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China auto sales up 55.7 percent in August Shanghai (AFP) Sept 2, 2010 
China's auto sales jumped 55.7 percent year on year in August, boosted by Beijing's new subsidies scheme for energy-saving vehicles, state media said Thursday.
Sales in the world's largest auto market rose to 1.22 million units in August, the Shanghai Securities News reported, citing figures from the China Automotive Technology and Research Centre.
The figures were 15.1 percent higher th ... read moreFord sees surging sales in China, India 
Chicago (AFP) Sept 2, 2010Times may be difficult at home for US auto giant Ford, but business is looking good in China and India, according to sales figures published Thursday. The company said sales in the two emerging economic powers increased 37 percent in August versus the same month a year before, affirming their status as "the world's fastest growing automotive markets." Sales in India posted a whopping 220 ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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China's Chery mulling auto plant in Spain: officials
Madrid (AFP) Sept 2, 2010China's largest home-grown carmaker Chery Automobile Co. is considering building a plant in Catalonia, the government of the northeastern Spanish region said Thursday. Catalonia "is the region best positioned to host the Chinese giant," it said in a statement, following a visit to China by the head of the regional government, Jose Montilla. Talks on a deal between Chery and Catalonia beg ... more Bumper-to-bumper again as epic China traffic jam returns 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2010A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said. State television broadcast images of a long line of mostly cargo trucks inching slowly through Inner Mongolia on a major highway leading toward Beijing that has come to symbolise China's serious traffic problem. "Y ... more Electric Cars Greener Than Expected 
Dubendorf, Switizerland (SPX) Sep 02, 2010It is not an easy task to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fuelled automobiles. The degree to which manufacture, usage and disposal of the batteries used to store the necessary electrical energy are detrimental to the environment is not exactly known. Now, for the first time, a team of Empa scientists have made a detailed life cycl ... more Italian electric car to go on sale in U.K. 
London (UPI) Sep 1, 2010 A British retailer of electric vehicles says it will start selling an Italian-made two-seat electric car in its showrooms this month. EV Stores - which sells electric cars, bikes and scooters - says the Tazzari Zero will go on sale for about $33,000 Sept. 12, BusinessGreen.com reported Wednesday. he Zero uses rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and can go about 85 miles between ... more |
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Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus'
Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2010China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus". The bus, due to be tested in the coming months in the western part of the city, travels on rails and straddles two lanes of traffic, allowing cars to drive under its passenger compartment, which holds up to 1,400 people ... more China's BYD automaker says listing planned for second half 
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 23, 2010Chinese battery and auto maker BYD said Monday that it hoped to list on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the second half of the year, after delaying earlier plans for a mainland listing. Last month, the Hong Kong-listed company said it was asking for shareholder approval to push back the flotation because of weakness in the stock market. BYD, part owned by a unit of Warren Buffett's Berksh ... more Making Vehicles Safer 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 19, 2010A car's crash components can spell the difference between life and death. Their job is to absorb energy in a collision in order to protect the driver inside. Researchers have now found a way for the automotive industry to mass-produce a particularly safe class of materials known as thermoplastic fiber composite components. Vehicles used to be predominantly made of steel. However, this raw ... more Scots scientists create car biofuel from whisky by-products 
London (AFP) Aug 17, 2010Whisky lovers have another excuse to enjoy a dram - scientists in Scotland on Tuesday unveiled a biofuel to help power cars developed from the by-products of the distillation process. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have developed the biofuel and filed a patent for the product, which they said could be used to fuel ordinary cars without any special adaptations. The biofuel, w ... more |
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