Sentences with phrase «road car engineering»

I've proven my credentials through my long line of contributions to motor racing and road car engineering.

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Yet, it's «exciting» for the engineers on the project to know what's left to do now that the self - driving car has proven that it can drive on public roads.

In the months since these top engineers have left, the 43 self - driving cars Uber had on the roads as of March 8 saw little progress when it came to decreasing the frequency of disengagements — or how many times a safety driver would have to take back control of the system.

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The challenge will be to create these centimeter - scale maps for thousands of roads worldwide and constantly update them as they change, says Alberto Broggi, an engineer developing self - driving cars at the University of Parma in Italy.

But concerns about the safety of autonomous cars are misplaced in a world where 1.2 million people die every year in road accidents due to human error, says Paul Newman, a robotics engineer at the University of Oxford, whose team is developing autonomous cars.

But in the absence of federal law regulating the use of autonomous vehicles and driver - assist technology, the U.S. government could simply stand back and allow companies to put more self - driving cars on public roads to collect the necessary safety data, says Alain Kornhauser, a transportation engineer and adviser for Princeton University's Autonomous Vehicle Engineering team.

Real engineers carefully design a car's suspension to optimally absorb vibrations on the road, just like you did in this project!

Before you know it, Lucy has boarded a plane for Paris, where she steals a police car, careers around the city on the wrong side of the road, and engineers a meeting with Professor Norman, the one man who may be able to save her.

The inclusion of the system at all is a potentially interesting development for the Type R, though; perhaps Honda's engineers will use it to make that car usable over a wider range of roads and surfaces.

``... we combined what is usually impossible: the quality and performance of a racing car with the practicality and durability expected from a road - homologated supercar which can be used as a day - to - day vehicle», said Phillippe Gautheron, Chief Engineer of Campos (who provided the Sandracer's roll cage and chassis).

Cranfield was in constant dialogue with Nismo's engineering team in Japan throughout, and it was the first time that engineers outside Nismo's core team had been allowed to work on one of its road cars.

The old Forester already had the best ground clearance in its class, but the engineers nonetheless felt compelled to enhance the car's off - road ability, although it's hard to imagine that owners were crying out for more.

As a young, Purdue - educated engineer, he worked at Ford SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) in the golden 1980s under Michael Kranefuss, and he chased around Trans - Am road - racing cars and Bob Glidden's 200 - mph Thunderbird Pro-Stock drag car.

«The car should be fast, but Le Mans is a cruel place, and Ford wants us to rock the first time we're there,» says Larry Holt, vice president of engineering at Multimatic, which developed the race car and will build the road cars.

What could be better than a McLaren buyer playing the role of «race engineer» in briefing the MSO team and directing them to test and validate those ideas to create a race - bred road car such as this?»

Herb Helbig, the engineer who made the first three generations of Viper the most ruthless, intimidating car on the road, was a deviant.

Aston Martin Vulcan owners will be able to drive their cars on the road following a three - month conversion process carried out by engineering firm RML.

I'm eager to get into a final production Vantage on real roads — and a race track — but there's no doubt the new car is a step forward in both performance and depth of engineering.

After a year Ford reached the painful realisation that the car they'd been attempting to engineer for the last year had begun to bear no resemblance whatsoever to a road going Mustang.

It all added to the impression of F1 - derived engineering for the road and, to be fair, McLaren's contribution was a defining one, the hugely rigid carbon tub being perhaps the most significant of the technologies adapted from its F1 expertise and, indeed, the F1 road car.

Then, after almost two decades of competing in rallying but not a single proper performance road car, Hyundai entered the hot hatch arena with its i30 N. With a 271bhp 2 - litre engine, an electronically - controlled limited - slip differential, adaptive dampers and ex-BMW M engineer Albert Biermann at the helm of the project, it clearly means business.

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Former race boss Jean Todt had just become CEO of the car division too, so the transfer of ideas, technology and engineering from F1 to the road car programme — always present as a strong undercurrent at Maranello — had gained a new, arguably defining, impetus.

It's the second road car designed and engineered completely by Mercedes - Benz's in - house AMG division, which also produces World Manufacturer's Championship Formula 1 cars.

The super cars are a much more accomplished piece of engineering and that is a big part of their attraction but as far as blinding acceleration and fabulous road handling are concerned, the realities of traffic and speed limits do not allow them to be used legally at any where near their potential.

Although one could easily fuse the hardcore engineering concept with a relatively conventional supercar body style, Audi's high - performance squad decided to model the road car after the racecar.

Because I was among the first handful of folks to drive the car outside of BMW, caning the big sports coupe down narrow, bumpy, damp British roads, with BMW driving dynamics engineer Tomo Yoshihara riding shotgun.

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Data collected from these endeavors can have a major impact on road - car development as well, as engineers across the automaker spectrum have used racing as a laboratory for supercar development.

As we've noted in previous updates, the 2013 Cadillac ATS is one of the sportiest sedans in its class, a car engineered for attacking racetracks and curving back roads.

Speaking about the new models, Christian Samson, responsible for Product and Development at Polestar said, «The engineers from Polestar and Cyan Racing have worked collaboratively on engineering developments for existing Polestar road cars for many years.

Test cars from tuners often come shackled to a company engineer, a professional apologist who's constantly tweaking software and explaining why that squirrel in the road back in Boise caused magnetic interference that's killing the torque curve under 3000 rpm.

Ford engineers used the Boss 302R racing car as a development test bed, and, based on their experience at the track, they revised the road car's radiator to improve engine cooling and added baffles to the oil pan to prevent oil starvation.

Now, after more than a half - century of building road cars, the crew from Sant» Agata Bolognese is finally getting serious about motorsports, and the brand's entry - level offering, the $ 237,250 Huracán — the first model in company history engineered from the ground up for race duty — is at the center of its efforts.

Like the great sports car racing and Formula 1 cars before them, not to mention the über - classic F1 road car of the 1990s, these new McLarens are rolling embodiments of the central duality — big - brained engineering, craft prowess — of an island nation where the cottage - built, giant - slaying race car is the once and future king.

An elite group of engineers and test drivers who have worked, driven, and won on every level take select Nissan vehicles and create NISMO road cars that offer a uniquely thrilling and authentic experience.

Saab engineers believe the 9 - 5 will emerge as one of the safest cars on the road.

On top of better traction and more responsive steering, engineers have also uprated the old car's magnetorheological dampers that are now claimed to offer less body roll and a better ride over poor road surfaces.

The more spec a series becomes, the fewer chances there are for engineers to learn, to find those loopholes, and to develop new tech that'll trickle down to road cars in the future.

The new McLaren P1 ™ is engineered to offer more driving enjoyment and faster lap times than any road car ever built.

In April 2016, we heard that legendary engineering firm RML Group would be offering a kit to make the ultra-limited Aston Martin Vulcan track car road legal.

Every aspect of the Lamborghini Huracán LP 580 - 2 has been engineered for driving fun, allowing drivers to interpret the feedback from the car and connect with the road or track.

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The 164, one of the best - selling big sedans in Italy, was engineered for European roads, where cars have to perform safely at speeds in excess of 100 mph.

Lighter, faster and more powerful, the 412 kW R8 GT is the pinnacle of Audi's performance engineering and with just five cars coming to Australia will be one of the most exclusive cars on the road.

While India's largest car maker is yet to put its compact SUV on the roads, Nissan took a leaf out of Renault's books by badge engineering the Duster, re-naming it as the Terrano.

Brainchild of engineer Charles Spencer King, the Range Rover sported David Bache - penned crisp good looks, aluminium bodywork, mellifluous 3.5 - litre V8, permanent four - wheel drive and tried - and - tested Land Rover off - road ability — and it combined all that with Rover motor car levels of on - road comfort.

While developing the plug - in version, engineers were told that at no point were they allowed to compromise the standard car's off - road capability.