Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp. is expected to continue using LPG as alternative feedstock at its steam crackers until after November when it will switch to fully using naphtha, an industry source said Friday. The plan comes as prices ...
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Volvo has completed a research project into inductive charging for electric vehicles, with a senior executive expressing the wireless technology has “great potential”. Partnering a consortium of companies, including Volvo, ...
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Only a week after releasing renderings of the new Hyundai Genesis sedan, the South Korean car maker has announced plans to launch the new car across Europe in 2014. The Genesis will become the first ever premiumHyundai sedan sold in ...
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There will be more than 10,000 new Telsa owners across Germany each year by 2015, according to the electric car maker’s CEO, Elon Musk. Speaking with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag last week, Musk said the ambitious annual target ...
The first Holden built in Australia has sold for $600,000 at the 2013 RACV Motorclassica auction in Melbourne. The winning bid for the 1947 Holden prototype is believed to be the highest amount paid for a Holden in Australia, though fell ...
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A new Porsche Panamera 4S has joined NSW Police as the German luxury sports car maker agreed to continue its partnership with the force’s community engagement program into 2014. Launched in September 2012 with an entry-level ...
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Victoria Police’s automatic number plate recognition technology is struggling to keep up with the times, with the software unable to recognise the state’s newly configured number plates. News Limited reports Victoria Police ...
Hertz is giving people around the world another reason to travel to Europe with a fresh list of performance models added to its premium rental car range. Offering customers “the driving experience of a lifetime”, Hertz ...
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Images and details of the first long-wheelbase Range Rover in two decades have been released, revealing the brand’s intentions to appeal to an even more exclusive section of the luxury car market. The Range Rover LWB will debut ...
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The updated high-performance Volvo S60 T6 due next year with an all-new twin-charged petrol engine will be faster than the current model as well as almost 40 per cent more fuel efficient. The Swedish car maker says the Volvo S60 equipped ...
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Possible engines, transmissions, pricing and specifications for what is believed to be the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang have been leaked online via a product marketing survey. Compiled by market research and consulting agency Morpace, ...
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An automated drive-through vehicle refuelling system has been unveiled at a US petroleum convention, making hands-free in-car refuelling possible. Developed by the Canadian Husky Corporation and Stolkholm-based Fuelmatics AB, the ...
Oceanwide, a Canadian SaaS insurance software provider, has upgraded its SaaS-based insurance software modules suite known as Bridge. The company said that the enhancements to Bridge have been designed primarily to help business users. ...
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ACE Group today announced the appointment of two senior executives in Continental Europe as it completes a number of internal promotions within its regional management team. Jeff Moghrabi, Regional Chief Operating Officer for Continental ...
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US-based Abbott Laboratories has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MitraClip device, designed to treat patients with significant symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) who are at ...
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