And it punctiliously obeys, its gas pedal falling limply ineffective as you approach the limit.
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Press timidly on the gas pedal and the thing accelerates to more than 160kph in a hundred meters.
Its success had prompted other tech companies to hit the gas pedal on developing their own virtualization technologies.
Even after Toyota fixes the gas pedal problems, it is likely to have trouble regaining share, some say.
Press timidly on the gas pedal and the thing accelerates to over 100mph in the length of a football field.
Be sure to go easy on the gas pedal, particularly if your travels take you up or down the East Coast.
It's impossible not to grin as you tap the gas pedal and feel the kind of thrust normally reserved for astronauts and test pilots.
In other hybrids, you can usually feel a subtle shudder through the steering wheel, seat or gas pedal when the gasoline engine kicks on.
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"I looked down and my foot was still on the brake, so I did not have my foot on the gas pedal, " she said.
Disengaging the skybrake, his Porsche hovers effortlessly, mere inches above the ground, before he floors the gas pedal and launches powerfully into the crimson sky.
The one sure cause of unintended acceleration, of course, is drivers stomping on the gas pedal instead of the brake, a not unknown phenomenon.
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But even standing on the gas pedal doesn't produce much excitement.
But the gas pedal problems could throw its sales into reverse.
If there were any doubts that Beijing's economic mandarins needed to step on the gas pedal, official and private sector data released Monday provided grim confirmation.
Teleflex had a patent for a gas pedal that moves via electronic sensor according to a driver's height, which Ford Motor was using on some of its trucks.
"It makes me very angry when someone tells me, 'She probably hit the gas pedal instead, ' because I think it's a sexist comment, an ageist comment, " she said.
Maybe these bigger feet overlap the accelerator and gas pedal.
Toyota previously issued recalls on two specific problems it acknowledged, a mechanism that might lead to a sticky gas pedal and floor mats that might interfere with its action.
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Competition for Netflix in the U.S. has started to accelerate and the company will need to step on the gas pedal of innovation and content acquisition in order to stay ahead.
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Consumers no longer trust Toyotas because a defective gas pedal, or possibly a malfunctioning electronic throttle control system, or maybe a poorly secured floor mat, can cause them to surge out of control.
It had a massive recall crisis from late 2009 through 2010, affecting various regions, but especially in the U.S., that resulted in millions of vehicles being recalled for braking, gas pedal, floor mat and other problems.
Is your local government running a deficit and looking for new sources of revenue? (If you live in the U.S., the answer is almost certainly yes.) Then maybe you should lighten up on the gas pedal during your commute.
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Teleflex (nyse: TFX - news - people ) had a patent for a gas pedal that moves via electronic sensor according to a driver's height, which Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) was using on some of its trucks.
The developments are reportedly right in line with the US government's Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Initiative, and we're sure officials are mighty proud of the E-Flare, which provides optical and acoustic warnings coupled with a force-feedback gas pedal, and E-Horn, which accepts incoming warning signals from emergency vehicles and alerts the driver via (presumably distracting) in-cabin lights and sounds.
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There is not much incentive to take the foot off the gas-pedal and apply the brakes just yet.
For example, a car could gently increase the gas-pedal spring pressure when the speed is too high -- the navigation system knows how tight that upcoming curve is, remember -- or apply a light twist to the steering wheel if the car is drifting off course.
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