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Taiwan to cut tax on LPG hybrid car
Taipei :: Taiwan | 1 day ago
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Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan is planning to reduce the commodity tax on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered hybrid cars to encourage consumers to buy the less polluting vehicles, with the Executive Yuan passing a draft amendment Thursday as the first...
Tags: hybrid cars, Taiwan, commodity tax, LPG, lpg hybrid, Taipei, Environment, Hybrid vehicle, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Business Finance, Emission standards, Automobile, Hybrid electric vehicle, Alternative propulsion
Tata eyes stake in rival vehicle maker
Oslo :: Norway | 3 days ago
Credibility The auto giant is looking at buying the 17 per cent stake from private equity firm Actis, according to the Economic Times business daily, citing people familiar with the matter. Actis owns a 7.7 per cent direct stake in Swaraj and 9.3 per cent through...
Tags: Tata Motors, Indica, electric indica, Norway, Oslo, BSE Sensex, Business Finance, City cars, Technology Internet, Tata Group, Electric vehicles, Tata Indica, Car manufacturers, Tata Nano, Environment, Automotive industry, Automobile, Automobile industry in India, Alternative propulsion, Swaraj Mazda, Mazda, Swaraj, Actis Capital
Carparks are dangerous places - figures
Christchurch :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility While you may not risk your life in a carpark, it is the place your car is most likely to get damaged, according to figures from AA Insurance. In a survey of 3708 drivers, 73 percent reported having had their car damaged while parked and over half had...
Tags: car damaging, AA Insurance, New Zealand, Christchurch, Automobile, Traffic collision, Car safety, Finance, Insurance
Supercar Set To Power Its Way to 1,000mph
Bristol :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility He told Sky News Online it is not a question of whether the car will reach the coveted speed of 1,000mph, but when. "We are trying to go as far as modern technology will possibly allow. We are creating the most astonishing vehicle," he said. "This time...
Tags: World Land Speed Record, United Kingdom, Bristol, Bloodhound SSC, Andy Greene, Land speed record, Tracker, Eurofighter Typhoon, Jet engine, Thrust, Richard Noble, ThrustSSC, allnews, Rocket, Rocket-powered aircraft, Rocketry, Hydrogen peroxide, Spacecraft propulsion, Peroxides, Automobile, Wing Commander
Green cars hit sops hurdle
New Delhi :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility S N Dash, secretary in the Union Ministry of Heavy Industry, told DNA Money that any decision on sops for EFV development would be taken after a meeting of the high powered 'Development Council' next month. At present, there is hardly any incentivisation...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Environment, Hybrid vehicle, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Alternative propulsion, Green vehicle, Alternative fuel, Emission standard, Automobile, Hybrid electric vehicle, Hydrogen vehicle, Electric vehicles, Electric vehicle, Sustainable transport
Future lies in cheaper electric cars!
A few days back when I drove my car on the city roads I fumed within me seeing the traffic jams and the snail speed at which the vehicles were moving. My mind started calculating the cost involved on account of wastage of fuels, health hazards...
Tags: Automobile, Carnegie Mellon University, Electric car, Research, Robotics Institute, Technology, Traffic congestion, Transportation, cost effective, allnews, Commuting, Alternative propulsion, Electric vehicles, Technology Internet, Electrification, Environment, electric cars
Auto industry changes definition of quality control
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Dramatic changes in the auto industry have created a new definition of quality control for carmakers and their customers that goes beyond the basics of making sure everything is put together right on the factory floor. "Quality control begins a long time...
Tags: quality control, auto industry, Detroit, Volkswagen, Automobile, Cadillac, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Car manufacturers, General Motors, Quality
The great Chinese car sales mystery
Hong Kong :: China | 9 days ago
Credibility some 7.2 million passenger cars were sold during the nine months from January to September 2009, up 42% over the same period in 2008. Monthly sales figures are even more spectacular: year-on-year sales growth in September was an astonishing 83%.
Tags: sales growth, China, cars sales, passenger cars, Hong Kong, Alternative propulsion, Automobile, Fuel efficiency, Passenger car, Gasoline, Transport economics, Automobile industry in China, Electric vehicles, Business Finance
Renting a Smart car by the minute
Ulm :: Germany | 9 days ago
Credibility If you could use a car now and again but don't want to buy one, German automaker Daimler has a possible solution for you...For now, the program involves 200 Smart ForTwos and is available only Austin's 13,000 city employees. The program will be opened...
Tags: Daimler, Austin, parking lot, Germany, Ulm, Smart, Zipcar, Carsharing, Automobile, Daimler Motor Company, Microcars, Car sharing, DaimlerChrysler
Vehicle theft thwarted by manual transmission
San Bernardino :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Sunday in a parking lot in the 11000 block of Foothill Boulevard, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff's news release...The robber demanded the victim's wallet, cell phone and car but could not drive away in the vehicle. The robber hit the victim...
Tags: manual transmission, San Bernardino, Automobile, San Bernardino California, Rancho Cucamonga California, Rancho Cucamonga, Foothill Boulevard, Law Crime
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