Sentences with phrase «slow urban driving»
Watching the trip computer, I noticed that slow urban driving took a particularly heavy toll on the fuel economy, dragging the average down.
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Like Uber, Google is intent on developing self - driving cars for urban taxi use — reasoning that the slow speeds and relatively predictable environment of city streets that can be thoroughly, digitally mapped is the best and safest near - term purpose of autonomous vehicles.
If you mainly drive in urban environments and you put fuel mileage above all else, the negatives of the stop / start system — rough and slow transitions, and the ability to operate only for short periods of time — could be worth the incremental improvement in economy.
Toyota says the i - TRIL Concept targets those customers who «still wish to have fun whilst driving even at slow speeds in the urban environment,» and that the study is a viable alternative to A and B segment cars, other EV products, and even motorcycles.
And many of the features that default to on, such as collision avoidance, can not be truly disengaged, so that urban and highway driving can be cumbersome as the vehicle is constantly slowing down by cars coming in close, and when approaching a slower vehicle in preparation to pass.