32. What do Darrell Etherington's words indicate about self-driving cars? A. They are around the corner. B. They are an impossible dream. C. They approach us unavoidably. D. They affect our way of travelling.33. Why did the author feel hopeless last month? A. Autonomous vehicles were...
General Motors was exposed in the wake of the GFC as rising gas prices saw consumers look elsewhere for fuel-efficient cars. GM also had several employee-related fixed costs which it had to meet as salesrevenuedeclined. General Motors was effectively split in two during Chapter 11 bankruptcy pr...
故选D。 D We've been told for years that self-driving cars are just approaching. But it's time to accept the truth, said Darrell Etherington on TechCrunch: they "aren't going to happen" in our lifetimes. I've long been excited about the potential of this technology, but my remaining...
GM developing smarter cars: when drivers are distracted, inattentive, or otherwise not doing what they're supposed to be doing while behind the wheel, communications technology, sensors, GPS, and powerful processors just might make all the difference, as a General Motors demonstration proves.(...
9. Of course “lights-off” factories (factories run by robots) are the future. 10. Of course cars have to be sold and serviced through dealerships. 11. Of course research has to be done by scientists and protected by patents. 12. Of course imports will always be cheaper than American...
One of the world's major automakers, General Motors (GM), announced that it would stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035.The key to an electric future is batteries. Automakers are racing to pack the most energy into the smallest one. The lithium-ion battery is what powers our mobile ...
Americans are abandoning their monster sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in favour of smaller, less expensive cars. For carmakers, which are already fighting intense competition from Asia, adverse economic conditions and high healthcare and pension costs, it's looking dangerously like the end of the...
Companies developing and testing autonomous cars include Audi, BMW, Ford, Google, General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen and Volvo. Waymo, Google's parent company Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car test project, involves a fleet of self-driving cars, including a Toyota Prius and an Audi TT, navigati...
Light-duty cars and trucks are responsible for more than half of the U.S. greenhouse gases from transportation, and the sector itself is a major contributor to the nation’s overall emissions. Any action to roll back or revise regulations is likely to face legal challenges from environm...
The long-awaited debut of the Corvette ZR1, an all-new Equinox, and refreshed Suburban and Tahoe full-size SUVs headline the 2025 Chevrolet lineup. In other news, Chevy bids farewell to two of its remaining three passenger-car models. Here are the change