You may also credit the car's Eco driving mode, accessible through a rotary dial in the between-the-seat console.
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Other applications like email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Angry Birds, etc. would be inaccessible while in Driving Mode.
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In less-severe cases, warning lamps could light up and vehicles may go into fail-safe driving mode with reduced power.
Driving Mode recognizes that certain features of the phone are useful potentially lifesaving while driving.
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Thanks to BMW's four-mode driving-dynamics software which ratchets up the responses of the steering, suspension, engine, transmission and brakes the 640i has a broad performance envelope, from sluggardly to aggressive.
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You can get 47 miles per gallon and Nair says he has consistently done so by driving in EcoCruise mode, at 60 miles per hour, and using all the coaching tools Ford provides on the instrument panel to perfect your braking and acceleration behavior.
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The C-Max Energi has an EV mode button on the center stack that lets the driver choose between three modes: electric-only driving, normal hybrid mode (which blends electric and gasoline engine power as appropriate) or EV-later mode, which reserves the battery pack power for later use.
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Electricity will be the primary power source of the car, although when that runs low a gas-powered mode will enable driving for hundreds of additional miles.
Since the C-MAX Energi is more than just a regular hybrid, you can choose one of three different driving modes via an EV Mode button on the center stack.
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And despite Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt's hope that "self-driving cars should become the predominant mode of transportation in our lifetime", it could be that even a small risk could be too much for some people to be comfortable removing the driver completely.
Another nice feature available on the Android, but not Google's iPhone app or Apple's software, is that the phone's screen enters a night mode when you're driving at night.
Additionally, DISH Anywhere users can take advantage of the new "Audio Only" mode, allowing them to listen to any live or pre-recorded show while doing other activities like driving or interacting with other apps on their device.
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