If self-driven vehicles were the norm, car travel would assume a new identity as a type of private transportation that incorporated aspects of public transportation.
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"That doesn't sound like a big deal for a human-driven car, but it is a very big deal for the pioneering of computer-driven vehicles, " said Red Team leader, robotics professor William "Red" Whittaker.
This means that smart has one of the largest fleets of electrically driven vehicles on the roads worldwide and a trove of customer experience and wishes that have been input in the third generation smart fortwo electric drive.
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This has been a remarkably tough winter for male-driven action vehicles, many of which star members of The Expendables.
Supporters say driverless cars will be safer than vehicles driven by error-prone humans.
The gas filling stations supply to vehicles driven by compressed natural gas, and the government hopes that the gas saved will be used to increase electricity production in gas-fired power plants.
With the likes of Google, Nuance and Vlingo now offering mobile speech-recognition services for phones, and the development of speech-driven systems for use in vehicles, Parakeet may be flying into a growing market.
The low emission zone - which begins in February 2008 - aims to deter the most polluting vehicles from being driven in central London by imposing charges on lorries, coaches and buses that fail to meet low emission standards.
They say that for too long, Chrysler has allowed its marketing decisions to be driven by manufacturing concerns--how many vehicles can a factory churn out to maximize efficiency?
If you see a BRG convertible zipping alongside an orderly row of vehicles on the highway, music turned up loud, driven by a person with a smile on his face and no phone in reach, you'll know it's me.
ENGADGET: Editorial: Self-driving cars FTW, but not for everybody
Much will depend on whether China's motorists decide to choose smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles favored in Japan and Europe or the larger gas guzzlers driven by Americans.
Now, here's the interesting part: The Remote Touch controller has been in Lexus vehicles for several years now, and I've probably driven a half-dozen cars so equipped (including the RX crossovers and the CT 200h).
They are all vehicles for distributing meaningful content that needs to be mashed, focused, and driven by a strategic brand narrative.
Fuel efficiency is mainly driven by changing behaviour because of high oil prices, and by new technology that makes vehicles more efficient.
In addition to standing up to deadbeat customers, Young championed Union Pacific's Fuel Masters Program, an employee-driven initiative that rewards the most efficient engineers with debit cards they can use to fill up their own vehicles.
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