Volvo has developed a method of storing energy in car body panels that could make conventional hybrid and electric vehicle batteries a thing of the past. The three-and-a-half year project –funded by the European Union and comprising ...
Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 Sweden’s last remaining medium car, the Volvo S60 sedan – and its Volvo V60 wagon sibling – has been ...
After a successful presence at this year's Solar Energy UK, Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) announced to have signed a partnership with PV wholesaler Solen Energy UK. Both companies agreed on a nationwide ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4.5 Comfort & Interior 4.5 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 0 Swap out of the old Mazda 3 and into the new Mazda 3 and it feels as though the fast-forward button has been pressed ...
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FTR's Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) was still sitting in negative territory in August, but shipping rates, for the time being, are still being held in check. The Index has been dropping slowly all summer, FTR said, "reflecting the ...
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The mother of British racing driver Sean Edwards has paid tribute to her 26-year old son, killed while mentoring a fellow driver at the Queensland Raceway. In an emotional interview with Britain’s London Evening Standard newspaper, ...
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The Hyundai Genesis sedan that could rival the likes of the 5 Series and E-Class in Australia has been caught undisguised by a South Korean motoring site. Hyundai’s large car will be built in right-hand drive for the first time for ...
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New official images of the Porsche Macan have been released ahead of its unveiling at next month’s Los Angeles auto show. The latest image gallery reveals a series of lightly camouflaged Macan prototypes undergoing final testing and ...
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Briefly dabbling in the retro-cool craze, the limited edition Renault Megane Coupe-Cabriolet Floride has launched locally paying homage to the 1958-1968 convertible of the same name. Priced from $44,990, the Floride will be available ...
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Toyota Motor Corp is recalling 803,000 of its 2012 and 2013 sedans around the world due to potential problems with air conditioning condensers. The notice, released by Toyota on Thursday, affects mostly its Camry models. The company ...
Audi AG has released a limited edition DTM Champion version of the Audi A5 Coupe in its home market, paying tribute to its native touring car driver Mike Rockenfeller who won the 2013 season “with races to spare”. Called the ...
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The Nissan ZEOD RC that will compete in the 2014 Le Mans 24-hour endurance race using electric power has been unveiled in completed form. Nissan’s performance division, Nismo, revealed the hybrid race car in Japan today, eight ...
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In the first nine months of the current year, the value of China's Hebei Province's finished steel (excluded mechanical and electrical products) exports totaled $4.44 billion, up by 12.8 percent or by $500 million year on year, as announced ...
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These computer-generated images represent an accurate depiction of the new Ford Mustang due in 2015, according to one of the muscle car’s most famous fan sites. Mustang6G.com says the renderings are based on a combination of both ...
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Japan-based steelmaker JFE Steel has announced that, together with Japan's Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., it has supplied the US-based natural resource developer Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC with 1,900 mt of heavy-walled casing produced at ...
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