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23-Mar-09

How to design a 1,000mph car

"If they get their calculations even slightly wrong, Bloodhound SSC could spin out of control or become airborne. Engineering director John Piper describes the challenges of designing a machine 160 times more powerful than a...

Category: Transport

22-Mar-09

World's cheapest car hits Indian market

Tata Motors: The £1300 car arrives in India. While it offers the dream of freedom and affordability never dreamed of before to Indians, what will millions of new cars do for pollution and the climate there? Is it fair for the 1st...


16-Mar-09

Britain's pioneering electric supercar: powered by wind

"Makers of car faster than a Ferrari aim to smash stereotypes on electric cars for likes of Jeremy Clarkson and Daily Mail readers"


12-Mar-09

The bumpy road to harnessing truck power

"Nobody likes driving along a bumpy road. But to Shakeel Avadhany and Zack Anderson, both students at MIT, the bumps mean one thing - wasted energy. By using new, energy-harvesting shock absorbers, they're hoping to produce a 10%...


7-Mar-09

Halve emissions from cars by 2050, auto industry told

"Consortium claims '50 by 50' initiative could save equivalent of half EU's current C0² emissions"


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