Sentences with phrase «street car technology»

Believe it or not there are some things you can do with a street car technology wise that you can not do on a race car due to rules and regulations.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The director of Google's self - driving car project wrote in a blog post Monday that development of the technology has entered a new stage: trying to master driving on city streets.

Meanwhile, as all the major ride companies and automakers race to develop self - driving car technologies, Google's driverless vehicles are already traversing the streets of Mountain View, California.

The Audi SUV, modified with the latest technology from auto supplierDelphi, communicated with other cars, traffic lights and even alerted us when a pedestrian was near the street so we could avoid an accident.

Car crashes, and their after - effects are mitigated to various degrees by expensive technology (from street surface technology to driver training, airbags and traction control).

Cars that require little to no human input appear ever closer to reality as automakers like Audi AG, BMW AG, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. continue developing their own versions of the technology and Google Inc. sends driverless cars around the streets of CaliforCars that require little to no human input appear ever closer to reality as automakers like Audi AG, BMW AG, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. continue developing their own versions of the technology and Google Inc. sends driverless cars around the streets of Califorcars around the streets of California.

As L. Gordon Crovitz recently lamented in the Wall Street Journal: «If fast - moving technology hadn't collided with slow - moving regulators, this might have been the last summer you'd have to drive your own car.»

«I'm looking forward to seeing a full grid of I - Pace race cars in late 2018, soon after the first I - Pace road car hits the streets in Europe,» said Mäuser, adding, «Ultimately, this innovative series will serve to enhance the technology used in our future electric vehicles and benefit our customers.

Lexus has shown an autonomous version of the LS luxury sedan, Nissan says it will sell a self - driving car by 2020, Volvo hopes to test autonomous vehicles on Swedish streets by 2017, Mercedes - Benz is testing the fully - autonomous S - Class Intelligent Drive, and Ford has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University to build a self - driving Fusion sedan.

The combination of all this hardware represented the leading edge of technology not just for racing cars but also for street cars, as subsequent supercars have shown.

So when Polyphony contacted The Street and Racing Technology (SRT) group at Fiat Chrysler to create a new car for Gran Turismo 6, the guys relished their newfound freedom and invented the Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo.

Street Racing Technology, or SRT, is the Detroit based custom car builder who revel in their version of the old Dodge Viper.

Furthermore, Pedestrian Collision Mitigation technology scans the car's surroundings, making sure that the driver breaks if someone decides to cross King Street in front of the vehicle.

But as we get close to Sebring, I started thinking about the fight between Porsche and Corvette and how all that racing technology transfers to street cars.

On the weekend, not just getting the glory and spreading it to the street car, but the actual technology sharing.

A lot of technology on production cars — that is, the cars we drive on the street — has, over time, trickled down from the racing world...

The Corvette C7.R and production Corvette Z06 represent the closet link between race car and street car with the two sharing a common aluminum chassis, engine technology and aerodynamic strategies.

In case you hadn't heard, Apple is secretly developing self - driving car technology, and earlier this week, one of the tech giant's autonomous test mules was possibly spotted out and about on California streets.

Racing inspired technologies continue to make their way to the streets to provide for some of the most capable street cars in the world at a fraction of the price of their exotic competitors.

The automaker has been stressing since this car was first teased that it will be the first hypercar in the world to use true Formula 1 hybrid drive technology for the street.

It's more than 15 years since the first hybrid cars hit the streets, but one of the few automakers that hasn't at least dabbled in the gasoline - electric technology since then is Mazda.

A SRT (Street and Racing Technology) version of any of the Chrysler group products are as exciting as American performance cars can get!

The Z06 and Corvette Racing's C7.R share a development history that started with the C5 Corvette generation and both cars has been refined through technology transfer from street car to race car and back to street car during the C6 generation.

-- and with the new 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10, we've created some very powerful artillery for sports - car enthusiasts,» said Kipp Owen, director of Dodge's street and racing technology group.

With its all - new 1.4 - liter MultiAir Turbo engine, Abarth - tuned suspension and brake systems, race - inspired design, and technology features not traditionally included on a small car, the new 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth unleashes the brand's legendary performance heritage to the streets

Because the technology doesn't require the cars in question to be in each other's sightlines, such conversations can occur between vehicles around a street corner from each other, for example, so that each car knows the other is there before the occupants do.

Well, Maranello claims the car has been built using «the highest racing technology transfer on a street homologated Ferrari.»

«Delphi had great success testing its car in California and on the streets of Las Vegas,» said Jeff Owens, Delphi's chief technology officer.

Four of these were transformed into unique street art installations by the well - known Parisian artists André (AKA Monsieur A), JCDC, Surface To Air and Yorgo Touplas and focused on themes of luxury, design, sustainability and technology, to represent key aspects of the car.

While we're not likely to see a racecar engine nestled in under the hood of a street car, we will get suspension, chassis, brake and aerodynamic technologies that appear on the concept utilized on future STI - prepped road cars.

SRT, or Street and Racing Technology, agreed to develop the car further and although it's not clear if these naturally - aspirated V8 juggernauts will be around forever, I hope it's for a while longer because they're hugely entertaining.

You're looking at something that has «the highest racing technology transfer on a street homologated Ferrari,» so make no mistake - this is one of the most serious cars Maranello has ever bolted together.

The BMW M4 GTS Concept is a lightened, more deeply engineered version of the standard M4 with new performance technology for buyers who desire a race - ready, street legal M car.

«Racing has been a significant part of the illustrious history of Viper not only with wins on the track, but also in the continued development of the street cars — and our new 2013 SRT Viper models are proof of those lessons learned,» said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO — Street and Racing Technology Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Groustreet cars — and our new 2013 SRT Viper models are proof of those lessons learned,» said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO — Street and Racing Technology Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler GrouStreet and Racing Technology Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Group LLC.

Corvette's Product Marketing Manager Harlan Charles and Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter discuss the 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition and show us how technology transfers from Corvette Racing's C6.Rs to the production street cars and then back again.

«Our Michelin Bridge after Turn 17 is a great reminder of how we link our race tire technology in the Sebring pits to our tire technology in the paddock at the BMW, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche car corrals, and to consumers on the street,» said Baker.

Based on the street ready Audi TTS sports car, the TTS was chosen for this project because of its compatibility with a variety of in - vehicle technologies.

Racing and high - performance cars are central to the future of vehicle electrification and transferring advanced motorsports technologies from the track to the street.

Joining us is the Wall Street Journal Travel Editor Scott McCartney, who will report on the growing intersection of technology and travel, including one airport that parks your car with a robot.

Welcome to Redview County, where a street - racing rivalry between cops and racers never stops as both sides compete in an all - out war to take over the social, local and national media and earn the best cars, mods and technology.

Google Street View has mapped some amazing parts of the world thanks to their Street View car and, more recently, their Street View Trekker technology, a backpack camera rig that has allowed the mapping of off - road sites like the Grand Canyon and will soon conquer other hiking trails around the world.

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With other electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf and Opel Ampera hitting Europe's streets this year, the organization's first EV test signals a change in its testing strategy to accommodate the new technology.

To bring the street car back to New York — where trolleys were common until 1946 — the light rail line could draw power from fuel cells or other advanced technologies.

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With today's technology, it's an easy fix; just connect a GPS system to the throttle so that cars can not go over the speed limit set for a particular street.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is in the very early stages of preparing a mandate that would require that all cars driven on American roads, streets and highways to be equipped with what is now termed «vehicle - to - vehicle technology.»

Most teens are driving their car in any street without knowing the technology itself — the lack of knowledge leads to low level of potential usage of the car itself to avoid harmful situations.

The companies have reached a deal to put the software giant's technology into some Ford cars, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Before Porsche's exit, the World Endurance Championship made an even harder push to transform its top class into a testing ground for new technology in its manufacturers» street cars.