The Opel Mokka will join the growing number of pint-sized SUVs to be sold in Australia. General Motors’ German brand has finally confirmed the Mokka will join its local line-up, which currently comprises the Corsa city car, Astra ...
Tags: Opel Mokka, Transportation
Russian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Vyksa Steel Works, a part of Russia-based OMK Group, has announced its production results for March and the first three months of the current year. Accordingly, in the January-March period ...
Tags: Vyksa Steel, Steel Pipe Output
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor has introduced the 2014 4Runner sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, California, US. The revamped 4Runner SUV is powered by a 4.0L V6 engine, which is mated to a ...
With a robust form that ensures impressive stability, a panel lift helps to lift drywall or sheetrock without any help. Its supported weight capacity goes up to 200 lbs., while its reach can be around 14.5 ft. With optional extensions, the ...
Tags: Manual Labour, Panel Lifts, Hand Hoist
There may be a sliver of light at the end of the tunnel for retailers frustrated with creaky, plastic-y, non-serviceable OEM bottom brackets in $8,000 bikes. A new generation of aftermarket designs goes directly after creak and ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Hand hoists have chain, rope, and cable models, the former being a safer alternative. It is also more reliable to lift heavy materials. Its strength from the solid-steel build and linked chain eases the pressure of sustaining heavy weight. ...
Tags: Drum Lift, Hand Hoists
Volvo says its extensive development and testing of kinetic flywheels has confirmed the technology is a lightweight, eco-friendly and financially viable solution for improving the performance of its future production vehicles. The Swedish ...
Tags: Volvo, Flywheel Kers Technology
By its own admission, VW UK’s public relations department says the new Volkswagen Rock Up! and Volkswagen Groove Up! will appeal to “fans of loud music, great-looking small cars and questionable puns”. Inspired by ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Transportation
The production version of the Mazzanti Evantra V8 has debuted at Top Marques Monaco 2013. The flagship Evantra boasts Lamborghini-beating numbers, with its naturally aspirated 7.0-litre V8 producing 523kW of power at 6600rpm and 848Nm at ...
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has completed test of a new kinetic flywheel technology also known as Flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) on public roads. Volvo claimed that the is light, financially viable and ...
Tags: Volvo, Kinetic Flywheel Technology
Sensation Lawn Mowers was a commercial lawnmower brand created by Howard Phelps in 1944. The Sensation Lawn Mower Company was located in Ralston, Nebraska, USA. History Howard Phelps received patent number 2,265,545 on his mowing ...
Training with power remains one of the most elite market niches in cycling: so expensive that even some ProTour teams limit their riders' access to power meters, keeping them under lock and key and lending them out for limited tests. In the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, software, hardware
BAE Systems has secured a contract to supply hybrid propulsion system for Nova LFS hybrid electric (HEV) buses in Quebec. Under the contract, the BAE Systems will deliver 475 units of the HybriDrive Series propulsion system for HEV buses ...
Tags: BAE Systems, Auto Parts, buses
Some components, which are often optional accessories on sports bicycles, are standard features on utility bicycles to enhance their usefulness and comfort. Mudguards, or fenders, protect the cyclist and moving parts from spray when riding ...
Tags: Accessories, Bicycle
Bicycle suspension refers to the system or systems used to suspend the rider and all or part of the bicycle. This serves two purposes: to keep the wheels in continuous contact with the ground, improving control, and to isolate the rider and ...
Tags: Suspension, Bicycle