Sentences with phrase «road cars the system»

Applied to road cars the system supports the current motor industry trend for smaller powertrains; a lightweight kinetic energy recovery system providing a means of boosting acceleration and overall performance and economy independently of the vehicle's internal combustion engine.

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The limits on the system include factors such as Tesla (tsla) being unable to ensure driver attention even when the car is traveling at high speeds, ensuring Autopilot is used only on certain roads and monitoring driver engagement, NTSB said.

The company's proposed Highway Drive Assist System automatically keeps cars in the correct lane and maintains an appropriate distance between vehicles, while the Autonomous Emergency Stop System will sense if the driver is debilitated and then maneuver the car to the shoulder of the road to stop.

On - board computers and cruise - control technology already present in most cars on the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn left.

Tokyo based next - generation car design and manufacturing company Four Link Systems say they hope Earth 1 will get approval to drive on the roads by March 2018.

Existing toll lanes on the highway system are reserved for buses, emergency vehicles and car - pooling vehicles with three or more passengers; cars with two passengers can pay to use the road during peak hours.

Del Vecchio's team has already tested its system on specially adapted Lexus sedans — one step, she says, toward the day when most of the cars on the road will be machine driven.

City streets are much more difficult to navigate for autonomous systems (and humans) than highway roads, because the cars have to navigate around other cars, understand traffic signals and watch for pedestrians or other unexpected interferences.

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.

It intervenes when a road departure scenario is detected to be imminent by your car's advanced sensor system.

Critics claim that, in merely seeking to accommodate those cars, it perpetuates, rather than challenges, the system of car dependence responsible for Los Angeles» congested roads — an apparent manifestation of Musk's own self - interest.

Of course, we do not yet know how the system will work, and only that it will work on highways, suggesting sensors can decipher white lines on the road and cars around it.

Musk replied by pointing out that the detection system «tunes out» objects that it labels as road signs, underlining that this helps the car running at optimal speed and away from «false braking events.»

The current engines are much more road relevant with their hybrid systems and electric cars are becoming much more common, but Verstappen hopes F1 doesn't go fully - electric for some time:

Next time I go to Vicarage Road, as I negotiate the outstanding curves of the Inner Ring Road and the circular nature of the one - way system, even as I seek to nizzle my battered old car amongst the Ferraris and BMWs of the local population, my mind will be turned towards those poor unfortunate Watford supporters.

The i - ROAD is based on a unique system that uses technology to connect your car with public transportation and bicycles to get to your destination in an environmental friendly way.

When you're ready to leave the busy city streets and go on a road adventure, simply unlatch the car seat from the stroller and click it directly into the car seat base that is included with this system.

If you are going to be taking road trips frequently, it can be worth purchasing a travel system — a stroller or pram with a detachable car seat so that you can easily transport your child from one to the other, particularly good if they like to sleep in the car!

The site also allows for the separation of cars and buses through the construction of an internal drive system, which allows for ingress and egress between the schools (Hickory Flat ES, Dean Rusk MS and Sequoyah HS) without entering Hickory Road or East Cherokee Drive.

I'll focus mainly on this, since it eliminates many other variables such as road quality, driver license system, car type / age / quality, driver culture, etc..

Road pricing is a system of charging drivers to reflect car usage, with frequent drivers paying more than infrequent drivers.

A Hamburg mechanical systems company has purchased a small warehouse building on Amsdell Road that was previously home to Hamburg School Car Service.

Ms. Mark - Viverito noted the bill would not impact Uber and Lyft drivers already on the road, simply stop new cars from entering the system.

Here, the system can be specifically developed, through the addition of tolls and variable pricing, to discourage noncritical travel during rush hours and in certain regions that are most affected by an excess of cars and trucks on the roads.

It says the existing use of GPS satellite systems as a tool to avoid traffic build - ups will be extended to automatically debit the motorist's bank account for the cost of a road or mileage toll, and to allow police to monitor the speed of all cars.

Under the Motor Car Act 1903, all road vehicles were taxed annually at a rate of 20 shillings per year, with the system administered by county councils.

The decisions the current Government takes on transport to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»

Christina Simmonds, the Ukip branch chairman, said the party had focused on local issues — complaints over changes to the road system in the centre of town, car parking, leisure facilities.

As part of its Safe Road Trains for the Environment project, known as SARTRE, automakers are designing vehicle systems that would let cars safely tailgate on designated highways in a trainlike procession led by a professional driver.

Projected carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars could remain level at three gigatons through 2050 despite many more personal vehicles on the road with only minor and affordable changes to existing engines, chassis and systems, according to a new report.

With researchers in the car, the drivers were tested for the extent of their distraction, even as they kept their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel after hitting a voice - command system button.

Automated systems that would let cars travel in tight packs would cut drag and therefore fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, highway congestion and road noise.

Because these «read - only» systems record the use of a road by a particular car, they raise fears of Big Brother monitoring the movement of motorists.

In the next few years, Honda, Toyota, and other companies plan to introduce automated lane - tracking systems that sound an alarm or take over the steering if a car starts to veer off the road.

Warning systems can make a sound, alerting a driver that the car is straying out of its lane, either into oncoming traffic or perhaps off the road itself.

But you're not worried: you are being led to a clear stretch of road by your car's navigation system, which is chatting with billions of sensors embedded into the roads to avoid traffic snarls.

The government limits the number of cars on the roads by means of an elaborate system that has the effect of making cars expensive (a very reasonable goal, as those who have been in a Bangkok traffic jam can attest).

The researchers took the data used in the study, which lasted for three years between 2011 and 2014, from ISA systems that were installed in 440 of the Public Roads Administration's own cars.

The use of the device is simple: The laser system is set up on the side of the road to monitor each car that passes by.

Professor Rakotonirainy, from QUT's Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety — Queensland (CARRS), has researched the security systems of existing fleet, future autonomous and connected cars and found there was little protection against hacking.

The complete system, called Metro, will be an integrated network of underground and surface railways, shuttle buses and an improved freeway (motorway) system with new routes, high - technology aids to improve traffic flow, some toll roads, and «car pool» lanes reserved for vehicles carrying more than one person.

According to their preliminary agreement, the companies aim to offer services to support cars with ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) on the road today right... Read more →

Social dramas or «message films» expressed powerful lessons, such as the harsh conditions of Southern prison systems in Hell's Highway (1932) and I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), the plight of wandering groups of young boys on freight cars during the Depression in William Wellman's Wild Boys of the Road (1933), or the lawlessness of mob rule in Fritz Lang's Fury (1936), or the resourcefulness of lifer prisoner and bird expert Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) in John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz (1961), or the tale of a framed, unjustly imprisoned journalist (James Cagney) in Each Dawn I Die (1939).

Like in a system of freeways connecting various cities, the more cars going to certain destination, the wider the road that carries them needs to be.

Ferrari remains tight - lipped on the system as far as future road cars are concerned, stating that it «does not pass any comments on patents registered», and that there's no guarantee patented systems will appear on any future Ferrari road cars.

We've focused on user - friendly cars and crossovers with full - time AWD, so you won't find any trucks with off - road - style, part - time four - wheel - drive systems.

Technical highlights US company UQM makes the motors and their control system, Dundee - based Axeon makes the battery pack (the biggest yet seen in a road car), the gearbox is by Xtrac and Lotus put it all together to detailed specifications devised by Rolls - Royce.

The wing, which sits on carbon - fiber pylons, still has the Drag Reduction System feature of the road car, meaning it can alter its angle of attack from 32 degrees to zero degrees at speed to help bolster the car's top speed.

The second - generation Toyota Safety Sense system, launching in the middle of next year on certain models, adds a pre-collision system with day / night pedestrian protection and day bicycle detection function, lane - departure alert with steering assist, lane - tracing assist, road sign assist and full - range dynamic radar cruise control (except on manual transmission cars and trucks) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration / deceleration.

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.