It has grown from primarily offering automatic crash notification and security features to include remote vehicle diagnostics, turn-by-turn navigation and the ability to slow down stolen vehicles.
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Deutsche Bank forecast that light-vehicle electrification will turn world oil demand downward from 2016, falling by 2030 to 8 percent below current levels or 40 percent below most forecasts.
Upon moving, however, the vehicle will be intelligent enough to turn off screen images that cause distraction.
She attempted to turn back and the vehicle stalled, she told authorities.
Land Rover's Range Rover Sport uses anti-sway bars that are engaged only when sensors detect that the vehicle is going through a fast turn.
And wouldn't Volkswagen be better off expanding its low-priced line instead of trying to turn into a luxury-vehicle company?
Remember, someday that vacation car has to turn back into a working vehicle.
And wouldn't Volkswagen (otc: VLKAY - news - people ) be better off expanding its low-priced line instead of trying to turn into a luxury-vehicle company?
Turn-by-turn directions are downloaded to the vehicle and are spoken to the user over the vehicle's audio system and displayed on the radio.
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The probability that another vehicle who just happens to make the same 360 turn as you is slim to none.
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If your vehicle becomes disabled or the road becomes impassable, turn on your emergency flashers, stay in the car and remain calm.
SpaceX is eyeing this business as well, and is developing the critical life-support and safety systems that would turn Dragon into a human-rated vehicle.
In this case, the assumption that greater safety is achieved by separation of vehicle and pedestrian is being challenged, and may turn out not to hold up at all for specific city areas.
The driver got out of the vehicle but didn't follow police commands to turn around and put his hands in the air, said Simpson, who lives in an apartment near the interstate in Victorville.
Receiving capital from a private equity firm would allow municipal vehicle manufacturers to spend more money on vehicles, in turn paying more taxes to city governments, who would then have more capital to purchase finished vehicles, he explained.
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That white dome atop the van, which is similar to the device that'll soon be mounted on JetBlue's fleet, maintains a constant connection by rotating instantly as the van moves -- if the vehicle's heading changes, the antenna array will turn, too, so it's always pointed directly at the sat in the sky.
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Through CARWINGS, Nissan LEAF drivers are able to use mobile smart phones to turn on air conditioning and set charging functions remotely, even when the vehicle is powered down.
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Over the past three years, thermoelectric materials have attracted intense interest from energy researchers trying to turn exhaust heat from automobiles into electricity that can be used by the vehicle.
The company's challenge is to turn the Merlin, an anti-submarine and search-and-rescue vehicle, into a craft that can also take over the Sea King's airborne surveillance and control duties without breaking the bank.
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Everything, all of the electronics on the vehicle itself, every component had its own solid-state circuit breaker so that we could turn things on and off, and control what was happening.
The camera records what happens inside and outside the vehicle but saves the recording only when it senses a sudden movement such as hard braking or a sharp turn, Muth said.
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