“Operation in bad weather,” said Cummings, is among the most often cited limitations in current self-driving car technologies. Cummings noted that self-driving cars are known to have problems in driving in “standing water on roadways, drizzling rain, sudden downpours, and snow.” She added ...
it became increasingly difficult for officials to justify making huge investments to build low-volume cars like the Superfast. Ferrari instead focused on series production, though we wouldn’t call any of its models “mass-produced.”
Carabinieri Alfa Giulia QV Italy’s smart-suited Carabinieri – the harder, military arm of the Italian police – had some amazing company cars. Being suave, sophisticated types, they didn’t just slap some stickers and two-tones on a bunch of Fiat 500s. Oh no. See, the Carabinieri have ...
Honda clearly isn’t going Tesla chasing with this one, the dimensions are Fiat 500-plus-a-bit, wider than a Jazz but actually narrower when you take into account it has no wing mirrors. This is very much an urban runaround. A range of 137-miles means you won’t want to stray too ...
(mostly they had to do with crappy FIAT “Fix It Again Tony” cars). At the end of dinner he’d have vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, or for a real treat, spumoni ice cream. He’d go to his room, watch TV and often he’d watch something funny–and his loud giggle was ...
the Fiat 500 and Panda seem to be serving the same audience. They’re both built on Fiat’s ‘Mini’ platform (someone owes someone royalties, surely), they’re both small city cars and they’re both more charming and entertaining than any number of putative competitors. So what’s the ...
So are many of the passenger cars. If not they’re mostly small and efficient vehicles that do what most people need them to do: provide transportation.Besides, there’s a great train system, light rail, metros, good bus routes, and on it goes. ...
Fiat: then Fiat Fiat: then The first Fiat factory opened in Turin, Italy in 1900, and in the company's first year it completed 24 cars. The original logo spells out the company's full name, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, with an empty space after the N for the serial production ...
Posted on August 24, 2012Author John GreenfieldCategories Beyond Chicago, Businesses, Roads, TransportationTags Bobby Becker, car sharing, driving, Fiat 500, I-GO, Sharon Feigon, Smart cars 33 thoughts on “Are Smart cars smart? The pros and cons of microcars” nonya says: August 24, ...
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