Certainly more classroom time and behind-the-wheel training would be a plus.
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In this case it's a four-cylinder BMW-sourced engine providing that extra range, exhaust peeking out just behind the front-left wheel.
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We're no strangers to the electric sedan, having spent some quality time with it along the way, but never behind the wheel -- until now.
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Garmin K2 features a 10-inch glove-friendly multi-touch screen at the center of the dash and a digital and reconfigurable 12- inch instrument panel behind the steering wheel.
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Run on an eight-inch screen with a similar screen faceplate behind the steering wheel, the Cadillac User Experience allows touch-based feedback (see the demo in the video above), vibration-oriented lane departure warning and (finally) a recognition program that responds to normal spoken requests for directions or music.
Sitting down in front of the keyboard was like sliding behind the wheel of a vintage V-8 powered Cadillac.
Instead of its standard position behind the movement in back of the watch, the 14mm-diameter wheel floats above the movement and dials, encased under the domed crystal on its face.
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Its EVolve app is intended to help people wrap their heads and hearts around the experience of driving electric before getting behind the wheel of a real plug-in reliant car.
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In fact, Boss had flawlessly accomplished the 19 missions given to the 11 finalist robots in the competition--parking at precise locations, negotiating a mix of onroad and offroad driving, and avoiding the other robotic and manned cars that roamed the streets of an abandoned airforce base--all without a human behind the wheel.
Putting a 16-year-old behind the wheel on their own is a very frightening thing for a parent.
The program is expected to generate 2 million hours behind the wheel of Ford vehicles for college-age drivers.
The program is expected to generate about 2 million hours behind the wheel of Ford vehicles for college-age drivers, many of whom would never have considered buying a Ford before.
At the end of the day collision-related texting is no more comic than a drunk behind the wheel on a dark road late at night, when someone you love is about to cross his path.
It's that air of tragedy that makes "The '59 Sound" seem like more than a simple rock barn-burner: When Brian Fallon sings, "Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, " he captures the way a summer night behind the wheel can positively burst with youthful abandon, ever-present danger and fragile promise.
San Francisco was deemed the third most frustrating city in which to drive, with commuters spending a traffic-delayed 61 hours behind the wheel each year.
Cars bought with leased batteries will be known as 'Flex' models and buyers will be able to get behind the wheel of an entry-level Visia LEAF .
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And she did it behind the wheel of a bright-green Chevy SS, one of a new generation of NASCAR racers that was unveiled only a week ago.
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When the thrill of skiing wasn't enough, he moved on to motor racing -- and was killed behind the wheel of a Ferrari in 1962, aged just 36.
This video shows Translogic's Bradley Hasemeyer behind the wheel of the track-friendly (but also street legal, licensed as a motorcyle) vehicle and talking to the people who built it.
Prior to taking office Obama tooled around Chicago behind the wheel of an urban-cool Chrysler 300C sedan, which he proceeded to trade in upon throwing his hat into the proverbial ring for a for a more fuel-efficient and politically expeditious Ford Escape Hybrid SUV.
It's only the piercingly bright RGB LEDs built into the steering wheel that give you a clue something is amiss as it drives across the show floor slowly -- that and the fact that there's nobody sitting behind the steering wheel.
The seven-time world champion, who finished 10th in Bahrain, will be behind the wheel of the 2011 Silver Arrow MGP W02 on Sunday.
"We're maxed deployed, " Lee said, behind the wheel, idling the parked black-and-white.
It also looks great from behind the wheel, which surprisingly, many well-designed cars do not.
Admit it, you know some fool is going to slip that portable slice of wi-fi into his pocket, get behind the wheel, and do something incredibly, incredibly stupid.
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Sixty-one percent of female commuters were apt to feel angry behind the wheel, compared to 56% of men.
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You'll be interacting with a 10.4-inch capacitive touch screen, which is positioned front and center, while a squat 12-inch digital gauge and information readout console is fixed just behind the steering wheel.
Madrid (CNN) -- He's fast on the football field but apparently even faster behind the wheel.
The majority of American motorists candidly admit to doing other things while behind the wheel, even though they consider themselves to be safe drivers, newly-released research shows.
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