Sentences with phrase «technologies of bigger cars»

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At Tesla, however, we felt compelled to create patents out of concern that the big car companies would copy our technology and then use their massive manufacturing, sales and marketing power to overwhelm Tesla.

This year, host Nora Young and I discussed some of the big trends from the show, including the rise of the connected home, health and fitness gadgets and the coming car technology revolution.

While Uber has invested heavily in autonomous - car technology, and CEO Travis Kalanick has said that's where the company's future lies, the battlefield is arrayed for a clash with big automakers like Ford, Tesla, and Mercedes, which are developing both self - driving technology and car - sharing software of their own.

Some of the biggest names in tech are putting a hefty lot of resources into the development of autonomous car technology, including Google, Volvo, Daimler, Tesla and Apple.

The crossover would add to Mercedes's growing line of lucrative top - end vehicles, such as this year's gas - guzzling AMG GT four - door coupe, as the world's biggest luxury - car maker seeks revenue to finance its expensive shift to battery technology.

GSR, which has invested in clean technology and electric cars, is also looking to buy a substantial holding in Chile's Sociedad Quimica Y Minera (SQM), one of the world's biggest lithium producers, Reuters reported in July.

But the world's biggest automaker said the car never had appeal beyond a core group of technology enthusiasts and environmentalists.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber and Waymo's industry - critical battle over self - driving car technology now includes allegations of cover ups, clandestine meetings and big stock payouts.

Mr. Brauer said the partnership between Volvo and Uber, which plan to invest $ 300 million in their self - driving car effort, was part of a growing trend of big automakers joining forces with technology firms.

The effect was big enough that people should have noticed the difference when coping with the glare of car headlights at night, for instance, says team member John Nolan, a nutrition and vision researcher at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland.

At the outset, it filed patents like any other company, because it was worried that bigger car manufacturers would simply copy its technology and drive it out of business.

The meaning of «premium» is ever fuzzier as the ability, quality and technology gap closes; Peugeot's view is that «premium» now means nothing more than having big, powerful cars at the top of the range which can shine their glory on the humbler machines below.

The similarly priced (# 65,784) Cayenne S E-Hybrid offers a lot of technology for the money and a promise of running costs far smaller than you'd expect for such a big car.

Aside from the styling, engine and technology upgrades the biggest news coming from Ford is that this new model will feature an optimised suspension set up for Europe, hopefully addressing some of our issues with the occasionally wayward handling of the previous car.

As to be expected for an in - car system, a big part of Apple's new technology integrates its Maps app into your vehicle.

The e-tron quattro concept provides a concrete foretaste of this,» confirmed Hackenberg, before later revealing, «We will use this car to introduce this technology to a bigger number of customers in the market.

Car and Driver has named Civic Si a 10Best Car for its brilliant adaptive damper system, sportier steering, bigger brakes and connected audio technology — calling it, «a blissful balance of fun and function.»

Like Audi, the BMW is also focusing big time on deploying semi-autonomous safety technologies in its upcoming range of cars.

One of the biggest trends on the economical car scene over recent years has been advances in technology such as cylinder deactivation (as used by VW Group cars), and new compression developments from the likes of Mazda and Infiniti helping petrol cars close the economy gap on diesel.

Audi also hinted at the future of its connected car technology, saying it plans to hook into Big Data and smart infrastructure in order to provide drivers with real - time information about traffic and parking.

«One of the biggest benefits we get from Corvette Racing is technology transfer: not just taking lessons from the race car to the production line, but also taking the tools we use to develop the race car, such as wind tunnel testing tools, and using them to help develop our production cars.

That would be okay if we were comparing equals but, although both SUVs share a lot of technology, the reality is that, in addition to flaunting a certain social status, the Tiguan is — among other things — a bigger, more substantial car with a larger - capacity, more powerful engine.

Reliable transportation, safety that is unmatched, comfort and support for long hours spent in the car, durability that lasts, technology that makes life easier, plus, the ability to transport more, bigger and heavier things; and Ram does all of it better than any other truck on the market.

Following closely the already facelifted Mercedes S - Class sedan, the 2018 S - Class Coupe and Cabrio will host a series of minor visual tweaks and, more significantly, a technology update meant to keep the biggest and most luxurious sports cars in Mercedes line - up competitive for another 3 years on the market.

The first Land Rover to be manufactured at Halewood 2008 LRX concept car previews design language of a new luxury compact SUV 2009 Fourth generation of the Land Rover Discovery introduced 2010 Range Rover Evoque, the world's first luxury compact SUV, makes global debut 2012 Fourth - generation Range Rover introduced — the first all - aluminium SUV 2013 New generation of Range Rover Sport unveiled at New York Motor Show 2014 Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division is officially launched 2014 Range Rover Sport SVR debuts, the fastest, most agile, most powerful Land Rover 2014 Discovery Vision Concept previews design vision for new family of Discovery vehicles 2014 Launch of Discovery Sport, a new premium compact SUV with 5 +2 seating 2015 Trio of end - of - line Defender editions revealed with biggest sand drawing in UK 2015 Exclusive Range Rover SVAutobiography long wheelbase launched in New York 2015 Evoque Convertible becomes world's first luxury compact SUV convertible 2015 One - of - a-kind Land Rover «Defender 2 000 000» sells for # 400 000 at charity auction 2016 Last Defender rolls off the production line 2016 All - new Discovery with world - first remote Intelligent Seat Fold technology launched 2017 Land Rover launches the fourth Range Rover, the Velar 2018 Limited Edition Range Rover SV Coupé debuts at Geneva Motor Show

Toyota gave its Prius c — the smallest of the brand's eight hybrid models — a major styling and interior upgrade for 2015; for 2016 the big enhancement is the available Toyota Safety Sense C (TSS - C), which equips the car with an array of driver - assist technologies: Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Assist, and Automatic High... Read more →

Not everybody needs a car with all the latest technology and all the most expensive luxury features, nor does everyone need a big SUV or truck to get themselves from point A to point B. For a lot of people, an affordable compact sedan is more than enough, which is why Volkswagen offers the Jetta, and it's why a new 2016 Jetta S comes with an MSRP of less than $ 18,000.

compact cars have seen some big improvements in recent years, and today's next - gen models now offer the same kind of technologies and comforts that used to be reserved for the bigger segments — only with more nimble proportions and higher EPA grades.

The standard model also is bigger, lighter, more powerful and more efficient than the outgoing version, while serving up cutting - edge technologies like forward collision warning, front and rear parking - assistance systems, Fender premium audio, a full portfolio of VW Car - Net connected services, Climatronic automatic air conditioning and 3D navigation.

Compact cars have seen some big improvements in recent years, and today's next - gen models now offer the same kind of technologies and comforts that used to be reserved...

Billed as rolling laboratory for the sort of driveline technology Mercedes expects to include on its luxury cars in the not - too - distant future, the big hydrogen - powered car gets an advanced fuel cell that, in theory, is capable of providing it with the performance to beat even the most powerful of today's S - class coupe models, the S600, while endowing it with zero - emission performance.

With the help of latest technology like big data, artificially intelligent, machine learning, VR & AR, IoT and physical - digital integrations, you can manage air ticket, hotel booking, cruise booking, car rental, rail booking, bus booking, hostel, packages and travel insurance at the single window of the advance travel portal system.

We tested our best ever fuel in conventional (port fuel injector) and emerging (direct injection) engine technology; in fleets of cars and trucks with engines big and small; and in engine test stands incorporating ASTM, industry standard and new, cutting edge test procedures.

As a big majority of them are right - handed, the cars are engineered and designed to be steered from the left side, which allows drivers to better protect themselves against the upcoming threats — when technology was imported to the other nations this designing choice was assimilated in their cultures as well.

The ad's not exactly scientific, and it's possible that the old diesel car they found to test the big diesel SUV against wasn't representative of the average diesel vehicle of yesterday, but it's still a good way to illustrate visually - in a way that anyone can understand - that current diesel technology has made big improvements.

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«Despite the big public debate right now, it will just be a niche technology,» BMW AG Chief Executive Helmut Panke said, forecasting hybrids to account for no more than 5 percent of all cars in the long term.

«We're in the early stages of the connected car market, but all the pieces are there for big growth and adoption: wireless technology, voice or touch interaction and smartphone apps to make our cars smarter.»

The oil shocks of the 1970s inspired him, he says, to pursue technologies to make a big car capable of 100mpg.

Part of the reason behind this reversal, says Elon Musk, is that at first Tesla was worried that if they didn't protect their technology, big car manufacturers would copy it and then use their massive scale advantage in manufacturing, sales, marketing, etc, to crush them.

Companies with big car / truck fleets will be looking at all sorts of hybrid technologies in order to cut transportation costs.

Either for Apple to help make the software for Tesla's cars and maybe even use some of the bigger Apple stores as showrooms for Tesla, or on something having to do with battery technology.

But instead of just the big car and concept reveals we've seen in past years, this year's show looks like it will be more about the technology that is in those vehicles, as well as what powers them.

It's a quick start to the year's biggest consumer technology show, with a slew of announcements from the likes of Acer and Lenovo and Asus, plus our first look at electric car manufacturer start - up Faraday Future.

While self - driving cars are now in development from not just technology firms like Google, but also big names like Mercedes - Benz, General Motors and of course Tesla, the car is still, for the most part, stuck -LSB-...]

The 400 - mile range is said to be made possible by the usage of graphene in electric car batteries, with the technology being referred to by Fisker as the «next big step» in the industry.

The bill pits some of the biggest car and technology companies in the world against consumer and safety advocates who argue that driverless cars aren't ready for primetime.

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