And, for the single folk, there were plenty of vehicles to test out when it comes to canoodling.
These cars are test vehicles in General Motors' effort to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems.
The Michigan lab was created to set standards and test vehicles after the 1970 Clean Air Act was passed.
These cars are test vehicles in General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people )' effort to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems.
It will only be used for licensed autonomous test vehicles.
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The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.
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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.
In addition to building upon the very young regulatory framework surrounding private space travel, the regulations will make it easier for companies to test their vehicles.
After a few months planning the event, I met the Lamborghini staff at Nardo Prototipo: a four-lane, 7.8-mile-long (12.6 km) circular track in southern Italy, where Ferrari , Maserati and other exotic carmakers test their vehicles.
Some travelers are test-driving vehicles they are thinking of purchasing.
On Thursday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit financed by the insurance industry, released its 2012 list of vehicles with the best crash test ratings, and some in nearly every size category evaluated earned accolades.
The study shows that owners of vehicles that fail an emissions test are 11 percent less likely to return to that facility the following year, which implies that those same customers also are less likely to use that business for future repairs and routine service.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation today is launching an important road test involving 3, 000 vehicles in and around Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Unlike SpaceX launches, which to date have been mainly test flights, the Atlas vehicles typically debuted by flying full-up missions for paying customers.
Honda regularly uses Millbrook, which is said to be one of Europe's leading locations for the development, test and demonstration of land vehicles including those used by the military.
"The vehicles will cover thousands of kilometres in test drives and evaluations to gather valuable research data from every-day driving scenarios, " said Christian Ress, technical expert, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering.
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We were allowed to give the benefit of the doubt to vehicles that were not yet available for test drives, so in some cases, we had more than 10 cars on our lists.
The British government is about to test a new system for tracking vehicles and charging drivers when they use toll roads.
"I think with the improvements in battery technology they would sell better these days, " said Mr Whittle, who is bringing a number of the vehicles to the gathering to sell and offer test drives.
Beginning in late 2012, the Swedish carmaker will deliver a test series of up to 200 vehicles to Siemens, which will then be tested and validated under real-life conditions as part of a Siemens internal test fleet.
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When NASA scientists want to test the capabilities of their Mars exploration vehicles, they come to the Atacama.
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Fuel economy estimates are determined by a lab test that automakers are required to perform on their vehicles.
Ford and other companies to test how biometric sensors could be used both to guide the design of vehicles to make them easier to operate and as onboard systems to help people drive more safely.
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Google's fleet of vehicles started with Toyota Prius Hybrids and later added the Lexus RX450h, a crossover SUV, to test on different terrain.
Before leaving the space station, the Progress 47 spacecraft conducted a test of an upgraded docking system that Russia intends to use on future unmanned Progress and manned Soyuz vehicles.
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Computer modeling allows today's auto engineers to precisely design vehicles, engines and transmissions, down to the smallest detail, for maximum strength without having to repeatedly build and test actual components over and over along the way, said Quinnell.
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