Sentences with phrase «test vehicle did»

Also, on the highway, our 11,000 - mile test vehicle didn't like to do straight without small steering inputs.

Our test vehicle did not come with its accessory roof - rack system, but we spotted an owner who had outfitted their 2015 RX 350 with a kayak carrying kit.

Our test vehicle did suffer from detectable road noise at higher speeds; however, we attribute this to our AMG test vehicle's high - performance Pirelli tires.

My test vehicle did not have the optional third - row jump seats.

The diesel Touareg should be able to tow anything short of a battleship, but because the test vehicle didn't have a trailer hitch, we couldn't try it.

We did notice that our test vehicle did not have a matching spare under the bed.

Our test vehicle didn't have much in the way of power equipment.

And while my test vehicle did have 19 - in.

The Jaguar XE has not yet been tested by IIHS, but in Euro NCAP testing the vehicle did well, earning five stars.

Not exact matches

Walmart declined to comment on when it plans to test the vehicles and how it plans to do so.

Expect to lay out at least a few hundred dollars, depending on how much work needs to be done, says Dan Edmunds, director of vehicle testing at auto website Edmunds.com.

At least in early test flights, he continued: There is a «real good chance that that vehicle does not make it to orbit.

«The fact that Tesla would ship a car that doesn't have everything all worked out is a bit off - putting to me,» Dan Edmunds, director of vehicle testing, said in a phone interview.

While Tesla went the way of adding sensors to all its production vehicles to gather data, most other automakers and tech companies are doing it through captive test fleets, which all vary in sizes.

While IIHS and dozens of other private industry groups around the world have methods and motivations that suit their own subjective purposes, the most objective and accurate independent testing of vehicle safety is currently done by the U.S. government, which found Model S and Model X to be the two cars with the lowest probability of injury of any cars that it has ever tested, making them the safest cars in history.»

During the early phase of self - driving vehicle testing, Arizona refrained from adding new restrictions on companies testing on state roads, Biesty said, adding they did not believe any new regulations would add to safety.

In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Winterkorn was one of six defendants charged in an alleged scheme where they knew VW vehicles did not meet U.S. emissions standards and used software to cheat the U.S. testing process.

Through research, testing, media, and advocacy, Consumer Reports and Consumers Union will continue to push all automakers to ensure their vehicles are safe, regardless of whether a human or an automated system is doing the driving.

Toyota, whose North American headquarters is in Plano, had been doing on - road testing with self - driving vehicles in Michigan and California.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

Unlike California, where Uber had been testing since spring of 2017, Arizona state officials had taken a hands - off approach to autonomous vehicles and did not require companies to disclose how their cars were performing.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is doing tests using semi-automated vehicles including models from Tesla, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and General Motors Co..

Car seats are required to be tested on specialized sleds that do not have the same type of floor as a passenger vehicle.

In reaction, the former army major said «when we go for operations in Congo, Liberia and other places, Ghanaian army drivers drive our own vehicles because what time do they have to test the drivers who have been trained here in Ghana».

«What we have to do is to take this truck and the other accident vehicles to the testing officer to test and give us his expert advice.

«I think you can be almost 100 percent certain that they've done [re-entry vehicle] tests on the ground,» Wit told Space.com.

In order to test the unit features, the researchers did different tests in a controlled environment, causing the bus to brake when it detected the proximity of a person while the vehicle was running.

The only thing they can do: conduct thorough forensic analysis and testing on the affected vehicles and all of the throttle components to evaluate every possible explanation as quickly as they can.

Blue Origin has been somewhat secretive about the progress of its spaceflight vehicles and rockets; the company typically doesn't announce test flights until they are already completed.

It really made me feel like they just want to spend money on design and fabricate some test vehicles but not launch them because # 1 it to expensive and # 2 they really don't know where to go or than an asteroid mission because Planetary Resources really doesn't want to spend their own money on R&D... Considering the events in the Ukraine and Iran... The world may end before the SLS / Orion goes anywhere other LEO or maybe just maybe to the Moon!!!

Namco designs the games to appeal to a wide audience; they don't require an in - depth knowledge of intricate vehicle mechanics, and they don't require things like license tests.

In what ways does your school and district promote curriculum and instruction as a vehicle for addressing student need for affirmation, contribution, power, purpose, and challenge versus promoting curriculum and instruction as something to be mastered for a test?

And they fund the same vehicles to achieve their goals: charter schools, high - stakes standardized testing for students, merit pay for teachers whose students improve their test scores, firing teachers and closing schools when scores don't rise adequately, and longitudinal data collection on the performance of every student and teacher.

That car got heavy use, being a favorite of our video and photo crews and a perfect chase vehicle when doing comparison tests of other cars out in the desert.

Certified Auto Parts Association (CAPA) is an independent testing organization which does just that for vehicle parts.

Steve Austin was a pleasure working with and did not want to take me on a test drive in a vehicle unless he knew I had a chance of scoring, so not to get my hopes up.

«It sports the best navigation system graphics out of all vehicles tested,» opined online editor Ed Tahaney, while features editor Rory Jurnecka noted, «if you can only have one car to do it all and need four doors, the A4 is an excellent choice.

I needed to renew my vehicle license, so I took it to the people who do the drive clean test and they said this valve was the problem.

We think the question of choice is personal and powerful, and a one - to - one confrontation between vehicles reveals character in a way that giant test groups do not.

There is definitely a distinct preproduction press - car feel to our test vehicle — the horn doesn't work and, as Marc noted, first gear has a way of completely disappearing.

Honda usually impresses me with its interiors, but this Honda Pilot test vehicle's cabin doesn't look or feel like a $ 30,000 - plus SUV.

Volvo remains the only automaker to claim responsibility for any of its vehicles involved in an accident while operated by its autonomous systems, but the Drive Me test program is being conducted with 100 Volvo XC90s on just 50 kilometers (31 miles) of limited - access highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, which, I am told, doesn't get much snow.

I worked in the auto industry and understand a vehicle just sitting can lose pressure, but I still do not find a warning light on acceptable to test drive.

Ignoring how it performed on the vehicle for this example, does the hand - test have any validity here?

Not only does the clutch suffer from less - than - ideal engagement point and a lack of feel, but our long - term test vehicle went through a clutch in less than 15,000 miles.

We've tried to ensure that our test vehicles represent a useful level of features — nicely equipped, as they say — yet don't cost too much.

Features My test vehicle was nicely equipped, though it didn't feature leather seats, power seats or steering wheel audio controls.

What you've suggested is about the easiest way to test it while on the vehicle... just be careful you don't ground the other end; --RRB-

All cars have to pass a roadworthy test, so first things first always check that the vehicle you are interested in has a roadworthy certificate, however don't take the word of the seller, ask to see it.

Chris was great, he had the car ready to show us right outside, while we were test driving the car the dealership was appraising her old vehicle which was pretty much a formality since it was basically worth the metal that hadn't rusted off yet and were done before we got back, he knew we were buying the car together and made sure each of the things we were concerned about having in a car were met, when we got back the negotiating was painless and we agreed on a very fair price and got the financing in order.