Land Rover is eager to conquer new markets at a time when competent rivals are enjoying great success in attracting farmers, workers and soldiers, offering them working vehicles that are often both better and cheaper than the Defender.
Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel.
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Ford is working on hybrid vehicles with Toyota, once a lone wolf but now a keen co-operator.
Ford said this week that it had found a software fix and dealers would start working on the vehicles next week.
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One reason why all this is taking time is that there are now up to 14 remotely operated underwater vehicles working around the well.
For some purposes, like maintaining vehicles or working on projects, more than 90% of all users are men.
Google is the most visible company working on these types of vehicles, but similar projects are under way at other organizations, including Caltech.
Now she's working to accelerate the introduction of vehicles like the next Chevrolet Malibu, which Akerson pushed (see list, bottom).
One of the people working on Ford's electric vehicles said it is vital not to repeat earlier mistakes of putting recharging spots where they weren't needed.
He said a third of greenhouse gases in Jersey came from cars and other transport and by working to bring in more electric vehicles they could reduce that considerably.
Oshkosh is working on control systems for unmanned vehicles.
He asked anyone who saw metal being loaded on to vehicles from businesses outside normal working hours to dial 999 immediately.
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The sector may be paying a price for its cleverness, and for all those complex products and-off balance-sheet vehicles that seemed to be working so well in the good years.
But in the short term, researchers are working on reformers which produce hydrogen aboard vehicles by extracting the gas from methanol or other hydrocarbon fuels -- a process that can release pollutants, though at far lower levels than internal combustion engines, Roan said.
As for vehicles already on the road, Chrysler is working to mollify past customers.
Land Rover are also working to introduce nine-speed transmissions into their next vehicles as soon as possible.
The second company has to issue a certification that the car meets National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety standards for new vehicles, and that all safety equipment is working as required before it can be sold to the public, said Henry Jasny, an attorney with the Washington-based nonprofit Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.
Following the trial a working group of representatives from several government departments will assess the vehicles' performance.
Now he's working with VIA Motors, which today introduced a line of electric vehicles of a rather different scale.
Another company created by Cambridge University Engineering Department and supported by Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre is working on a hi-tech replacement for rear-view mirrors on vehicles.
Meanwhile engineers at BYD's research and development center in Shanghai are working on rechargeable batteries that can be used in future generations of electric vehicles and electric hybrids.
Cost-conscious and obsessive, Ebbers was known to count vehicles in the company car park at night-time to see who was working late and who had gone home, according to Reuters news agency.
As such, the focus needs to be on streamlining the process of developing and producing vehicles in a way that allows the company to keep a lid on the working capital requirements and free up additional cash flow.
Carmakers are also working with the U.S. Department of Transportation, which is testing applications through which vehicles would communicate with signals and road signs.
For its part, A123 has contracts for 21 different vehicles, which the company says should be enough to keep its existing production lines working for seven years or longer.
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"We are working to get taxis back on the road as quickly as possible but clearly, with the large number of vehicles affected in London and also in the regions, this work will take several weeks to complete, " Mr Hammond said.
Through their experience with the SLR, the AMG Black Series vehicles and in motorsport, Mercedes-Benz and AMG have accumulated more than 10 years of expertise in working with carbon-fibre materials.
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