One big issue among electric-vehicle drivers is how and where to re-charge their cars or trucks.
Once deployment is completed, Hawaii will have one of the nation's first statewide public charging networks supporting electric vehicle drivers.
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Some companies are tweaking their strategy in response to slowing sales by beefing up home rentals and increasingly marketing to recreational-vehicle drivers.
Australian investigators say they found the link while comparing 530 heavy goods vehicle drivers who had recently been in a crash with 517 who had not.
Sure there are interesting in-car adaptations of entertainment services, data will be big, and electric vehicle drivers need a range of battery-related services that can be served by apps.
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But the airport announced on its website this week that electric-vehicle drivers will have to start paying normal parking fees in March, and began leaving warning fliers on parked electric cars.
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Surround View creates a bird's-eye view of the vehicle by compositing images from four cameras around the vehicle, helping drivers maneuver in tight situations.
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The ability to use the Glympse app from the existing vehicle controls enables drivers to share their whereabouts and ETA in a much safer way.
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While the number of global vehicle passengers and drivers may not be known, the World Health Organization estimates that 1.2 million people die each year in road traffic accidents (roughly half of which are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says V2Vtechnology could help drivers avoid or reduce the severity of four out of five vehicle crashes (at least where drivers are not impaired).
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The company has also had a tight customer focus, laser-targeting auto-rickshaw drivers for the vehicle.
Additionally, state-of-the-art iPod features such as custom playlists and Genius, which instantly creates a playlist of songs that go well together from a user's own library, is immediately made available to BMW and MINI drivers through the vehicle's main display. iPod Out requires iOS 4 with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch (second and third generation).
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Bloomberg said the city would install curbside vehicle chargers that would let drivers recharge in 30 minutes and that his administration would work with the City Council to change the city's building code so that up to 20 percent of new public parking spaces are wired for electric cars, with the goal of creating 10, 000 spaces for electric cars over the next seven years.
For starters, older drivers should choose a vehicle that affords easy ingress and egress.
As Mark mentioned in his speech at the press conference after the first public demo of the vehicle early this year, blind drivers have other sources of information beyond the DriveGrip and SpeedStrip controls.
Drivers can get improved data on vehicle performance, reducing unwanted service trips through predictive maintenance.
Two lorry drivers killed in an eight-vehicle pile-up on the M6 in south Cumbria have been named.
As a cost-cutting measure, platooning would allow haulage firms to arrange trucks in tight convoys and eliminate drivers in all but the lead vehicle.
Witnesses told police that he argued with two other drivers and cut them off with his vehicle.
The advocacy group believes a flat road tax is a better solution -- taxing all drivers equally, no matter how their vehicle is powered.
On Sunday, General Motors unveiled a new hybrid electric vehicle called the Chevrolet Volt which could allow many drivers to avoid using gasoline at all.
Heavy fixed costs, including vehicle duties, insurance and depreciation, merely encourage drivers to use their cars more because the perceived marginal costs of motoring are so small.
Firstly, there was no speed limit on the M1 - drivers could go as fast as their vehicle allowed, and a few enjoyed using the M1 as a racetrack.
In fact, it was eerily familiar: In 2000, Esquire gulled many with a profile of a company called Freewheelz, which supposedly offered free cars to drivers willing to tool around in a vehicle that served as a mobile billboard.
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Most drivers focus on the environment immediately outside their vehicle and not their speedometer.
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Thirty drivers were at the June finals at a vehicle-testing center on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa's capital.
From September its OnStar service, which provides navigation and emergency services to drivers, will include a system called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown.
And how makers of big cars and trucks will ever be able to convince drivers to feel anything but embarrassed about a vehicle that gets four miles per gallon is among their biggest challenges.
The rebound in vehicle production is going to be one of the main drivers of aluminum demand wit auto production, heavy trucks and aviation all seeing a resurgence as the economy improves, he said, echoing what several presenters at the Harbor conference mentioned.
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