In January this year, new commercial vehicle registrations in the European Union further declined by 10.6 percent year on year to 126,110 units, continuing the downward year-on-year trend which prevailed throughout 2012, according to the ...
The BMW i3 has been pushed to its limits around the Arctic Circle as development of the plug-in city car nears completion. The i3 prototype underwent an endurance test through icy conditions at the top of the globe to assess its ...
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In February this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian construction sector increased from to 81.6, up 1.5 percent from 80.4 percent in January, following the minor uptick of one percent seen in January as compared to ...
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The Foton Tunland has been awarded a disappointing three-star ANCAP safety rating in the latest round of local crash testing. Despite Foton claiming its Chinese-built Tunland ute was designed in accordance with four-star Euro NCAP ...
Plastic electronics technology developed in Europe has used to process the first printed analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) to be fabricated on plastic foil. This work is collaboration between CEA-Liten, Eindhoven University of ...
Seven trailblazing Land Rover Electric Defender research cars will be unveiled in Geneva next week as the British car maker showcases its pioneering work in off-road electric vehicle development. In one of the most significant ...
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The son of former World Rally Championship driver, Finn Harri Rovanpera, is 11-year-old Kalle Rovanpera, and he’s been driving rally cars for years. Harri Rovanpera, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 1992-2006, has ...
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The production version of the Volkswagen Golf GTI has been revealed ahead of its official unveiling at next week’s 2013 Geneva motor show. The production model is almost identical to the Golf GTI concept that debuted at last ...
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A four-seat version of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale has been revealed ahead of next week’s 2013 Geneva motor show. The Italian sports car maker confirmed the introduction of the new high-performance four-seat coupe, which ...
Every day new applications appear on the world's mobile communications networks and user behaviour keeps adapting to new ways of streaming video, sharing files and communicating. New business demands, such as traffic monetisation, must ...
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Tax refunds - or the lack thereof - was a popular topic among exhibitors here Wednesday as the Tupelo Furniture Market got off to a fast start on its unofficial opening day. Many exhibitors said the slow beginning to "tax season" - the ...
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The McLaren P1 will cost Australians close to $2 million but will be confined to racetracks, with confirmation it will be produced exclusively in left-hand drive. Following yesterday’s gallery of leaked official images, McLaren has ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday the initiation of the administrative review of countervailing duty (CVD) orders with a January anniversary date involving oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-944)--multiple ...
A new safety standard has been published for the use of lanyard and harness restraint systems on forklifts. On February 23, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard ANSI/ITSDF B56.1, clause 4.17 was revised. It now requires all ...
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The Motion Control Association (MCA), the global trade group representing the motion control industry, announced its 2013 Board of Directors on February 21st during the annual MCA Business Conference in Orlando, Florida. John Hegel, ...