An important note: Although many cars come with detection devices like backup cameras or radars that emit sounds when they sense an obstruction behind the car, they cannot compensate for the act of circling the vehicle to make sure everything and every one is out of the way.
The big front grille reminds me of Buicks past, but the big jeweled headlights that wrap around the front corners of the vehicle make me think about the future.
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As sighted drivers do, Mark made active use of his other senses such as sound, listening to the noise the tires generate rolling over the roads, and used the sense of angular and linear acceleration perceived from his inner ear to make judgments and adjustments to the controls of the vehicle.
Although premium car sales only make up a small percentage of total vehicle sales, their contribution to overall revenue is much higher due to their higher pricing.
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Car theft rings clone vehicles by taking license plates, vehicle identification numbers (VIN), and other tags and stickers from a legal car and putting them on a stolen vehicle of similar make and model.
In addition, each vehicle of the same make and model would need to emit the same sound or set of sounds.
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One fuel-cell factory, however, could make propulsion systems for every size and shape of vehicle.
In my last year of active duty, I volunteered for Clean Cities Atlanta and the City of Atlanta's Mayor's Office of Sustainability to help make Atlanta Electric-Vehicle (EV) ready -- and ended up working as a full time administrator on a Department of Energy EV Community Readiness Project with the Center for Transportation and the Environment.
Wahlberg will make a guest appearance to take delivery of his new vehicle.
Ford, which introduced the high end Platinum in 2009, expected the vehicle to make up for 3% of total F-150 sales.
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The long-trip predicament is one of the reasons Chevrolet chose to make an extended-range electric vehicle.
At the moment, for example, arcane regulations make it illegal to drive a hydrogen-powered vehicle in much of Europe.
After that it wants to use the site to make only a specialist version of the model called "a chassis cab vehicle".
Ford's game-changing vehicle connectivity model and affordability have helped make it one of the widest technology introductions in the industry, launching on 12 vehicles simultaneously.
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That's pretty ambitious, but Tesla's brought in some big guns to help make it happen -- the company just hired Mike Donoughe as EVP of Vehicle Engineering and Manufacturing.
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This should make them safer than shuttle astronauts who were strapped to the side of the launch vehicle, the Senators said.
The dilemma the companies face is that they are making a lot more money on existing, mature vehicle lines than they are likely to make during the early years of the new program.
One month doesn't make a trend, of course, but the executive editor of Kelley Blue Book, a vehicle information guide for consumers, thinks buyers' attitudes are changing.
Retro Sound promises the rig mounts into "virtually any classic vehicle, " and even carries a bevy of bezels, faceplates and knobs to make sure it the piece of tech mimics an original factory radio.
Depending on your state, you may be able to set up payable-on-death designations on your bank accounts and transfer-on-death designations on your brokerage accounts, vehicle(s), and real estate as a way to make sure assets transfer outside of probate.
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The engineer and grandmother who climbed the ranks of the defense establishment while a single parent was charged with the difficult task of helping BAE make the transition from a supplier of heavy weaponry used in wartime, like the 33-ton Bradley Fighting Vehicle, into a more diversified provider of equipment, electronics and software.
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In addition to stabilizing the industry and addressing the hardship faced by communities that lost auto plants and the jobs they provided, the Administration has been focused on making long-term investments across the country that will make the U.S. a home base for the design and production of the next generation of innovative vehicle technologies.
Already there is enormous anxiety among gay-rights activists over which vehicle is better, whether the Court is ready to make this profound change in the definition of marriage, and whether, even if the Court allows gay marriage, it will launch a national backlash that will end up curbing gay progress in America in the long run.
Setting the temperature while the vehicle is on the charger can make the cabin more comfortable so the driver can minimize the use of the heat or air conditioning.
Moreover, shareholders of Bell, the vehicle through which Olivetti was controlled, saw the transaction as an opportunity to make a profit quickly, rather than as a long-term industrial investment.
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In-car technology has also helped make drivers aware of such costs: new cars often have dashboard dials showing how many miles to a gallon the vehicle is achieving at its current speed.
While the degree of control still isn't as precise as a manual transmission, just changing the shift points can make a vehicle feel like it's suddenly grown a much bigger engine.
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