Sentences with phrase «vehicles tested this year»

Of all the vehicles I tested this year, none felt as safe and secure in bad weather as the British - made Land Rover.

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Lyft announced a partnership earlier this year with GM to test a fleet of self - driving vehicles on public roads.

«We're pretty close to sending crew up to the Space Station - that's currently scheduled for the end of next year,» he said, referencing the upcoming Dragon 2 vehicle that SpaceX is testing.

Now, California's motor vehicles officials face an end - of - year deadline to write regulations that will allow driverless cars to go from testing to use by the public in June 2015.

By year - end the company expects to have the largest fleet of autonomous test vehicles of any automaker.

The fallout from the accident could stall the development and testing of self - driving vehicles, designed to eventually perform far better than human drivers and to sharply reduce the number of motor vehicle fatalities that occur each year.

The company started testing its vehicles on Toronto streets last year.

Earlier this month, GM announced plans to test autonomous drive vehicles in the Detroit area late next year.

Private spaceflight company Blue Origin is eyeing crewed test flights of its reusable suborbital space vehicle starting next year.

According to the CEO, the autonomous I - PACE fleet is set to start testing sometime later this year, with Waymo deploying as many as 20,000 of the vehicles within two years of production.

«As we continue to test drive our fleet of vehicles in greater Phoenix, we're taking all the steps necessary to launch our commercial service this year,» a Waymo spokesman said in an emailed statement.

As SpaceX and Boeing race to begin test flights of their crew - rated vehicles by year - end 2018, all eyes are on the commercial launch providers ---- and what their success will mean for the American entrepreneurial space industry.

InvestoCopy had temporarily closed their trading platform last year saying they needed to work on a new brand vehicle for their services which is to be launched in early 2016 after a period of testing.

Project will further on - road testing in the Kanata North tech park, where BlackBerry conducted the first demonstration of an autonomous vehicle on a public street in Canada last year.

The company received the official go - ahead to test its autonomous vehicles in three major Chinese cities earlier this year.

With plans to begin testing its autonomous technology in 30 Ford Fusions this year, the company hopes to gather enough data to develop level 4 vehicles that are able to drive better than humans.

«Out of 84 model - year 2016 and 2017 vehicles tested in our Car Seat Checks, only six have made the Cars.com Car Seat Honor Roll,» said Jennifer Newman, Cars.com managing editor of news.

2 Nevada law states that children must ride in appropriate child restraints until 6 years of age and 60 lbs.; however, children won't fit the vehicle seat belt correctly to not suffer injury in a crash until the above 5 - step test is passed, which happens around ages 9 - 11.

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is currently consulting on new measures that mark the most significant revision of the test for 20 years.

It will give companies a one year window until April 2018 to test «autonomous vehicle technology» so long as they get approval for the demonstrations by the state motor vehicles department.

Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday that General Motors and its subsidiary Cruise Automation are applying to test unmanned vehicles in Manhattan as early as next year and that GM has already started mapping a test site in Lower Manhattan.

Six years prior, he pushed for legislation encouraging testing and study of automated vehicles in Florida.

State lawmakers in the budget last month approved a provision that allows for a 12 - month pilot program for testing self - driving vehicles, which automobile industry observers expect will be a multi-billion dollar business in the coming years.

General Motors last year indicated it would begin testing autonomous vehicle technology in Manhattan, specifically lower Manhattan — making the bill language a boost for the company.

The BMF's response, while recognising that modern test standards were not suitable for 50 year old vehicles, also went on to acknowledge that there was a problem finding testers who were knowledgeable on the limitations of older vehicles.

It permits, for instance, automated, or self - driving, car makers to get another one - year window in order to test their vehicles on New York roads, with various safety - related requirements; it comes after an Uber automated car killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

Extending autonomous vehicle testing: This also was in Cuomo's State of the State plans: He wants to allow the state autonomous vehicle testing program to continue into 2020 instead of expiring later this year.

This year, he said, «I was trained as a software developer for KSC's new firing room, where they will launch future manned and unmanned space vehicles, and spent most of my time developing code to test the various software displays for the liquid oxygen tank that is out at the launch pad.»

Planetary Resources — which last year deployed a demonstration vehicle into low - Earth orbit to test core avionics, navigation, and computing systems — is soon to deploy another vehicle to test remote sensing capacities.

Although this could take a while, «some of the ideas might find their way into test vehicles in the next 10 years,» he says.

The report explains that existing test fleets of self - driving vehicles would take tens or even hundreds of years to drive the number of miles necessary for performing a statistically significant safety comparison.

Last year, the Norwegian company BRING tested several electric vehicles for express goods delivery, and data from the Grønn Bydistribusjon (Green Urban Distribution) project were so encouraging that the company purchased an electric goods vehicle for permanent use.

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, the prime contractor for RS - 25 engine work, conducted a series of developmental tests on the RS - 25 engine last year at Stennis, primarily to validate the capabilities of a new controller — or, «brain» — for the engine and to verify the different operating conditions needed for the SLS vehicle.

Nearly two years after it launched, the US Air Force's reusable, unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle ended its classified mission on Sunday, becoming the first spacecraft in nearly six years to touch down at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing...

Bosworth's star vehicle Stone Cold is less a film than a construct in which veteran screenwriter Walter Doniger, in his seventies the year it was released, puts audience - tested Lethal Weapon concepts through a blender.

And though his latest vehicle was delayed earlier this year due to reportedly bad test screenings, «The Cold Light of Day» will give him another shot to convince audiences that he's the right choice to play Superman.

Under pressure from the state of North Carolina to rescue failing schools and deliver better student performance, Smith use regular testing, at least four times a year, as his vehicle to make certain that students were held to state standards and not left to fall through the cracks.

The Google cars that have been on the road for years of testing have all been vehicles built by others that replaced the driver with Google tech.

Volvo plans its test of Level 4 autonomy on about 31 miles of highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2017 and wants to next test somewhere in the U.S. California's Department of Motor Vehicles put the kibosh on that late last year when it issued operator rules for autonomous vehicles that require human drivers to always be in control.

This year's AVS followed the University of Michigan's grand opening of its Mcity autonomous vehicle test track, where some of the suppliers and automakers participating in the symposium gave demonstrations of their latest technologies.

The product of four years of extensive testing and research and outreach to industry, environmental organizations, labor unions, and other stakeholders, the vehicle and engine performance standards would cover model years 2021 - 2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks.

MSRP (with destination): $ 31,970 PRICE AS TESTED: $ 37,805 ENGINE: 3.6 - liter DOHC V - 6 Horsepower: 285 hp @ 6400 rpm Torque: 260 lb - ft @ 4800 rpm TRANSMISSION: 5 - speed automatic DRIVE: Four - wheel WHEELS AND TIRES: 18 - inch aluminum wheels 255 / 70SR -18 Bridgestone Dueler A / T tires FUEL ECONOMY (city / highway / combined): 16/20/18 mpg CURB WEIGHT: 4294 lb CAPACITIES: Doors / Passengers: 4/5 Cargo (rear seats up / down): 46.4 / 86.8 cu ft Legroom (front / rear): 41.0 / 37.2 in Headroom (front / rear): 41.3 / 40.4 in Towing: 2000 lb EXTERIOR / INTERIOR COLOR: Black / Black STANDARD FEATURES: 6 - speed manual transmission Stability and traction control Hill start assist Roll mitigation Part - time four - wheel drive 3.21 rear axle ratio Transfer case and fuel tank skid plates Cruise control 115V auxiliary power outlet Air conditioning 7 - speaker Infinity audio system w / subwoofer Auxiliary audio jack SiriusXM satellite radio w / one - year subscription Tilt steering wheel Temperature gauge and compass Leather - wrapped steering wheel w / audio controls Height - adjustable driver's seat 60 / 40 - split folding rear seats Rear compartment covered storage OPTIONS ON THIS VEHICLE: Altitude Edition - $ 2995 18 - inch painted aluminum wheels Black Jeep grille badge Front and rear bumper body - color appliques Gloss black interior accents Red interior stitching accents Altitude floor mats and hood decal Heated front seats Body - color 3 - piece hardtop Mopar fuel filler door Freedom panel storage bag Rear window washer, wiper, and defroster Connectivity group - $ 385 USB port Electronic vehicle information center UConnect voice control w / Bluetooth 5 - speed automatic transmission - $ 1125 Hill descent control Track - Lok rear limited slip differential - $ 295 UConnect 430N - $ 1035 40 GB hard drive w / 28 available GB SiriusXM travel link w / one - year subscription 6.5 - inch touchscreen display Navigation KEY OPTIONS NOT ON THIS VEHICLE: Dual top group - $ 890 Trailer tow group - $ 295 3.73 rear axle ratio - $ 95 ADDITIONAL SPECS: This is the one of the top - tier Wrangler Unlimited trim levels, only trumped in price by the «Call of Duty: MW3 Edition» Wrangler UnlimitedVEHICLE: Altitude Edition - $ 2995 18 - inch painted aluminum wheels Black Jeep grille badge Front and rear bumper body - color appliques Gloss black interior accents Red interior stitching accents Altitude floor mats and hood decal Heated front seats Body - color 3 - piece hardtop Mopar fuel filler door Freedom panel storage bag Rear window washer, wiper, and defroster Connectivity group - $ 385 USB port Electronic vehicle information center UConnect voice control w / Bluetooth 5 - speed automatic transmission - $ 1125 Hill descent control Track - Lok rear limited slip differential - $ 295 UConnect 430N - $ 1035 40 GB hard drive w / 28 available GB SiriusXM travel link w / one - year subscription 6.5 - inch touchscreen display Navigation KEY OPTIONS NOT ON THIS VEHICLE: Dual top group - $ 890 Trailer tow group - $ 295 3.73 rear axle ratio - $ 95 ADDITIONAL SPECS: This is the one of the top - tier Wrangler Unlimited trim levels, only trumped in price by the «Call of Duty: MW3 Edition» Wrangler Unlimitedvehicle information center UConnect voice control w / Bluetooth 5 - speed automatic transmission - $ 1125 Hill descent control Track - Lok rear limited slip differential - $ 295 UConnect 430N - $ 1035 40 GB hard drive w / 28 available GB SiriusXM travel link w / one - year subscription 6.5 - inch touchscreen display Navigation KEY OPTIONS NOT ON THIS VEHICLE: Dual top group - $ 890 Trailer tow group - $ 295 3.73 rear axle ratio - $ 95 ADDITIONAL SPECS: This is the one of the top - tier Wrangler Unlimited trim levels, only trumped in price by the «Call of Duty: MW3 Edition» Wrangler UnlimitedVEHICLE: Dual top group - $ 890 Trailer tow group - $ 295 3.73 rear axle ratio - $ 95 ADDITIONAL SPECS: This is the one of the top - tier Wrangler Unlimited trim levels, only trumped in price by the «Call of Duty: MW3 Edition» Wrangler Unlimited model.

The new emissions and mpg testing system being implemented this year is known as the WLTP (World Harmonised Light Vehicle test Procedure) and it could force manufacturers to produce lighter cars because the tough new criteria will be hard to meet using engine technology alone.

But there is one category of vehicle we've seen slowly slip away over the years when it was once a regular feature in our yearly test: the turbocharged, rally - inspired homologation special.

Volkswagen Group's so - called «defeat - device» emissions software has allowed hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles from the 2009 - 16 model years to emit nitrogen oxide at illegal levels while thwarting emissions tests.

Hyundai will test the fuel cell vehicle equipped with autonomous technologies starting this year.

«Congress locked in that the standards have to be based on these forty - year - old tests that have nothing to do with the way people drive,» says David Friedman, senior engineer and deputy director of vehicles program for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

After last year's Volkswagen emissions scandal, AAA commissioned engineering firm ABMARC to test 30 vehicles to determine how real - world emissions differ from those in a laboratory setting.

Over the next few years, Google hopes to test the autonomous vehicles on a more widespread scale, potentially further paving the way for a mainstream, commercially available self - driving car.

Last year, JLR began testing autonomous and vehicle - to - vehicle communication tech on public roads in the U.K. Lyft recently partnered with autonomous tech firm nuTonomy and has a standing partnership with GM that provides access to Chevrolet Bolt EVs and other vehicles.