Sentences with phrase «test vehicle hitting»

The test involves the test vehicle hitting an offset barrier at 40 mph, with only a quarter of the vehicle's front hitting a barrier, a scenario that results in a challengingly asymmetric distribution of crash forces.

Not exact matches

An Uber self - driving vehicle flipped to its side after hitting a car in Arizona, prompting the car tech company to suspend its self - driving testing program.

In October 2014 the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle — 3 returned from a mission where some analysts believe it was testing technologies for hypersonic missiles — weapons capable of hitting any target on Earth within an hour — and, possibly, techniques for repairing or disabling satellites.

In one of the scenarios Honda is testing, the first car traveling in a group of three slams on the brakes to avoid hitting an animal, which sends an immediate warning to the following vehicles and sends a picture of the situation to their dashboards.

Audi will become the first company to test autonomous vehicles in New York when its demonstration car hits the streets of Albany in mid-June.

Side - Impact Test: Forecasts the chances of severe injury when one side of the vehicle is hit by a fixed barrier at just under 40 miles per hour and also when the vehicle is launched sideways at 20 miles per hour into a narrow pole.

Frontal Crash Test: Forecasts how well the vehicle's safety features and restraints protect occupants in a head - on collision when the front of the vehicle hits a fixed barrier at 35 miles per hour.

Hitting 60 mph in just 2.3 seconds, it's the quickest production vehicle ever tested by our colleagues at Motor Trend.

The test requires a vehicle traveling 40 mph to hit a stationary barrier that impacts just 25 percent of the car's frontal width.

Driver — Although the intruding barrier did not hit the dummy's head in this test, the head was not protected from contacts outside the vehicle.

Although the intruding barrier did not hit the dummy's head in this test, the head was not protected from contacts outside the vehicle.

The small overlap frontal test is considered one of the most difficult tests, as it challenges the airbags and safety belt to guard a person moving forward and to the side when the car hits an obstacle head on with 25 % of the vehicle.

Each test simulates an intersection crash in which a striking vehicle moving at 30 mph, represented by the barrier, hits the driver side of a vehicle going 15 mph.

Last winter I destroyed a tire like this on a test vehicle just slowly leaving a parking lot that had a single pothole I managed to hit.

It was hands - down the worst vehicle to drive across the fire roads on our test because the rear suspension would bottom and bounce till the driver got hit with an errant snack box or judging book.

Every single one of our vehicles goes through rigorous testing before it hits our lot, so you can be sure you're getting a great vehicle at a great price.

The rise of the luxury sport - utility vehicle likely will be one of the biggest trends of the 1998 model year.Every automaker that has brought out a rugged - looking but spiffed - up sport - utility vehicle has scored a solid hit this year, even if the thing can't really go off - road very well.In fact, this week's test vehicle, the stylish new RX 300 from Lexus, is more of a pretender than a contender when it comes to kicking up some serious dust off road.But that's OK - because the RX 300 was not really made for that sort of driving.

The purpose of this test is to mimic what happens when the front corner of the vehicle hits another object.

The TSP + rating also requires that a vehicle earn an Acceptable or Good rating on the IIHS» small frontal overlap test which simulates hitting a utility pole with the front corner of the car.

«The Institute's side impact test is severe, reflecting what happens when vehicles are hit in the side by a pickup or SUV,» says Institute chief operating officer Adrian Lund.

Add the Technik Package (fitted to our test vehicle) for $ 5800 and you get park assist with 360 - degree camera, active lane assist, adaptive cruise control with Stop & Go function, autonomous emergency braking and four - zone climate control (always a hit with the kids).

In this test, there's no chance that the heads of the dummies in a struck vehicle will be hit by the intruding barrier.

The Institute awards points based on how much the systems slow the vehicle to avoid hitting the target or lessen the severity of the impact in the two tests.

The 40 - mph front impact simulates a high speed vehicle - to - vehicle crash while the 50 - mph offset rear - impact test measures fuel system integrity when the vehicle is hit at high speeds on the side nearest the fuel filler tube.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles made the announcement, signalling the start of a partnership that will work together to develop and test around 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans with the goal of having the vehicles hit the road by the end of 2016.

You can also check the Vehicle Ratings area of www.hwysafety.org to see how cars rate on offset frontal crashes (NHTSA tests cars in head - on collisions; the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests cars hit in the front from an angle).

Added in 2012, the small overlap test replicates what happens when a vehicle runs off the road and hits a tree or pole or clips another vehicle that has crossed the center line.

The Tesla Model S initially had earned an acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which represents the type of crash that occurs when the front driver - side corner of a vehicle hits a tree or utility pole or collides with another vehicle.

The Institute's offset tests, conducted since 1995, involve 40 percent of a vehicle's front end hitting a deformable barrier at 40 mph.

These vehicles must stop or slow down without driver intervention before hitting a target in tests at 12 mph, 25 mph or both.

The test replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle hits another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.

Another technique used in rating safety of the cars is a side impact test which uses a moving deformable barrier that surpasses the front end of the pickup truck or a huge SUV which hits the vehicle after travelling at a speed of 31 miles per hour.

The video below shows the carnage of the new IIHS test shattering the A4's front pillars and popping the Audi's door open after the collision — a big no - no in crash safety because if the vehicle is hit again after the initial crash it will then eject occupants onto the road.

The heroes from the hit tactical RPG Valkyria Chronicles, developed and published by SEGA, have left Europa behind but brought the Edelweiss and Nameless tanks with them to test their mettle against World of Tanks Blitz vehicles.

The standards take full effect in 2020, although today's high prices could mean that new vehicles hit the 35 MPG test values by early during the next decade.

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The small overlap crash test simulates what happens when a vehicle strays over the center line and hits the oncoming vehicle in the corner or the corner, or the vehicle hits a tree or a pole.

They hit a dog while test driving this vehicle.

Uber had voluntarily halted testing companywide after one of its vehicles hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona.

If and when companies do get around to applying for a permit, they'll have to pay $ 3,600 to process the application, which allows up to 10 driverless autonomous test vehicles to hit the streets.

What the grand old system of churning out dues paying, commission seeking «licensed» real estate sales people amounts to is the equivalent of a sixteen - year - old passing a written test to acquire a driver's license, without the benefit of actually learning how to drive a vehicle safely and responsibly, because he / she has never been behind the wheel when the motor was actually running, and then being allowed to hop right into a 750 horsepower, 300 kilometer per hour race car, immediately being encouraged to hit the track (no practice laps) pedal to the metal, racing for the glory, the crown, and the prize money, along with the mostly other hacks who are clogging up the track.

Last month, about 3,000 vehicles equipped to share information about their speed and location hit the streets in Ann Arbor, Mich., as part of the largest road test to date of so - called connected vehicles.