust the bas * % * ds who are driving this ship with 100 % of my money in dollars, or any fiat currency, for that matter.»
«We have to navigate around the real world, develop perception and action systems for our self - driving cars, and understand, predict, and make more efficient the experience for our riders and drivers.»
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