«In essence, the 918 is a street - legal track tool,»
says vehicle development leader Eugen Oberkamm.
Not exact matches
«There are two ways to connect a car: There's the original telemetry readings, but the new phase, now that we have 4G is infotainment devices, and the
vehicle as a hotspot,»
says Larry Zibrik, vice-president of Market
Development at Sierra Wireless, a Vancouver - based company that's become a global leader in the modules that allow machines to communicate over cellular networks.
He
said achieving a stronger ethics culture was a core business goal, «just as are
vehicle development and marketing.»
«Autonomous
vehicle technology is another step closer to production at Ford,»
said Raj Nair, Ford's group vice president for global product
development.
The Army's expedited APS effort is being managed by a coordinated team of Tank Automotive Research,
Development & Engineering Center engineers, acquisition professionals, and industry; it is intended to assess current APS state - of - the art by installing and characterizing some existing non-developmental APS systems on Army combat
vehicles, Army officials
said.
Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda
said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement, and manufacturing to tame
development costs as it acknowledged it must look beyond conventional
vehicles to survive in an industry which is moving rapidly into electric and self - driving cars.
«By integrating our self - driving system into the
vehicle from the beginning, and through close coordination between the hardware and software teams, we have evaluated potential failure modes for all systems, and addressed them throughout
development to ensure a safe and reliable product,» the report
says.
Musk
said that the iPhone maker, which has been incredibly secretive about its car plans, may be too late to the
development of autonomous
vehicles to be a big threat.
«While the P100D Ludicrous is obviously an expensive
vehicle, we want to emphasize that every sale helps pay for the smaller and much more affordable Tesla Model 3 that is in
development,» the company
says.
Technology
development is very fast, and the future electric
vehicles seem to meet our needs in terms of reach, safety, and costs,» Eckhoff
said, according to an E24 report.
«You could see (autonomous
vehicle)
development peel away from the joint venture partner,» he
said.
Ford also
said it would invest $ 200 million in a data center in Flat Rock to support advances in
vehicle connectivity and future
developments in autonomous
vehicles, but it will not result in any new hourly jobs.
«Through this cooperation with Alibaba in connectivity, our focus is on human - centric innovations that provide our customers with a digital experience, both in and outside the
vehicle, in order to meet their changing needs,» Hans Georg Engel, head of Mercedes ‐ Benz Research and
Development China,
said in a statement.
The Tomahawk embodies ingenuity and furthermore is a great
vehicle to drive and promote our engagement towards sustainable
development»,
said Mike Kakogiannakis, co-founder of Dubuc Motors.
A Department for Transport spokesman
said: «Britain can lead the way in the
development of autonomous
vehicles that have the potential to transform the way we travel.
The Central New York Regional Economic
Development Council
said its application to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Upstate Revitalization Initiative will focus on «key drivers of growth» for the region, including the growing unmanned aerial
vehicle industry.
Empire State
Development President Howard Zemsky agrees with that assessment in part,
saying the program isn't the only job creation
vehicle for New York.
President John Mahama
says the Savannah Accelerated
Development Authority (SADA) was back on track and will be the vehicle to promote investment in the savannah regions for d
Development Authority (SADA) was back on track and will be the
vehicle to promote investment in the savannah regions for
developmentdevelopment.
A Fellow of both the Academy and IET, Professor Roger Kemp of Lancaster University,
said: «The side of electric
vehicle development most often in the public eye is the launch of new hi - tech
vehicles at motor shows, but ensuring a hassle - free adoption of thousands and eventually millions of plug - in cars will require concerted effort on much less spectacular
developments.
He
said the state will provide $ 30 million for the headquarters, which he
said would be involved in the region's emerging unmanned aerial
vehicle research and
development sector.
If the region receives $ 500 million over five years under the initiative, $ 250 million, or half the state aid, would be invested to develop, among other things, an air traffic management system for unmanned aerial
vehicles so they can be safely integrated into the nation's commercial airspace, members of the Central New York Regional Economic
Development Council
said.
«Our cells may provide a substantial opportunity for the
development of zero - emission
vehicles with a driving range similar to that of gasoline
vehicles,»
says Elton Cairns, of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) at Berkeley Lab.
«While there is still work to be done in driving to completion of the
vehicle development program,» Whitesides
said, «the dedication event is an opportunity for us to recognize all the people in New Mexico and around the world who have worked so hard to turn a patch of ranch land into the world's first commercial spaceport.»
But NASA chief Michael Griffin has
said that the effects of the cuts will be felt across the board, from
development of the shuttle replacement
vehicles to the many space - science programs.
For example, the cheaper, more powerful ultracapacitors under
development by FastCAP Systems, another ARPA — E awardee, are intended to «finally make hybrid
vehicles cost - effective,»
says Riccardo Signorelli, founder and president of the fledgling company.
«Software can come in many different forms; it can simulate data, it can incorporate your algorithms, or it can be used for statistical analysis of your results — it's really a geomatics tool that can be used from end to end,»
says Cannon, a professor of geomatics engineering at Calgary and an expert in the research and
development of satellite navigation tools used by land, marine, and airborne
vehicles.
The fuel could be delivered to the depots by relatively small rockets — a process that advocates
say would provide a market to stimulate commercial
development of new and perhaps cheaper launch
vehicles.
Professor Rakotonirainy
said while most
vehicles built within the last decade had features allowing them to connect to the internet and communicate with devices within the
vehicle, the
development of intelligent transport systems meant future cars would be connected to wireless networks as standard and would offer a higher level of automation.
«We've got a real fun race going on here between plugging in
vehicles and storing electricity in the battery versus pumping hydrogen into a tank and creating electricity from a fuel cell,»
says Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research and
development.
NASA's announcement today makes no mention of how much the
vehicle will cost, but it attempts to allay concerns by
saying that the program will significantly reduce
development and operations costs by using «technological investments from the Space Shuttle program and the Constellation program.»
Hui Huang, the Canadian - educated director of the Visual Computing Center,
says the Chinese Academy of Sciences has similarly attracted Western scientists who are co-powering progress in such fields as «electric
vehicles, integrated circuits, pharmaceutical
development, and computer science.»
Candace Wheeler, technical fellow at the General Motors Research and
Development Center,
says research from the DOE's Bioenergy Research Centers is helping to meet the diverse energy needs of a growing fleet of GM
vehicles.
Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business
development manager for Valence's
vehicle systems program,
says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to
say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,»
says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of fuel - cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.
One might
say that the shirtdress is a perfect
vehicle for the
development of personal style.
«We've been in research and
development for almost three years to solve a dire need for a simple, stable, fun bike lane - friendly and clean commuter
vehicle,»
said President of OjO Electric, Dale Seiden.
«Most important is a supportive environment,»
says Knee, who also takes advantage of webcasts, podcasts, and other
vehicles for professional
development that are free and available twenty - four hours a day.
Cadillac president Johan de Nysschen
said recently the next
vehicle in
development is a compact crossover below the XT5 in size that should arrive by 2018.
«We will import
vehicles from all over the GM world using the scale, expertise and power of our global product
development team,»
said GM Holden chairman Mike Devereaux in a statement.
«The Tesla - Toyota joint
development team has agreed that building the
vehicle at the Woodstock plant on the same line as the gasoline - powered RAV4, will streamline and simplify the production process and guarantee the highest level of quality control,»
said Ray Tanguay, TMMC Chairman, in a press release.
«Electric
vehicles will absolutely play a role in Jaguar Land Rover's future product portfolio and Formula E will give us a unique opportunity to further our
development of electrification technologies,» Jaguar Land Rover group engineering director Nick Rogers
said in a statement.
David Lee, Velocity VP of production and
development says, «Will has outdone himself this season with a wide range of
vehicle customizations and top - level clients, putting his classic Team Unique touch on each and every project.
Engineers developing drivetrains for the new cars also
say their research will help near - term
vehicle development, particularly in the areas of increasing fuel economy and decreasing emissions.
«We and the EPA have learned a lot with the introduction of the hybrid and high efficiency
vehicles,»
says Ford product
development vice president Raj Nair.
At least two executives from large U.S. suppliers
say a race for environmental -
vehicle development superiority may be shaping up between U.S. / European interests and the Japanese.
GM
says that the partnership with LG's Electronics
Vehicle Components division helped to accelerate the
development of the Bolt EV, which was first announced at the 2015 Detroit auto show earlier this year.
Aside from the obvious powertrain
development, the F - Type program «required a fundamental shift in Jaguar DNA,»
says Ian Hoban, who's been with the automaker for 23 years and now serves as
vehicle line director for all its products.
Despite the belief of many that the Volkswagen Phaeton full - size luxury sedan was the answer to a question nobody asked, VW
development chief Heinz - Jakob Neusser
said that an all - new Phaeton was in the works, and despite superficial appearances, that the business case for it was quite good, as it serves as a test - bed for putting new technologies into production, and ultimately putting them into more mass - market Volkswagen
vehicles, Britain's Autocar reports.
Although GM
says its experience with the eAssist system helped expedite the
development of the 2014 Malibu's new start / stop system, the two drivelines share no common components and, apart from shutting down the engine when the
vehicle comes to a stop, operate completely in completely different manners.
Edmund Donges, General Manager CA Methods and Processes in Chassis Engineering of BMW and responsible for the
development of AHK,
said a test
vehicle equipped with AHK was noticeably faster around the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit than without.
«We are timid when it comes to bigger SUVs,»
said the person familiar with Hyundai's
vehicle development who did not want to be named as he is not authorized to speak to the media.