BMW develops street lights that charge your car
BMW has developed street lights that double up as electric car chargers according to the news agency, Reuters. The German carmaker is to run a pilot project in Munich next year, using existing st...
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Tyre industry vows to work harder to reduce road accidents
The tyre industry is to work closer with government agencies to try and reduce the number of tyre-related casualties which occur each year on the UK’s roads. A recent meeting hosted by Parliamenta...
New £1 billion centre opens to develop cleaner cars
A new £1 billion centre to research the development of new, cleaner cars has been opened this week by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable. Opening the new Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) at the U...
Electric car travels over 400 miles on a single charge
Travelling 736km (457 miles) on a single charge is something that sounds far out of the range of even a Tesla Model S - but that's exactly what one firm has achieved with its converted-to-electric-...
Crossover crunch time: Citroen C4 Cactus v Nissan Juke
Nissan’s jaunty Juke came to define the kooky crossover segment in 2010 but a refreshed model earlier this year arrived about the same time Citroen launched its C4 Cactus rival. Any crossover aimin...
Pass on petrol savings, demands Danny Alexander
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has called on petrol and diesel companies to lower prices at the pump to fall in line with recent drops in oil prices ’as quickly as possible’. The p...
Dates and ‘fearless’ theme confirmed for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015
2015’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will take place between Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 June, the same weekend as this year’s event. The event will be centred around the theme of ‘Fast and Fearless: Raci...
Student-built electric car sets new acceleration record
A new world record for the fastest accelerating car has been set in Switzerland – by an electric race car developed and built by students. The ‘grimsel’ car, developed by students at ETH Zurich a...
All-wheel-drive Jaguar F-Type R coming 2015
Jaguar has confirmed that a four-wheel-drive variant of the F-Type R will join the range in 2015 as part of a ‘number of performance enhancements’ which will also see the F-Type line-up grow from s...
Rolls-Royce job cuts won’t affect car division
Job losses at Rolls-Royce are strictly confined to its aerospace division and have no bearing on its flourishing car manufacturing business. The luxury brand has underlined this point following med...
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