Sentences with phrase «test fleet of cars»

BYD is also looking at making inroads in the U.S. — it showed its S6 and F3 models at last year's Detroit show, has begun discussions to sell its cars to Hertz for its fleet in New York City, andopened a service center near Los Angeles for the test fleet of cars currently being used by the City of Los Angeles Housing Authority.

Not exact matches

Volvo is currently deploying a test fleet of 100 largely autonomous cars among ordinary drivers in Sweden, though the AVs will be restricted to certain roads and speeds.

While Google is not any entrepreneur's rival of choice, Vogt is right that it has made his task easier in one regard: The tech behemoth has proved the concept works, having famously tested a fleet of self - driving Toyota Prius cars and Lexus RX luxury crossovers while mapping every inch of northern California and racking up more than 700,000 miles of robotic driving.

Many people assume Zoox, Google, and Uber (which revealed its own driverless test car in May) will eventually launch their own urban fleets of on - demand autonomous vehicles.

Ford is also trying to strike a balance between evolution, with its vehicle lineup's semiautonomous features, and revolution, with its test fleet of driverless cars.

The vehicles will join Google's existing fleet of 70 test cars — Lexus SUVs and its tiny handmade ones.

Reuters reported in February that General Motors Co's plans to deploy thousands of self - driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with Lyft, beginning in 2018, citing two sources familiar with the automaker's plans.

Ford has a similar timeframe planned and a new fleet of self - drive Fusion sedan test cars to help make this a reality.

A small fleet of test cars is gathered under the lofty roof of what has been nicknamed «Sergio's Aerodome,» a modern white - and - gray stadium worthy of a Roman emperor.

We received our first serious snow dump in Ann Arbor last week, but the Automobile Magazine fleet of Four Seasons test vehicles was ready for the cold, since we had fitted each car with a set of winter tires from various manufacturers well before Thanksgiving with the assistance of the Tire Rack, ou

The company is putting a small fleet of self - driving XC90s to the test in Sweden starting in 2017, as it continues its push to launching autonomous cars.

But its design came even more to the fore, looking like one of the more expensive cars in our multimillion dollar fleet of test vehicles, despite its sub - $ 50,000 starting price.

When it debuted as a 2011 model, the Nissan Leaf brought the possibility of all - electric driving to the masses — including us: Cars.com purchased a 2011 Leaf along with a 2011 Chevrolet Volt range - extended electric car for our inaugural long - term test fleet.

For what it's worth, my friends and I will probably skip next year's Frozen Four in faraway Tampa, Florida, despite my access to Automobile's fleet of Four Seasons test cars.

Volvo will begin testing a fleet of 100 self - driving cars by 2017, and Nissan plans to launch an autonomous car by 2020.

Ford is hard at work testing autonomous technology in a fleet of self - driving Fusion Hybrid sedan prototypes, and the automaker is pretty proud of just how well the car's sensors perform.

Volvo, for its part, will begin testing a fleet of 100 self - driving cars by 2017, and Nissan plans to launch an autonomous car by 2020.

We received our first serious snow dump in Ann Arbor last week, but the Automobile Magazine fleet of Four Seasons test vehicles was ready for the cold, since we had fitted each car with a set of winter tires from various manufacturers well before Thanksgiving with the assistance of the Tire Rack, our official wheel and tire partner.

Next, we move to Tire Rack's handling track, where the company usually uses a fleet of BMW 3 Series test cars to evaluate tire performance on a tight, technical autocross course.

This current fleet of fuel cell vehicles, so - called Generation 4 cars, will continue running around in various test fleets for another three years.

John Krafcik, Hyundai Motor America's president and CEO, said the response to the car at this year's New York auto show, along with positive comments from consumers and dealers who have spent time with a travelling test fleet of Korean - market Equus sedans, has prompted Hyundai to bring the sedan over to the U.S.

To expedite the development process of automous technology, Ford is expanding its autonomous test fleet to 30 cars, operating in California, Arizona and Michigan, with plans to triple it again next year.

Motor Trend keeps a fleet of long - term test cars at their headquarters in Los Angeles, California.

In a press conference at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volvo Cars, yesterday also said the all - electric Volvo C30 will be produced in 2011 for test fleets in Europe, China and the US.

0537 - Ahead of the last Paris motor show we were looking forward to seeing the Mazda MX - 5, Ssangyong Tivoli, Suzuki Vitara, Jaguar XE and Land Rover Discovery Sport — now, we've enjoyed all five cars on long term test, so the cars you'll see today and tomorrow could very well be on the Autocar fleet in the coming months.

Volvo Car Corporation plans low - scale production of a fleet of the vehicle for field testing with customers.

On the contrary, the self - driving team said that the tech is fed through its fleet of autonomous cars through deep learning technology, enabling all the Google cars to share these tests and experiences from real - world driving situations.

Our dark red test car, however, was making its last stop before being taken out of the test fleet.

We ran a TT test car on our fleet when it was first released, and had some issues with the electrical system — in particular the Virtual Cockpit — but the passage of time has likely allowed Audi to sort any long - form issues.

This particular car is a test vehicle from the factory fleet and as a result, is showing a bit of wear from its road miles.

After testing a bumper crop of expensive cars lately from Saab, BMW and Volvo, I had nearly forgotten what it's like to ride in the economy class.The 1998 Chevrolet Metro sedan has just given me a crude reminder.This small sedan - a staple of airport rental car fleets - isn't a bad car, but the low sticker price means you don't get much in the way of refinement or accessories.Forget about cruise control, power windows, mirrors and door locks.

Starting in April, Volkswagen of America will launch a test fleet of battery - powered E-Golf cars in select metro areas.

ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: We have a long history around here with the Mazdaspeed 3, having had long - term examples of both the first - and second - generation car in the fleet.

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.

Mitsubishi Motors and the Thai Government to start joint study for fleet testing of i - MiEV; MMC adding third plant in Thailand for global small car production

Right now in California, Google is testing a fleet of small, driverless cars, on some public roadways.

Rather they are the codenames used by General Motors for its fleet of self - driving cars currently being tested in California.

Apple has nearly doubled the number of self - driving cars in its California test fleet, according to new figures obtained by the Financial Times.

Following the fatal accident involving an Uber self - driving car striking a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, chip maker Nvidia has confirmed that tests of its autonomous vehicle fleet have been suspended temporarily.

Google's fleet of autonomous test cars is programmed to follow the letter of the law.

Ford will triple the size of its autonomous vehicle fleet to 30 cars from 10, and step up testing at its proving grounds as well as on public roads in California.

Intel's fleet of autonomous test vehicles will grow to upwards of 100 cars this year.

JLR is no stranger to the self - driving car market, as it has previously invested $ 25 million with US ride hailing service Lyft to help develop self - driving car technology, and has provided a fleet of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles to assist with testing.

Back then, Waymo did not use Intel tech for every part of the self - driving car like it did today, instead using Intel processors and other core technologies to drive individual parts of the autonomous test fleet.