Sentences with phrase «vehicle platform engineering»
Lawrence Oswald, vice president for hybrid electric vehicle platform engineering, said Chrysler anticipates the hybrid Durango will represent about 15 percent of the vehicle's annual sales.
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Those who have left Uber in recent times have included the VP of maps and business platform Brian McClendon, president Jeff Jones, AI lead Gary Marcus, communications SVP Rachel Whetstone, VP of global vehicle programs Sherif Marakby, VP of product Ed Baker, SVP of engineering Amit Singhal and self - driving car head Anthony Levandowski.
His career work has focused on engineering research related to ginning and production of cotton, most recently measuring cotton fiber quality and contamination, and applying unmanned aerial vehicles as remote - sensing platforms for the production of cotton and other crops.
The KAI has also been engineered under the next - generation Skyactive Vehicle Architecture platform.
Ford executive chairman Bill Ford confirmed at the Detroit auto show this week that both the Ranger and Bronco would be body - on - frame vehicles based on the T6 platform that was engineered in Australia.
While the all - new Bronco is expected for 2020, it and the upcoming U.S. Ranger will be body - on - frame vehicles based on the T6 platform engineered in Australia.
Polestar shares technology and engineering resources with Volvo, and the Polestar 1 rides on a version of the current Volvo platform for its larger vehicles.
According to Bill Gubing, chief engineer for the Police Interceptor line, the new engine option is lockstep with Ford's strategy «of offering a choice of either sedan or utility vehicle based on a common platform, and sharing a large amount of common components, including powertrains, brakes, wheels / tires, seats, and maintenance items.»
The vehicle looks like nothing more than an up - sprung V40, and is an engineering mule, which is most likely using a CMA platform based chassis.
A new engineering platform responsible for a top - shelf standard multilink rear suspension and an optional adaptive variable suspension — the first such suspension on any Toyota vehicle
All these positive changes in the ride and handling department are due to the new TNGA (Toyota New Generation Architechture) platform on which this vehicle has been engineered.
This collaboration between Waymo and FCA engineers enabled the teams to design a self - driving vehicle built on a mass production platform.
The GA - L platform is the stiffest in Lexus history, enabling engineers to create a vehicle with enhanced handling, ride smoothness, and cabin quietness.
The platform is constructed from a combination of hot - formed high - strength steel, aluminium and carbonfibre reinforced plastic and has been engineered to suit a number of different vehicle types, including SUVs, saloons, coupés, cabriolets and what are described as «further models».
As the world looks for more efficient vehicle designs that combine sophisticated and sleek lines with functionality and fuel economy, the Kia Ray concept is a bold new collaboration between design and engineering and inventively showcases a futuristic four - seat compact sedan based on the Kia Forte platform and demonstrates a prospective plug - in hybrid vehicle configuration from Kia.
«The platform, in general, can take 4x4,» Ford of Europe's head of vehicle engineering, Joe Bakaj, told Autocar.
Many parts are shared among vehicles on the two platforms, and a high level of flexibility has been engineered into the assembly process.
After heavily stressing that the vehicle they were in was just a prototype, which explains away the lack of interior fitments, the engineer shows off the car's planted platform thanks to rear - steering torque vectoring, as well as its insanely rapid acceleration, claimed to be zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.39 seconds.
Now the company is back to square one, having to restart its battery engineering and vehicle platform, find a partner for its autonomous technology which is the crux of its market position, and prove to Nevada — and the rest of us — that it can actually produce some results and instill some confidence into the startup.