Sentences with phrase «vehicles programs at»

The separate partnerships announced Thursday are a milestone for Aurora's founders, Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell, and Chris Urmson, all early pioneers of the technology who led autonomous vehicles programs at Google (goog), Tesla (tsla), and Uber (uber).

In a story about the weakening of fuel efficiency standards Fast Company quotes Don Anair, research and deputy director for the clean vehicles program at UCS who explains that the new standards would increase emissions and lower requirements in the future.

Not exact matches

Before NEA, Yanev was a Senor Investment Officer in the Bush and Obama Administrations, where he focused on investing in new cutting - edge technologies at the Federal Loan Program, a $ 150 billion investment vehicle.

Look at our space shuttle program, which lost two of its four primary vehicles, and two full crews, in the pursuit of science.

The unfortunate reality is the opposite: Electric car programs (or programs for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1 % of their total vehicle sales.

Though the country's claims about its technology are often exaggerated, North Korea's latest advancement in its missile program have drawn concern from officials at the White House, who have said the country is «developing a pretty good nuclear reentry vehicle.»

At the time, Musk said that once Tesla vehicles were fully autonomous, the company would set up a program for owners to make money off their car by letting other people use it.

Indeed, a close read of an entertaining profile of Khosrowshahi in The New Yorker, suggests the former investment banker even has cast a jaundiced eye at Uber's existentially important autonomous vehicle program.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

In 2014, the government set up a subsidy program called China's National Integrated Circuits Industry Investment Fund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to Bloomberg.

Add in to that equation the rich investing in automation technology like those ordering kiosks at Panera, self - checkout machines, autonomous vehicles, and even automated web design programs and it's a perfect recipe for pending economic disaster.

Executives at GM have expressed frustration that comparisons of monthly U.S. sales results among rival automakers are distorted by short - term discount programs, and by differences in strategy for selling vehicles in bulk to rental car fleets.

James Prior to this program, James served in the U.S. Navy as a Boatswain Mate Third Class Surface Warfare Specialist serving at Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, Seal Delivery Vehicle Team Two, Commander Submarine Force Group, Special Operations Command Central and on the USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60.

For instance, there are sports people whose astronomical talents justified everything ever written about them who ended up in the right place at the right time: Pele bubbling up from soccer - mad Brazil; Michael Jordan being born in basketball - mad North Carolina; Usain Bolt coming from Jamaica at a time when the island's track program is dominating the world and was a perfect vehicle for his nearly perfect talent.

Their commitment to the earth extends beyond the factory, with solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, and aggressive recycling programs at all their production and administrative facilities.

We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing use of pesticides and herbicides on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through local leadership.

Also at noon, NYC Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Ydanis Rodriguez announce the introduction of a bill to create a pilot program for electric vehicle charging stations on street parking, aiming to encourage the use of electric cars, and help reduce carbon emissions citywide, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

As a parent of a NYC public school student and a preschooler attending an early childhood program, I look forward to parent - teacher conferences as one of many vehicles that provides feedback on my children's development, their strengths and weaknesses, and strategies I can employ at home to support their cognitive and social - emotional growth.

This public awareness campaign by Erie County Clerk Jacobs and Sheriff Howard is designed to educate the driving public that a free program at the Erie County Auto Bureau is available to replace the defective license plates and to encourage vehicle owners to get new plates as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary law enforcement encounters.

«Commissioner Hooker has assured Governor Paterson that he and fair Director O'Hara will take the necessary steps to continue to reform the Fair's operations, including working in conjunction with the Office of the State Comptroller to conduct a thorough review and audit of the contract with the caterer for the State Fair; ensuring that all contracts are awarded using proper procurement policies; and amending policies to ensure that all state property is properly accounted for at the fair, to finalize the inventory control program and to ensure the proper use of State Fair vehicles.»

Adams» proposals for freeing up space at the plaza include an internal survey of staff transportation methods, off - site municipal vehicle storage and enrolling in the city's ZipCar membership program.

The new car will join the fleet of Connect By Hertz, a program that houses on - demand short - term rental vehicles at various locations, including Seward Park's garage.

On Friday at noon, Seward Park Cooperative will officially unveil its new electric car program, which includes the recent arrival of a Nissan LEAF all - electric car, and the installation of electric vehicle charging stations back in March.

My idea encouraged a sponsorship - based program to fund the costs associated with the electric charging station for electric vehicles at the Ulster County Building.

An idled program for vehicles driven by fuel cells is gaining new impetus from new programs at the U.S. Department of Energy

In the past, space exploration programs have adopted two main strategies in supplying mission crews with resources: a carry - along approach, where all vehicles and resources travel with the crew at all times — as on the Apollo missions to the moon — and a «resupply strategy,» in which resources are replenished regularly, such as by spaceflights to the International Space Station.

«It wouldn't be a great strategy for natural gas people to hope and wait for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in order to make a mutual strategy,» said Nicholas Lutsey, program director at the International Council on Clean Transportation.

The state renewable energy standard requires electric companies to meet emissions targets by investing ratepayer money into programs that green the grid and electrify vehicles and buildings, or else pay into a state fund at the end of the year.

At my school, University of California, Berkeley, the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship has an outstanding program that includes an annual business plan competition, the vehicle I used to launch my venture 6 years ago.

The APL, the research and development arm of the Baltimore - based Johns Hopkins University, is proposing to send a probe to Titan under NASA's Discovery Program, which caps budgets at $ 425 million, excluding launch vehicle.

These included the Clean Truck Program, which replaced the port's fleet of old, dirty diesel trucks with EPA - compliant vehicles equipped with particle filters, and electrifying the ports so ships can just plug in to power their infrastructure while at the dock.

Until their vehicle program was eliminated in 2005, the folks at Langley Research Center planned to roll out three prototypes in sequence: a small prop plane that would tuck its wings in on the highway (it shouldn't cost any more than a Mercedes - Benz); a two - seater with rear - propeller drive; and, for tight parking spots, one capable of vertical takeoff.

At the same time, the survey's respondents said, they would be much less likely to use a vehicle programmed that way.

Balbuena's research is supported by the Department of Energy as part the Battery Materials Research and Battery 500 Seedling programs, both of which are aimed at creating smaller, safer, lighter - weight and less expensive battery packs to make electric vehicles more affordable.

«Over the first decade of the 21st century, firearms ranked second only to motor vehicles as a cause of death for children and teenagers — Americans ages 1 to 19 — considered as a group,» said Garen Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., the study's senior author and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis.

«No other vehicle has had anywhere close to the same number of cycles on a lot of this hardware as the shuttle has,» said Jonathan Krezel, who's in charge of the shuttle transition and retirement program at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. «Some of this stuff is 25 years old or more.

NASA's newest heavy - lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, or SLS, was announced by the space agency at the aftermath of the cancellation of the Constellation program by the White House in 2010, which had the goal of returning astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2020.

Sponsors: Chemical Imaging Initiative at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, conducted under the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program (structural and chemical imaging analysis); Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies under the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies program (materials synthesis and property measurement; DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (materials synthesis); and DOE's Freedom CAR and Vehicle Technologies Office (materials syntProgram (structural and chemical imaging analysis); Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies under the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies program (materials synthesis and property measurement; DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (materials synthesis); and DOE's Freedom CAR and Vehicle Technologies Office (materials syntprogram (materials synthesis and property measurement; DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (materials synthesis); and DOE's Freedom CAR and Vehicle Technologies Office (materials synthesis).

At Simmons Cancer Center, five complementary scientific programs serve as vehicles for discovery:

Jessica Tucker, program director of Drug and Gene Delivery and Devices at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, said the approach outlined in the study has the ability to combine both imaging and therapeutic applications in a single platform, which has been difficult to achieve, especially in an organic, and therefore biocompatible, vehicle.

The Silicon Valley lab's Xcelerator open - innovation program at CES will show collaborations with VocalZoom, for applying its human - to - machine optical - sensor technology for in - vehicle voice control, and LEIA, using its nanotechnology for 3D images in in - vehicle displays.

Currently Fit EVs are lease - only vehicles, available through three - year programs at $ 389 / month, and only available in five select markets within California and Oregon.

A study of greenhouse gas - emissions by the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California at Irvine shows fuel - cell vehicles running on hydrogen derived from natural gas ultimately create far less GHG emissions than BEVs running off the U.S. grid, which is powered mostly by coal and natural gas.

I'm sitting at a dinner table with Mark Vinnels, McLaren Automotive's director of new vehicle programs.

Anyone who buys a new or Certified Pre-owned vehicle from Toyota of Naperville, or has service completed at our service center is eligible for the Toyota Preferred Owner Program.

Benefits of CPO programs to premium used car buyers I've been selling Porsche and Audi vehicles here at Prestige Imports for nearly a decade now.

«By automatically varying compression rates, [the] Raptor can now make the most of its suspension travel of 13 - inches at the front and 13.9 - inches at the rear,» according to Hermann Salenbauch, global director of Ford Performance vehicle programs.

The Chrysler Automobility program reimbursement may be combined with other eligible national and regional incentives available at the time of your vehicle purchase to help you save even more.

My husband and I wanted to buy a car from Hertz rent to buy program, but when we looked at their inventory at Essington Ave, we saw a few vehicles we

Through this program, Chrysler will provide a reimbursement to each eligible customer who installs qualifying adaptive driver or passenger equipment on a purchased or leased new Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram or FIAT vehicle (unless discontinued or excluded earlier at the discretion of Chrysler Group LLC).