Sentences with phrase «vehicles being driven on»

Note that this law indicates that it only applies to vehicles being driven on the highway.

Car manufacturers require that tire pressure be set to the required psi before the vehicle is driven on the roadway.

A special device is used to measure how far the light is projected as the vehicle is driven on five approaches: traveling straight, a sharp left curve, a sharp right curve, a gradual left curve and a gradual right curve.

This system analyzes the nature of the surface the vehicle is driving on and then resets the parameters of the machine to be more productive.

(By allowing the gasoline engine to run when the vehicle is driven on the highway, the battery's charge can be preserved for city driving, where pure battery operation is the most beneficial.)

Each vehicle is driven on a standardized road - test loop and visits the publication's test track for instrumented testing in controlled conditions.

By allowing the gasoline engine to run when the vehicle is driven on the highway, it helps preserve the battery's charge for city driving, where pure battery operation is the most beneficial.

The J - turn maneuver is a path - following maneuver where a vehicle is driven on a test course consisting of a straight lane followed by a fixed radius curve.

Anytime a vehicle is driven on the road, not towed, insurance is required to be driving legally.

Not exact matches

As electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving range).

Instead they'll be able to learn tasks on their own and alter their behavior based on what on what's happening around them in their environment, like an autonomous vehicle that knows to drive more slowly during a sudden downpour.

During the call on Wednesday, Musk said that the reason the company has delayed the drive from Los Angeles to New York is because the code isn't quite ready to roll out to all Tesla vehicles.

Hackett has focused on streamlining Ford's core vehicle business while also recasting the company's message for investors who are captivated by self - driving cars and the arrival of upstart competitors such as Tesla.

When the survey is completed, «consumers are given their top three matches along with the car's photo, description, specifications, and a number of tips on safe driving and vehicle maintenance,» writes Marketing's Michelle DiPardo.

Before self - driving cars can be deployed on a mass scale they need to be able to do more than recognize objects in the surrounding environment; they also need to be able to communicate with other vehicles.

Today, the future for autonomous vehicles is bright, and it is expected that there will be millions of self - driving cars on the road by 2035, creating a multi-billion dollar market.

They add that Project Titan has been «re-focused on developing an autonomous driving system that gives Apple flexibility to either partner with existing carmakers, or return to designing its own vehicle in the future» and that «executives have given the car team a deadline of late next year to prove the feasibility of the self - driving system and decide on a final direction.»

The lab's primary focus is working on ways to use artificial intelligence for applications in its products today — or the near future — and not just a moonshot like self - driving vehicles that would be ready years from now.

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

For Vancouver, I was design lead on the entire identity for the torch, so I designed the emblem, and all the supporting materials — all the vehicles and banners that followed the torch as they ran and drove and flew it across the country.

«He could either follow behind it like we drove it in here the other day, or he could be in a foxhole or... under cover and operate the vehicle on the battlefield,» James Miller, BAE's director of business development for combat vehicles, told National Defense Magazine.

And considering that transportation represents more than half of all oil use in the world, the type of vehicles we're driving will have a huge impact on that industry.

The location - based services offered in connection with our Mobile App (s) or feature (s) are for individual use only and should not be used or relied on as an emergency locator system, used while driving or operating vehicles, or used in connection with any hazardous environments requiring fail - safe performance, or any other situation in which the failure or inaccuracy of use of the location - based services could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or property damage.

The Pegasus platform builds on top of Nvidia's existing Drive PX computing systems that are already used in many self - driving vehicle tests around the world.

Musk has extensive experience with A.I. technology through his business ventures: Tesla's self - driving vehicles rely heavily on artificial intelligence, while his startup Neuralink is trying to link people's brains with computers.

But some were also concerned it could hinder Europe's biggest carmaker in its efforts to cut costs and improve efficiency, as it embarks on a huge investment in electric vehicles and self - driving technology.

Self - driving vehicles like the ones being developed by Google are thus on the fast track to becoming a reality, which is good for a number of reasons.

«To be perfectly honest, although the GTC4 improves on the FF in many, many ways, I'm zagging when others are zigging about the car — the FF was more about driving, while the GTC4 sensibly updates the vehicle to be more organized around technology and convenience.»

Beneficially, this should allow 2018 to be the year that we focused more on electric cars — they've had their thunder stolen by self - driving vehicles, which don't need to be electrified.

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

While self - driving vehicles will be revolutionary on their own, their greater benefits will only be felt if and when they can become part of the internet of things.

«We wanted to provide an update to the Uber accident that occurred overnight on Mill Ave. just south of Curry Rd.. The vehicle involved is one of Uber's self - driving vehicles.

The analysis assumed each car drove 15,000 miles — roughly the national average — at a rate of 30 kilowatt hours of electricity per 100 miles, based on the median mileage rate for Tesla Model 3 and Model S vehicles, according to figures reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The two - seater vehicles that are tested on public roads are equipped with removable steering wheels, accelerator pedals, and brake pedals so test drivers can take over driving if necessary.

Google is teaching its self - driving cars to share the road with cyclists, the company said in a monthly report on its autonomous vehicle testing program.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

It recently signed an agreement with tech behemoth Tencent to cooperate on artificial intelligence (AI)- driving and «smart» vehicles.

New features in the vehicles being tested in San Francisco include the ability to drive on hills, change lanes and share the road with bicycles.

And Volvo will use the same vehicle for its own autonomous driving project, which is based on a plan that still envisages having a driver in the car.

From early stage consumer infotainment features, to ride sharing and on - demand mobility services, to fully autonomous vehicles in the future, connectivity in the car has been the driving force behind recent automotive technology advancements.

Mallaby, a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, begins in 1900 with the birth of hedge fund inventor Alfred Winslow Jones, and presses forward through a narrative history of this most inscrutable of financial vehicles, and the men (and they are overwhelmingly men) who have driven them.

While these vehicles can still perform off - road, manufacturers say they are now designed to be driven on pavement as well, making them more suitable for use as an everyday vehicle.

That's no surprise: Self - driving vehicles are likely to be a transformative technology, and we Fools love to get in on those early on.

Self - driving cars may sound futuristic, but Washington state is leading the way right now on developing autonomous vehicles that could help save lives, reduce carbon emissions and create jobs.

All three vehicles in each convoy will still have a driver in the cabin — but it's a significant step forward in efforts to test autonomous driving technology on British roads.

A woman in Tempe, Ariz., died after being hit by a self - driving car operated by Uber, in what is believed to be the first fatality of a pedestrian from an autonomous vehicle on public roads.

Another key update for the software is that it enables vehicles to drive autonomously on simple urban streets.