Sentences with phrase «traditional car companies»

It is really pretty pathetic how little the traditional car companies have advanced over the last decade, given the changes we've experienced in personal technology.

«Crowdsourcing is the traditional car companies» very, very big advantage,» says Rajkumar.

Big tech firms are competing with traditional car companies like Ford to map our world in the detail required to get driverless cars on the road

What is perhaps most significant, however, is the fact that traditional car companies will have to drastically change the way they operate, if they stand any chance of surviving in the millennial world.

Traditional car companies simply don't understand technology.

Many traditional car companies are testing this technology including Ford, Audi and Daimler's Mercedes - Benz as are upstarts like Google (GOOG) and Tesla (TSLA).

Not exact matches

Within four years, many car companies — Tesla, Uber, and Google's Waymo, along with traditional firms like Toyota and GM — expect to offer autonomous cars that can completely take on the driving task while also monitoring the road for any obstacles under specific traffic and weather conditions.

So if you need a car for a week, it makes more sense to go with a traditional rental company.

The company predicts that BEVs will comprise less than 10 % of the alternative propulsion car market over the next decade, compared with 70 % for traditional hybrids.

The car company is one of several that are exploring alternatives to traditional car ownership, including more flexible on - demand models.

A new report shows corporate travelers are increasingly relying on the ridesharing service, posing a threat to both traditional taxi and rental - car companies.

With the rise of Uber, Lyft, and other ride - sharing companies, traditional car and insurance companies will need to do something drastically different if they want to survive.

Traditional car manufacturers are a classical example of companies with low P / E ratio.

Hotels, car rental companies and airlines can use such «blind» booking sites to unload vacant rooms, empty airline seats and unused cars without lowering their prices on traditional sales channels.

The company's UberSELECT option provides more - luxurious cars and is typically more expensive than its standard service — but typically less expensive than hiring a traditional limousine.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

HARTFORD — Old and new collided at the General Assembly's transportation committee Wednesday as traditional automakers and Tesla Motors, for a second year, debated a proposal that would allow electric car companies to sell directly to consumers, instead...

«We see car sharing as highly complementary to traditional car rental, with rapid growth potential and representing a scalable opportunity for us as a combined company.

First, the company may pump the same ads into self - driving cars that appear on Google's search engine, and second, it may be able to profit through licensing arrangements that let traditional automakers participate in its ride - sharing and other self - driving services, he said.

Even Alphabet's self - driving company Waymo, which says it's possible it will supply its self - driving tech to automakers but in the meantime is working on its own cars in partnership with those automakers, brought their hardware efforts in - house in an attempt to edge out traditional suppliers.

Ride - sharing companies can currently operate in New York City under an arrangement with the city's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivers.

General Motors plans to become the first company to test self - driving cars in New York City, in some of the world's worst traffic, as traditional automakers battle technology titans to take the lead in the development of autonomous vehicles.

The day that car batteries get there, the demand will be so large that traditional companies like Ford and Toyota will be challenged by nontraditionals.»

As on the last Speed3, expect Mazda to offer only a manual transmission; the company has no experience with dual - clutch gearboxes and is unlikely to put a traditional automatic in such a performance - oriented car.

He pointed to Ford Go Bikes, its urban bike - sharing program, and plans to field fully autonomous ride - hail cars on city streets by 2021 as examples of how the company is moving past its traditional role as an automaker.

AM: To that point, the notion that many car enthusiasts and some media members seem to have is, if a certain type of car company builds something outside of its traditional wheelhouse, it ruins the brand or devalues the cars that people do love about the brand.

The Maserati Levante looks to take on fairly traditional sporty - crossover proportions, with a long and low hood the swoops down to the company's signature grille and squinty headlights, strong character lines that define the car's shoulders, and a tapering greenhouse that produces fatter, more aggressive rear fenders.

Australians have been able to buy Tesla cars online for several months, but the California - based company is to operate its own sales and service operations as opposed to the traditional dealer model in which third parties sell cars rather than the manufacturers.

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For J.D. Byrider, a used - car sales and finance company, Equifax developed a risk - assessment model that uses traditional credit data augmented with alternative data sources such as telecom and utility information.

Though the mobile wind tunnels have fewer sensors and less data - gathering capability than a traditional one, Ford says it still allows the company to use sensitive audio equipment to check cabin insulation close to where a car is built.

Tech companies are looking to expand their footprint from traditional consumer electronics, and car companies are competing to provide the latest in infotainment and connectivity services to their customers.

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By selling more of its cars to traditional customers, Swearingen hopes Mitsubishi can keep values of used models higher, allowing the company to offer lower lease rates and thus grow sales.

«To add speed, add lightness,» company founder Colin Chapman famously said, and with the aluminum Elise chassis, Lotus seemed to have finally found a way to adhere to its traditional lightweight values while making a car that was strong enough to meet 21st - century crash standards, if you will, head on.

The changes, described as the most significant of any «facelifted» model in the company's long history, are part of efforts to improve the traditional luxury sedan and wagon's competitiveness in the face of stiff German luxury - car opposition.

The three - door S3 appeals to traditional hot hatch buyers, but drivers with families or lifestyle hobbies may prefer the five - door S3 Sportback while the S3 saloon fits the bill for company car drivers wanting to make a statement with their choice of wheels.

But the 718 Boxster is the purest example of a traditional sports car the company makes.

The German company was losing sales to rival brands whenever its traditional sports car customers required a larger car for work, or to meet the needs of a growing family.

this car is incredible, the styling is chocking, amazing for a traditional company like Cadillac...

This road test explores the 2018 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited SUV — a sport utility vehicle made by a company that still sells a whopping number of cars in the traditional sense, including one of the top sellers in Canada.

A two - seater berlinetta, the Ferrari 458 Italia, as is now traditional for all Ferrari's road - going cars, benefits hugely from the company's Formula 1 experience.

The company aims to make you feel like you're carpooling all the time, even if you're the only one in the car, and now offers a service quite similar to a traditional carpool in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Alternatively, if you need a vehicle when you're on vacation, Turo is a good and often cheaper alternative to your traditional car rental company.

In a traditional car accident case, the only people involved may be you, a driver of another vehicle, and the driver's insurance company.

The court didn't buy it, holding that, whatever Zipcar might call itself, the very marketing claims relied upon by the plaintiff demonstrate that it does compete with traditional rental car companies, and there was no basis to treat it differently.

Car companies suggest that these oversized dash displays, which often times behave more like smart phones than the traditional dashboard, are actually safer than the design of older cars due to features like integrated voice controls that keep the driver's hands on the wheel or the large touch screens for tasks like navigation that are easier to manage than trying to fumble with a smartphone (not to mention the fact that these kinds of new features will almost certain boost manufacturer revenue).

When a person purchases a traditional car insurance policy, the insurance company will review their individual driving record to see if they have accumulated any traffic violations or have been involved in any motor vehicle accidents.

Most people purchase a traditional car insurance policy; however, some insurance companies are turning towards usage based policies.

That's right: unlike traditional taxi medallion companies or a black car service, almost anyone can drive for UberX, Lyft, and Sidecar.