Sentences with phrase «run a car company»

Building cars that people don't want to buy is not a profitable way to run a car company so manufacturers edge their new models towards production extremely cautiously, taking the temperature of consumer demand all the while.

Besides Fisker's obvious mismanagement and lack of a clue how run a car company, that last part is what bothered me most.

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The company's Open Automotive Alliance launched in January intends to do for cars what Android did for phones by running an Android - like platform directly onto a vehicle's dashboard.

GM helps shape self - driving car regulations When Illinois state Rep. Michael Zalewski introduced legislation allowing car makers to run self - driving taxi services, he had help from Mary Barra's company.

Anyone at a big car company or running a dealership or making car loans will tell you that a US market above 16 million in annual sales is a very good market.

«Back in the day, these companies were run by car rental guys,» says Neil Abrams, an industry consultant.

Their most famous ad showed Tim (now the company's CEO) submitting to a run through the car wash to test a Columbia parka, at his mother's behest.

Tesla Motors, the electric car company run by billionaire Elon Musk, said its first - quarter revenue grew by more than 50 %.

He's committed to running the company at least through the projected ramp up in production of a third - generation car, which is at least three to four years away.

«We're not the ones driving the cars or running a taxi company,» says Andrew Macdonald, general manager of Uber Toronto.

He was running a company and, at the time, he drove an old, beat - up car.

New on - demand services, from ride - hailing company Uber to home - delivery service Instacart, all rely on armies of workers to run errands, park cars and handle other jobs.

Uber had faced a long string of serious setbacks: A self - driving car that ran a red light, a lawsuit for allegedly stealing the information to create that self - driving car, a scandal about software designed to deceive law enforcement in cities where the company was operating illegally, and video of Kalanick cursing out a driver.

For instance, last year the company defied California state regulators to run a self - driving car experiment in San Francisco.

But Lee still sees a potential advantage for Tesla: While the company's «frenetic pace of experimentation is not the most efficient way to produce cars in the short run,» he writes, «it might be the best way to learn the lessons Tesla needs to learn to produce cars more efficiently in the long run.»

Didi's designers and engineers envisage dedicated vehicles that will likely look very different to the cars used today for commuting and running errands, the people close to the company said.

The company includes years of repair service in the initial price of the car, running afoul of the car - dealership business model, which relies on revenue from service stations.

By focussing on the software and driver experience over the vehicle's physical performance, Breitfeld hopes to avoid repeating the same mistakes as Faraday Future — an electric car company that has run into financial difficulties after unveiling its FF91 vehicle at CES last year.

At the end of August, the company received a permit to run self - driving car tests in California, alongside an earlier permit that it got in Korea, and announcements like today's will make sure that they will have not just their own tech, but that of partners, to put into those vehicles.

But taking drivers out of the equation would also increase the company's profits: Self - driving cars give Uber 100 percent of the fare, the company would no longer have to subsidize driver pay and the cars can run nearly 24 hours a day.

In early March, he authorized self - driving vehicle companies to run tests without a person in the car to act as a safety operator.

It's remarkable how negative hype mounts when you're running the world's hottest car company, and can't seem to hit production targets for your best - selling — actually, that is the most - ordered, since Tesla can't sell them until it builds them — model, the $ 35,000 - and - up Model 3 sedan.

You'll first need to find that perfect plot of land, then check the zoning, then you need to get a building permit, hire an engineer to make some drawings, contract a company to build the car wash, and then there's absolutely no guarantee that it will make money because no one has tried to run a car wash in that location before!

The company runs a a two - wheeler service under Ola Bike, a three - wheeler service under Ola Auto and taxi cab service where it offers on - demand short distance conveyance in hatchback, sedan and luxury cars, outstation trips and rental.

According to Bloomberg, Google intends to create an Alphabet - run company dedicated to essentially competing with Uber, proffering cars that can chaffeur you from place to place without the hassle of hiring scores of drivers (according to SFGate, companies like Uber and Lyft experience a high employee turnover).

Sources close to the car - hailing company said that the decision to leave was multi-faceted, including Whetstone's lack of appetite for even more drama after running comms at Google for many years before her stint at Uber.

That has different implications for a company like GM, which manufactures and sells cars, than Google, which has indicated that it doesn't have plans to make cars, only the technology that runs them.

Occasional horrific news stories hint at the me - first legacy of Maoism: A toddler was run over by a car, and no one stopped to help; a greedy company put melamine in milk destined for baby bottles; a Red Cross worker apparently pilfered funds meant for victims of the Sichuan earthquake, spending the money on designer bags and fancy cars.

The big car companies are starting to sense that their franchise for mayhem is running out.

Denver Wine Collector Loses $ 1.7 Million to Crooked Vendor, Sues Insurer: A Denver wine collector who once ran the nation's fourth largest HMO has sued an insurance company for failing to cover his losses after a California vendor took the collector's payment for $ 1.7 million and instead of using it to buy wine, spent the money to hire female escorts, buy luxury cars and pay his daughter's college tuition...

In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister filed for bankruptcy protection for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up for sale on eBay a month after news broke that his entertainment company was being sued by Wachovia Bank for over due credit - card payments; and penniless former NFL running back Travis Henry was jailed for nonpayment of child support.

We think it looks pretty great in that classic BMW M - Sport livery, but the company has a history of running interesting and eye - catching «art cars» at Le Mans.

«The Brush is the simplest car built, the least liable to trouble, the easiest to understand and learn to operate, the safest to run, the most economical to maintain, and, last but not least, the easiest - riding car in the world...» Brush Runabout Company Brochure

The Government plans to adapt road regulations, which requires changes to the Highway Code, to allow companies to start running trials of cars that do not need a human driver.

The workers on Monday morning locked up the offices of the CEO and other executives seized their official car keys and deflated their tyres in protest at what they describe as unacceptable how the company is being run.

It will be run by SolarCity, a power provider chaired by Elon Musk, a co-founder of PayPal and CEO of the Tesla Motors electric car company.

Zray is also one of those crazy paddle board companies that apparently tested these things by running them over with a car!

Dyvig left the university in 1972 for a variety of day jobs, including running an aerial photography company and working at a car dealership, but as the years went by, Dyvig nursed the dream of owning his own observatory capable of professional - grade work.

Do - it - yourselfers who don't want to depend on the oil companies have gone to elaborate lengths to run their old cars on biofuels, often by processing used vegetable oil salvaged from restaurant deep fryers and storing the result in a tank in the garage.

So, if a pharmaceutical company creates an Alzheimer's drug to target memory based on research into one type of memory — the part of the brain responsible for finding missing objects, for example — but doesn't also have data on the type of memory that helps individuals remember the important people, places and things in their life, it runs the risk of producing a product that helps a person remember where they put the car keys, but not how they met their spouse.

Next Episode: We will have model and athlete Andy Hnilo on the show to talk about his amazing recovery from a hit - and - run car accident that changed his life and inspired him to create a new company Alitura Naturals that sells only natural skincare, haircare and cosmetic products.

AshleyMadison Runs Another Controversial Ad Campaing (DCist) For promoting company have launched cars driving around the region with the service's slogan --» Life is Short.

At the company - run D23 Expo's animation presentation, executive John Lasseter revealed plans for a Cars / Planes spinoff movie set in outer space.

But while the criticisms may sting the sensitive - seeming John Lasseter and company, it's likely to have run off their shoulders easily: «Cars 2» outgrossed its predecessor globally and moved product like it was a damned garage sale, and signs are that they're back to their more creative side for this year's «Brave.»

Starting with an officially - licensed 1967 Ford Mustang fastback replica body from Dynacorn, the Florida - based company has updated the pony car with modern running gear, creature comforts, and updated safety equipment.

To run the newly created BMW Motorsport department, the company poached Jochen Neerpasch from Ford, where he'd been running the touring - car championship — winning Capri program.

The company's wide grille dominates the car's nose, with LED light pipes running from the headlights down to the base of the bumpers.

Tom Threlfall got the story / Centenary Brighton Run preview — Elizabeth Bennett tells us what to expect on 3rd November when the Run celebrates its 100 - year anniversary / 1925 Hupmobile straight - 8 — The story of this unconventional classic is told by Chris Bowes / Chenard - Walcker history — Jan Norbye recounts the story of the French company which produced cars from 1901 to 1946 / H.R.G. — «The Sportsman's Ideal» — This month The Editor regales us with his impressions of a post-war example of this traditional sports car / Rileys dead and buried — Malcolm Bates tells of a chance meeting which led to exciting news of interred Rileys / Last of the summer wine — Some superb veteran cars took part in the VCC's Mid-East Main Event.

AC 1930 - 1940 Michael Worthington - Williams continues his history of this well - known manufacturer / London to Brighton Commercial Run A report on this year's HCVS — Scania event from Nick Baldwin / Origins of car company names Bryan Goodman reveals some of the less obvious sources of car manufacturers» names / 1930 Studebaker President The story of a beautifully restored Eight Roadster model is told by Douglas Ormrod / 1906 Renault 20 - 30.

Here he takes a forensic look at the formative years of the Aeroplane Company's offshoot / Pioneer Run — Don Larkin reports from the Royal Irish Automobile Club's popular event for early cars