Sentences with phrase «test vehicle built»

Trained new employees according to VSCL standard operating procedures within the test engineering and the test vehicle build groups.

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April 27 - A heat shield used in a NASA spacecraft designed to send a six - wheeled rover vehicle to Mars in 2020 suffered an «unexpected» fracture during a structural test this month, causing the space agency to build a replacement, the space agency said.
This typically indicates an automaker is building the cars on production equipment to test the manufacturing process and the new vehicle.
The Pegasus platform builds on top of Nvidia's existing Drive PX computing systems that are already used in many self - driving vehicle tests around the world.
NASA has a long history of launching them, and Virgin Galactic — Richard Branson's aerospace company — is now building and testing a suborbital vehicle called SpaceShipTwo.
Waymo already has partnered with Fiat Chrysler to test self - driving vehicles and publicly stated it will not build its own car.
The company needs time to build up its fleet from the two cars it has now and go through the various regulatory requirements such as getting the vehicles smog tested and registered, the spokeswoman added.
A New York Times report in August said Apple was going to test its autonomous vehicle technology in a shuttle that transports the company's employees between buildings on its campus.
Airbus has previously claimed the so - called «Vahana» project will build and test an autonomous flying vehicle by the end of 2017.
BMW may get state aid worth 18.7 million euros to build a test center for self - driving and electric vehicles in the Czech Republic.
By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters)- Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it is building a closed - course test facility in Michigan for its self - driving vehicle technology that will...
Video analysis of the latest test led some analysts to conclude that the missile caught fire and disintegrated as it plunged back toward Earth's surface, suggesting that North Korea's engineers might not be capable yet of building a reentry vehicle that can carry the warhead safely through the upper atmosphere.
General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) has built 130 autonomous Chevrolet Bolt test vehicles in a factory setting and is deploying them in three American cities, CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday.
Not only are there tons of beautifully constructed displays to inspire your inner architect, but there are also opportunities for Lego enthusiasts to build their own vehicles and test them out on real tracks.
Scale models are built and collected for many reasons including, in engineering, for testing the likely performance of a design object at an early stage without the expense of building a full - sized prototype; in remote control vehicles; and on TV and in the movie industry, for constructing objects or sets that can not be built in full size.
Consequently, no launch vehicle today stands ready to take people to the moon and back, although the Falcon Heavy rocket built by private spaceflight firm SpaceX, which is currently in testing, may fill the void.
And based on the timeline for building SLS and Orion, a 2021 Mars mission would be the first crewed flight for both vehicles, which would mean skipping a piloted test flight closer to home.
The team's end - to - end research approach includes theoretical analysis of SOPs in the environment, building specialized software - defined radios (SDRs) that will extract relevant timing and positioning information from SOPs, developing practical navigation algorithms, and finally testing the system on ground vehicles and unmanned drones.
«Tiny nanomachine successfully completes test drive: Researchers build a one - wheeled vehicle out of DNA rings.»
Once the registered teams have built their vehicles, they'll need to successfully complete two rounds of testing and judging by an expert panel before taking home any prizes.
«When NASA develops new technology for launch vehicles like Adaptive Augmenting Control, we want to test it in order to mature the technology and build our confidence in it,» said Tannen VanZwieten, NASA Marshall's SLS flight control lead.
Home > Press > Tiny nanomachine successfully completes test drive: Researchers at the University of Bonn and the research institute Caesar build a one - wheeled vehicle out of DNA rings
That includes the cost of developing two new launch vehicles from scratch (Falcon 1 and Falcon 9), developing the Dragon spacecraft, conducting seven launches, including an orbital test flight of Dragon, and building out the infrastructure for two separate launch sites.
They specialises in methamphetamine «P» testing of houses and other property such as commercial buildings, motel units, vehicles, and almost anything else.
Testing and reconsidering the world around them using play - based learning, engineering is the natural vehicle for children to learn science and mathematics, in order to design, build, and test their theories.
The Google cars that have been on the road for years of testing have all been vehicles built by others that replaced the driver with Google tech.
But normal wind tunnels used for automotive testing are expensive to build and operate, meaning it's pricey to run a completed vehicle through the test.
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 law, enacted in 2015, gives small - volume manufacturers — those building fewer than 5,000 vehicles per year — the right to produce up to 325 turn - key vehicles annually with a crash - test exemption.
The USDOT seeks an in - depth report delineating the history, current state and evolutionary trajectory of the build, test and validation activities assocaited with the lifecycle of automotive control system software in vehicle production and across other transpotation areas and other domains, such as advances in computing hardware and automation.
The automaker had also been working on installing a similar system into a light - duty Dodge Ram pickup, but ultimately elected only to build a handful of plug - in electric Ram test vehicles for a project concocted with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Ford owners depend on the solid craftsmanship and innovative technology built into all Sunrise Ford Hollywood vehicles serving Glendale, Burbank, San Fernando and other Los Angeles area car shoppers are invited to stop by our Ford Dealer showroom, take a test drive and see why so many car shoppers are choosing Ford over the competition.
People with some training in electronics, computers, photography, auto mechanics or fabrication (machine tools and welding) prepare vehicles for testing, calibrate and install sensors, build test fixtures, calibrate and maintain test dummies and film crash tests.
The Ford Transit Connect is engineered to stringent Ford Light Commercial Vehicle Durability Standards - tested to 150,000 customer - equivalent miles - and Built Ford Tough ® to meet your requirements for reliability, all day, every day.
All other assessments, ratings, and vehicle specifications are based on an Institute test of a 2014 model Camry built after the front structure was modified.
«Unofficial testing results at the Michigan State Police 2018 model - year vehicle evaluation event created such a stir among law enforcement agencies that we simply had to find a way to build this vehicle,» said Steve Beahm, Head of Passenger Car Brands, Dodge / / SRT, Chrysler and FIAT — FCA North America.
Beginning with 2015 models built after July 2015, the vehicle's computer software was modified to optimize frontal airbag and seat belt pretensioner impact sensing, primarily for the small overlap frontal test mode, but also to a certain extent for the moderate overlap mode.
The racing safety program is built on the foundation of GM's world - class safety research and testing programs for passenger vehicles.
And with the built - in family entertainment system that was installed in our test vehicle (a $ 995 option), the kids can watch their favorite movies on those long trips.
A total of 181 prototype vehicles were built, completing over 11,000 tests over their lifetimes around the globe, ensuring total confidence in the robustness of build and design of the vehicles
«We also wanted to evaluate a group of vehicles that automakers wouldn't expect us to test to see if crashworthiness improvements in mainstream cars also are being built into convertibles.
The Outlook and Acadia are the first new GM vehicles I've tested in years that felt as if the company had built a premium into the manufacturer's suggested retail price, as if GM knows its offering is clearly superior to anything else on the market.
Then last year I tested the awkward - looking X-90 sport - utility vehicle, which worked fine, was built well and offered a good value.
The XL7 is built in a GM plant in Canada; the tested vehicle was a 2007 model incorporating the airbag and seat belt changes for 2008 models.
The test vehicle will be built upon Volvo's Scalable Product Architecture, which is the same platform as the XC90.
2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick + when equipped with optional Automatic Emergency Braking and LED headlights with Dynamic Bending Lights on vehicles built after September 2017 To qualify for 2018 TOP SAFETY PICK +, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver - side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as an acceptable or good rating in the passenger - side small overlap front test.
According to the American automaker, the «test vehicle was built to mimic the typical stair - step enhancements many amateur racers make with their production Camaro SS models, including swapping the differential for a numerically higher ratio and adding horsepower - building components such as a cam - and - heads package to push the SS's LT1 engine to more than 530 horsepower — and about 600 horsepower with a power adder.»
2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick + when equipped with optional Automatic Emergency Braking and High Beam Assist on vehicles built after December 2017 To qualify for 2018 TOP SAFETY PICK +, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver - side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as an acceptable or good rating in the passenger - side small overlap front test.
It is built using the ACE body structure, which has helped with earning high crash test ratings for Honda vehicles.
Though the design may be old (30 years old, in fact), the vehicle's remarkable robustness, with thicker - than - average sheet metal and hand - built construction, has allowed it to sail through every government crash test with flying colors.
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