Nissan North America is using Hawaii as one of its Leaf electric vehicle test markets along with Tennessee, Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona and Texas, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
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When construction is finished, vehicle convoy test runs will begin to ensure the smooth running of the road when needed.
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My test vehicle came with a six-speed manual transmission (a seven-speed automatic is also available).
Options on my test vehicle included black leather trimmed bucket seats, a leather shifter and a cargo cover.
On June 25th, it collided with an unmanned Progress service vehicle during a test of a new docking technique.
We did without an iPod, just like everyone did before 2002, and the iPod worked fine in my next test vehicle.
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My test vehicle was the A7 3.0 TFSI quattro Auto Tiptronic Sedan.
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The craft made a brief return to service as a ground test vehicle in 1984 before retiring to the Smithsonian's collection in 1985.
The company's test vehicle, a BMW 7 Series, uses a camera mounted behind the windscreen, similar to those used in cars with lane-departure warning systems.
Completed in 1976, Enterprise was designed as a prototype test vehicle.
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.
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is led by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, and is designed to demonstrate reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth.
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It is to serve as the test flight vehicle for a new series of commercial passenger spaceliners that will be operated by Virgin Atlantic Airways.
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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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In an endurance test of the vehicle's computers, sensors and mechanical systems, Sandstorm drove 131 laps on a race course near Pittsburgh, covering the distance in seven hours.
Like Amazon, the company is secretive, but last September it revealed that it had lost an unmanned prototype vehicle during a short-hop test flight.
The fuel economy mileage that appears on window stickers of new vehicles is calculated through a test that puts a vehicle through a standardized drive cycle designed by the EPA. The EPA then relies on auto manufacturers to conduct the test, and certifies that the vehicles have been tested.
He said it was worrying that people could take their driving test in a smaller vehicle but then buy a van which "is five, six times bigger than the car you've passed your test in, and you can just jump in and drive away, having no experience of driving a van at all".
Virgin Galactic is hopeful it will have a successful test launch of its space vehicle next year.
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People who are not Muslim have to go through a Breathalyzer test before they can enter their vehicle.
Suddenly, we found ourselves wishing we were test-driving a sport utility vehicle.
" In fact, while the Pentagon's plan for this test called for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) to perform "sensor characterization and evaluation of endgame algorithms, " in the event, it worked so flawlessly that it actually did "defeat an incoming target.
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During a second flight test in January, the Raytheon kill vehicle missed the target by 100 feet because two "end-game" sensors both experienced mechanical failures.
Mr Clarkson was instructed to drive a Renault Magnum lorry through a wall at 56mph - the vehicle's maximum legal speed - at a test track near Milton Keynes.
Due to efficiency improvements, the 2013 Nissan LEAF is expected to offer improved range, with testing on the EPA test cycle to be announced closer the vehicle's on-sale date.
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Brazilian regulators don't have their own crash-test facility to verify automakers' claims about vehicle performance, nor are there independent labs in the country.
These cars are test vehicles in General Motors' effort to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems.
The astronaut vehicle itself, known as Orion, is nearing its first test flight.
Our second goal is to develop and test a new space craft, the crew exploration vehicle, by 2008, and to conduct the first manned mission no later than 2014.
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