Sentences with phrase «than a passenger car»

Automakers realized they could increase their profit margins by driving consumers to trucks, which then as now were subject to less stringent requirements than passenger cars.

And each of these trucks creates thousands of times more damage to roads and bridges than a passenger car.

With greater mass and built - in inertia than passenger cars, trucks present a greater challenge for autonomous driving.

That's the primary reason that in 2016, based on vehicle miles travelled, motorcyclist fatalities occurred nearly 28 times more frequently than passenger car occupant fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

Add to that the details we were being provided by the engineer about the high - tech, fragile - sounding stuff inside the engine — the «i - VTEC,» a system of «intelligent» valve timing that allows all 16 valves to open and close at precisely the correct time, for precisely the correct duration; a compression ratio of 11:1, more like a race - car engine than a passenger car; and a fuel injection system so sophisticated that rocket scientists would be scratching their heads.

A contributing factor is that larger vehicles (SUVs, pickups, and minivans), which have become increasingly popular, have larger blind zones than passenger cars.

Nice thing is they're more useful than a passenger car too.

There are many systems and innovations that have been adopted accross the CV industry earlier than in automotive — Adaptive Cruise Control, Predictive Cruise Control, lane departure warning are probably more widespread in CVs than passenger cars.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

This is particularly true for commercial truckers whose vehicles are up to 30 times heavier than passenger cars.

In 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in motor vehicle accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Commercial trucks are larger than passenger cars, sometimes as much as 30 times as big.

In fact, motorcyclists are nearly 34 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a traffic crash and 8 times more likely to suffer injury.

Tractor - trailers, 18 - wheelers, and other trucks weigh far more than a passenger car, so the impact of a crash is massive.

Commercial trucks are heavier and larger than passenger cars, vans and SUVs, which means they typically cause more serious injuries to accident victims such as:

In 2007, per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a traffic crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Although any vehicle can roll over in the right circumstances, vehicles that are taller have a higher center of gravity, which makes them more likely than a passenger car to roll.

Motorcyclist fatalities account for 14 % of total crash fatalities, and per vehicle mile traveled, bikers are about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash and 9 times more likely to be injured.

Semi trucks tend to travel more miles every year than a passenger car because semi trucks are used for commercial purposes.

Determining fault for a bus wreck is difficult because these vehicles generally have more people involved in their maintenance and use than passenger cars and motorcycles do.

It is not automatic because your insurance company may not insure vehicles other than passenger cars and trucks, but it is definitely something to look into.

Not exact matches

Having seen the interior of the new X-Class, it's one that's definitely geared more toward surviving wear and tear than the cosseting leather - lined cocoons we are used to seeing in Mercedes» passenger cars.

Increases in emissions from air and sea transport will more than offset the savings from passenger cars unless new technologies can somehow make the same kind of impact on them as Elon Musk et al. have had on the car industry.

SUV sales rose more than 30 % in the country last year while passenger cars sales climbed only around 10 %, says China's Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

China is now the largest SUV market in the world and last year SUV sales rose more than 30 %, while passenger cars sales climbed only around 10 %, according to China's Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Passengers looking to catch an Uber may see more cars chugging along the streets of their smartphone screens than are actually in their area, according to Motherboard.

The deadline could be set for more than two decades from now, at least according to a manager from China's biggest passenger car exporter, Chery Automobile Co..

More than 21.1 million passenger cars were sold in the country last year, a 7.3 percent increase from 2014.

«Overall, the Semi is more responsive, covers more miles than a diesel truck in the same amount of time, and more safely integrates with passenger car traffic,» says Tesla in its official announcement.

Last month, market research firm Counterpoint Insights forecast that the global connected car market would grow 270 % by 2022, with more than 125 million connected passenger cars to be shipped between 2018 and 2022.

Never mind the general public... Some examples: 1) the passenger in front of us on our first flight, whom when my daughter was crying while we waited to take off and I said something aloud such as «I'll nurse her once we take off and then she'll be quiet», had to tell everyone around us that she was a nurse and that I was essentially a bad mom to not nurse my baby during takeoff (sorry lady, but the reason I bought her a seat was for her to be in her car seat during takeoff as it's much safer than in my arms nursing).

Though it is designed to offer extra leg room for front seat passengers, it may still be bulkier than most infant seats in the rear - facing position, therefore might not fit well in compact cars.

«I've personally done more than 5,000 car - seat checks and seen only 14 seats that were installed correctly,» says Benjamin Hoffman, M.D., a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician and associate professor of pediatrics at the Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland.

To put these numbers in perspective, the amount of carbon dioxide the state would need to reduce, to make up for Indian Point's closure, is the equivalent of the annual greenhouse - gas emissions of more than 2.4 million passenger cars.

«For frequent commercial traffic of New York companies, for frequent passenger cars who use more than $ 50 - 60 in tolls a year, I want to give them a tax credit that cuts the tolls in half,» Cuomo said.

In a written response, the executive director of the Thruway Authority, Tom Madison, says large trucks put «thousands of times more wear and tear on the road» than cars but are currently charged just five times as much as passenger vehicles.

In a written response, the Executive Director of the Thruway Authority, Tom Madison, says large trucks put «thousands of times more wear and tear on the road» than cars but are currently charged just five times as much as passenger vehicles.

Schumer says thanks to his efforts, a fleet of some 25 baggage - bicycle cars is being built at the Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) Facility in Elmira, and he'd like nothing less than seeing them added to passenger lines traveling upstate from Penn Station.

Over the last decade, diesel passenger cars accounted for more than half of all new sales in Europe, according to Schaeffer.

Electric cars generate next to no heat as opposed to conventional passenger vehicles, which produce more than enough engine heat to heat the interior.

«If you are in a car and want to stop within a certain fixed, short distance — without too much jerk — it's best to apply the brakes evenly rather than all at the end so passengers feel a constant deceleration force,» he says.

Now they are matching up drivers and passengers who should get on well enough to keep a car pool going for more than a few months.

Less than 1 percent of passenger cars are now new energy, but the pace of growth raises their potential to worsen smog.

Within the sector, light - duty vehicles like passenger cars and smaller trucks, including SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans, were responsible for more than 50 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

Mid-range travel — over 300 kilometers, or about 185 miles — should turn over half its passengers to rail, which moves a person for less energy and emissions than a car does.

Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, showed off its Fusion Energi plug - in hybrid and promised to start production of a new Focus EV that it expects to be «the first five - passenger, all - electric car to achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel efficiency rating.»

In 2006, more than 50 percent of passengers killed in car crashes were not wearing seat belts; 31 percent of all drivers killed also did nt buckle up.

There are also a few cameos from Nick's friends — Ray Winstone (who starred in the video for «Jubilee Street»), Kylie Minogue and Blixa Bargeld (longtime guitarist for the Bad Seeds) explaining why he left the group in 2003 after 20 years with the band — who appear as hallucinations in the passenger seat of his car, rather than through a standard interview segment.

So it's no surprise that the Civic sedan feels roomier than any other car in this comparison, even though its interior passenger volume of 94.6 cubic feet is much the same as its rivals.

The Model X weighs more than 5,200 pounds and has the proportions, roofline, and shape of a six - passenger utility vehicle, which it is, but the car corners absolutely flat and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds.