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September 22, 2009
Porsche has revealed that it plans to put an electric car on the market within the next decade. Despite intensive work on the project, Porsche estimate that it will take at least five years to come up with a model with the same handling as its petrol-engined vehicles. The company believes that if the economy recovers it could sell 150,000...
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September 22, 2009
More than 1,000 cities in 40 countries are today taking part in World Carfree Day 2009, an event first organised in Britain by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). World Car Free Day, or ‘In town without my car day’ as it is referred to in Britain, takes place every year on 22nd September as an international celebration of...
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September 21, 2009
An estimated 50,000 cyclists took over parts of London yesterday (September 20th) as part of the mayor of London’s Skyride event. Almost 10 miles of the city’s streets were shut off to traffic, meaning that the cyclists had the roads to themselves. The annual event, which was originally known as the London Freewheel, aims to encourage...
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September 18, 2009
A group of protesters have dumped horse manure on Jeremy Clarkson’s driveway as part of their campaign against vehicle emissions. Seven Climate Rush activists did so while dressed as suffragettes and carrying a banner, saying "This is what you’re landing us in". The group said that, by dumping the manure at the Top...
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September 17, 2009
A new high-tech device that helps prevent people who are learning to ride a bicycle from falling off could make that heart-stopping moment when the stabilizers are removed from a child’s bike a thing of the past. The Gyrowheel replaces a bicycle’s standard front wheel and houses a battery-operated gyroscope that is able to correct wobbles,...
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September 17, 2009
A driver who followed directions from his sat nav to the edge of a cliff has been fined. Robert Jones was found guilty of driving without due care and attention by Calderdale magistrates. He was fined £370, told to pay £500 costs and given six points on his licence. This comes after the 43 year old followed orders from his sat nav which...
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September 17, 2009
Cyclists will be legally entitled to ignore no-entry signs on thousands of one-way streets around the country if a trial in London proves successful. The Department for Transport will change existing road signs around the London borough of Kensington & Chelsea by attaching a small plate that reads ‘Except cyclists’ to the poles carrying...
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September 16, 2009
Blackpool is hoping that a touch of Parisian chic will help revive its fortunes when it launches a bicycle hire scheme based on one that is proving hugely popular in the French capital. The number of people visiting Blackpool has fallen by over 40 per cent in recent years, but it is hoped that the £1million project will boost tourism in the...
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September 16, 2009
A new bicycle that is able to carry up to four children could make thousands of school-run SUVs redundant according to Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The Madsen Cargo Bike is in most respects much like any other bicycle, but on its rear rack it sports a tub large enough to be equipped with two benches, four seatbelts and a rain...
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September 15, 2009
Fiat has beaten Peugeot-Citroen by a whisker to claim the title of cleanest car maker of the year 2008 – the average amount of CO2 emitted by the vehicles it sold in 2008 was 138g/km. Those sold by Peugeot-Citroen produced an average of 139g/km. Car makers are being forced to build cleaner cars after a new European law setting binding...
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