These functions include a charge status indicator and the ability to control the vehicle's new auxiliary climate control option, which enables vehicle preheating or cooling via the Porsche Car Connect app.
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Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) and Traction Control System (TCS) are also standard on all LEAF models.
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Tang Dagang, director of the Vehicle Emission Control Center, a policy research group also affiliated with the ministry, said pressure increased last year to tighten diesel fuel standards after the State Council, or cabinet, announced stricter air-quality rules.
Cash-value life insurance is another vehicle that gives you control and access to your money when you need it.
By adding in wireless communication, the vehicles in the platoon "mimic" the lead vehicle using Ricardo autonomous control - accelerating, braking and turning in exactly the same way as the leader.
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Still, the company says overall fuel consumption's been reduced over the last model and you'll get other niceties like Porsche's Car Connect smartphone app to view and control different vehicle functions.
The object information is then processed and passed on to the Continental Motion Domain Controller to control the vehicle's longitudinal and lateral motion via signals to the engine, the brakes and the steering system.
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Unlike current radar-assisted offerings from companies like Infiniti, Distance Plus can control the vehicle in both highway and city driving conditions, meaning you can commute from Harlem to Wall Street down the West Side Highway while sipping your coffee and reading the Post Engadget on your mobile, glancing up occassionally to steer.
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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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As little as six inches of water may cause you to lose control of your vehicle.
But with every mile per hour you speed up you greatly increase your risk of losing control of your vehicle.
"Brown stated that he was being chased by paparazzi, causing him to lose control of his vehicle, " police said in a statement.
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One reason why people feel safer in their cars than on public transport is because they are in control of the vehicle.
Both Nevada and California require the cars to have a human behind the wheel who can take control of the vehicle at any time.
Geoffrey Gill, 55, from Leyland, lost control of the vehicle on a bend in the town and crashed into a house on Longmeanygate at 00:20 BST on Friday.
Despite being badly wounded, Guy retained control of his vehicle until he was rescued by a Chinook and transferred to Selly Oak hospital, before going to Headley Court Military Hospital.
He also got a peek at the NASA engine shop, shuttle landing facility and control tower, vehicle assembly building, and mobile launch platforms, as well as several other difficult-to-remember locales.
"The driver of the Rolls Royce attempted to drive away from the direction of the shots being fired and lost control of the vehicle, striking a nearby apartment building, " Fort Lauderdale Police Detective DeAnna Garcia said.
It is legal to use hands-free phones, sat-navs and two-way radios while driving or riding but the police have the power to stop and penalise users they think are distracted and not in control of the vehicle.
Johnson kept his at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas and, according to the U.S. Park Service that continues to maintain the property, loved to spook visitors by taking them for a ride in the Amphicar and pretending to lose control of the vehicle, veering off precipitously into a lake on the premises.
The Lexus advanced active safety research vehicle is equipped with an array of sensors and automated control systems to observe, process and respond to the vehicle's surroundings.
Some cars now have a form of cruise control that stops the vehicle colliding with another.
He had just reached a hill when he claims to have "lost control" of the vehicle.
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In 2010, US figures suggested that "distraction by a device or control integral to the vehicle was reported in 26, 000 crashes".
While it's being tested and implemented over the next year as part of this program, Vigilance can be fitted to any vehicle that can accommodate the two control consoles and supply the necessary power.
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Allow plenty of time for the trip, listen to soothing music, improve the comfort in your vehicle, and understand that you cannot control the traffic, only your reaction to it.
One day, the company's engineers hope, drive-by-wire could link to the fancy cruise-control, lane-maintenance and vehicle-separation systems that are already being used in some Mercedes models.
The prime minister said the government would work with architects and designers to encourage them to build with blast-resistant materials and introduce traffic control measures like large barriers or vehicle-exclusion zones.
Decked out in red, white and blue, the vehicle's interior serves as a TV control room -- complete with computer, video, satellite and videophone equipment -- where the network's crew can create, rework and transmit data around the world.
He felt a sudden loss of control before the minibus collided with another vehicle and overturned.
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