South Africa in the news: 6 cars imported to the U.S. from unusual places: Mercedes-Benz C 300 will be imported to the U.S. from South Africa, but it’s not the only unusual place cars come from these days.: “South Africa” – BingNews Bancassurance Market to Set Remarkable Growth from 2021 to 2026 | Citigroup, Banco …
South Africa in the news: Electric cars split the road for emerging and developing markets: Europe is switching quickly to electric vehicles, but the developing world needs those internal combustion engines.: “South Africa” – BingNews Southern Brave compile explosive batting line-up for the inaugural Hundred tournament this summer: It is a tournament not without its …
Pursuing Tesla’s electric cars won’t rev up VW’s share price: The 2015 diesel scandal resulted in a 40% drop in the company's share price at the time. A. Aleksandravicius/Shutterstock Volkswagen’s chairman, Herbert Deiss, has been struggling to bring the company’s stock price back to its previous heights since he took over the reins of the …
Millions of electric cars will need charging in future – but how?: buffaloboy / shutterstock One consequence of Brexit is that Britain will desperately need a modernising industrial strategy. In Boris Johnson’s mind, a key element of this is the recently announced “green industrial revolution” which included bringing forward to 2030 a ban on selling …
South Africa in the news: Outlook on the Passenger Cars Global Market to 2025 – Rewire Your Business Around Market Trends – ResearchAndMarkets.com: Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report has been designed to provide an in-depth study of the global passenger car …: “South Africa” …
Are plug-in hybrid cars worse for environment than factory tests suggest? It depends how you drive them: Petovarga/Shutterstock Currently accounting for 3% of new car sales, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are sold as low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuel and conventional hybrid cars. But a new report threatens to shatter their green credentials. Research from the …
Road rage, stop and search and vehicle stereotypes: why cars drive so much racism: Shutterstock/Tony Dunn Picture this for a moment, you’re in the car, tootling along, minding your own business – keeping a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front. All of a sudden some maniac in a loud vehicle comes along …
Electric cars won’t save us if the numbers don’t add up – economist: Karen Vardazaryan/Unsplash, FAL Electric cars are one of the fastest growing sectors of the automotive industry. Record sales are being made despite the economic crisis posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Seven years ago, there were only 3500 plug-in cars in the UK …
Autonomous cars: five reasons they still aren’t on our roads: Grzegorz Czapski/Shutterstock Elon Musk thinks his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. “There are no fundamental challenges remaining,” he said recently. “There are many small problems. And then there’s the challenge of solving all those small problems and …
Social distancing is making public transport worse for the environment than cars – here’s how to fix it: Travelerpix/Shutterstock During lockdown, travel restrictions caused car and public transport use to plummet across the UK. On April 12 2020, the number of daily trips by car fell to 22%, compared to a typical day the year …
South Africa in the news: 1950s Train Cars to Become Boutique Hotel Above South Africa’s Sabie River: A new boutique hotel in South Africa will re-purpose train cars as guest rooms on a bridge above the Sabie River.: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa: Use Quarantine Facilities, Urges Health Department Boss As Province Heads for …
Hydrogen cars won’t overtake electric vehicles because they’re hampered by the laws of science: Hydrogen may bomb. Eillen Hydrogen has long been touted as the future for passenger cars. The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), which simply runs on pressurised hydrogen from a fuelling station, produces zero carbon emissions from its exhaust. It can …
Cars: transition from lockdown is a fork in the road – here are two possible outcomes for future travel: As more and more countries, including the UK, are eased out of lockdown, people are returning to their workplaces and taking children to school. How they choose to make those journeys could determine the future of …
If all cars were electric, UK carbon emissions would drop by 12%: nrqemi / shutterstock The COVID-19 lockdown has led to reduced pollution and emissions in the UK and around the world, providing a clear indication of how cars affect air quality and carbon emissions. But such a change is only temporary – millions of …
Zero emissions: government must address hurdles putting people off electric cars: An early electric Tesla Roadster from 2010. Shutterstock Ambitious targets have been set by the UK and Scottish governments to become net-zero carbon economies by 2050 and 2045 respectively. But a variety of initiatives will be required on the part of government, industry and …
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Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway: The car we choose and the energy system we support are linked. Marcos_Silva/Shutterstock Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure …
SA Streaming Service Justflicks Gives Away R7m in Cars: Justflicks, South Africa’s most affordable video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service at just R1 a day, is offering viewers another chance to win a brand new car. The Audi Q2 up for grabs will take the value of the vehicles recently given away by the Streaming Service to …