These cars are test vehicles in General Motors' effort to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems.
These cars are test vehicles in General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people )' effort to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems.
The Connected Vehicle Trade Association told the News that it expects 25 percent of all vehicles on the road to have vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems by the year 2020.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agrees, of course, which is why it recently launched the first real-world test of vehicle-to-vehicle communication near Ann Arbor, Mich.
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As my colleague Joann Muller wrote recently, Ford and other automakers are participating in a pilot program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation to test vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
But the NHTSA hopes that with more state-backed adoption, advances in vehicle-to-vehicle communication and automatic braking can more quickly be refined, thus paving the way for industry standards and eventual commercial deployment.
Asked how far off this future might be, he speculates that in the next five to ten years, vehicle-to-vehicle communication will become more prevalent, but he adds that much depends on what cities regulate.
In California, the vehicle is expected to be AT-PZEV-compliant and qualify for much-desired access to the high-occupancy vehicle lanes that typically allow for faster travel.
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The closest thing--at least in looks--to the pod-like vehicle George piloted is another product of 1961: the Ford Gyron.
The trained dog reportedly sensed something suspicious about -- or near -- a vehicle parked close to the West Wing, and sat down beside the four-door sedan.
The SiRFPrimaII auto infotainment platform brings the features of premium, location-aware in-vehicle infotainment systems to the mainstream market.
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The company has also scaled back its plans to bring the E6, a battery-powered, five-passenger crossover vehicle, to the U. S. market.
With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it.
With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it with a Chevy Suburban.
The round-trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building means a minimum three-week hit to the schedule.
His security detail seemed to be reluctantly dealing with this get-close-to-the-people pontiff, scrambling around the vehicle to pick up this child or that one.
The truck -- which turned out to be a newspaper delivery vehicle -- resembled the truck Dorner is believed to be driving, the source said.
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The hottest-selling segments in the auto business should continue to be fuel-efficient small and midsize cars and crossover SUVs (including compact models), which combined account for around two-thirds of all new-vehicle sales according to Autodata.com.
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In American Magazine, Wal-Mart recognized a perfect vehicle to promote old-fashioned family values.
It has certainly enraged Britain's Vickers, whose chairman, Sir Colin Chandler, alleges that the German defence ministry unfairly changed the specifications from a six-wheeled vehicle to an eight-wheeled one at the last moment.
The HondaLink EV application will allow the user to remotely view the state of charge, initiate charging, and activate the air conditioning and heater to pre-condition the vehicle while connected to the grid to maximize battery range on start-up.
That demonstration saw the capsule berth with the ISS - the first commercially designed and built vehicle to do so - and then return safely to Earth.
Of more long-term importance is access to a delivery vehicle for next-generation Internet services.
Were Dash's cellular network support faster, one opportunity would be leveraging its WiFi and wide-area connectivity to create an in-vehicle hotspot.
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Mr Mullin reserves his real passion and energy for fighting the government car-pool service, which is determined to punish him for refusing a chauffeur-driven vehicle, and the High Hedges Bill, a noble bid to control the spread of fast-growing leylandii.
According to the Deutch memo, the idea would be to modify somewhere between 20-50 Minuteman III ICBMs to carry an exoatmospheric-kill vehicle.
Dealers are offering a 24-hour test drive, and the automaker is inviting tens of thousands of non- vehicle owners to a roving "Auto Show in Motion, " during which they can compare the performance of cars like the Cadillac CTS with the BMW 3 series.
What's more, the company says its also readying an all-electric version of the vehicle in addition to the plug-in hybrid model, with promising to last for around 120 miles before needing a recharge.
Because owners plug in to charge the advanced lithium-ion battery in C-MAX Energi, the vehicle is able to achieve increased electric mode and total range.
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If the investment lost value, angry Goldman clients could claim that the swirl of attention meant that the way the shares were sold in a so-called special-purpose vehicle essentially amounted to a public offering, exposing the firm to losses from lawsuits, people familiar with the matter said.
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