It's much harder not to slip into your wee temperature controlled car when it's lashing outside and will do all day.

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This car is hot both temperature- and other-wise.

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Is at risk due to elevated or freezing ambient temperature in the car seat.

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An alarm is set to prep the temperature inside the car.

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Grant says the company is working with auto manufacturers to explore how on-board computers can help detect whether a driver is drowsy or not paying attention to the road, and allow a driver to control certain things in the vehicle -- like temperature, and in-car stereo -- using eye-control technology.

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In our own experiences, we definitely did notice a decreased indicated range immediately after turning on the car, but it quickly rose as they gradually rose to operating temperature.

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Along the top is a sort of status bar, showing the outdoor temperature, a simple representation of the battery life for the car, the name of the currently loaded driver profile, a signal strength indicator for the integrated 3G modem and a tiny clock.

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In the future, personal information like seat position, music settings and temperature preferences will be stored in a renter's profile and uploaded to any car the customer rents, '' Mr. Schneider said.

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The car must run on diesel for five minutes after startup to heat the veggie oil to the proper temperature.

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Because drivers frequently need to grapple with controls while keeping their eyes on the road, the fewer physical buttons a car has, the more they need to divert their gaze and attention in order to change the temperature or radio station.

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