Nissan Europe commissioned Master Perfumer and Aroma Academy Scientist Dr. George Dodd to create a scent of the future – a smell that may encompass emotions of a utopian world where electric; zero-emission (ZE) cars are the only vehicles and the nature’s balance has returned. The result is an amusing but quite incredible take on […]
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The name remains unchanged but the technology is completely new. In the 2014 season, Audi is aiming to achieve the hat-trick in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and another success in the Le Mans 24 Hours with a Le Mans prototype that has been redeveloped from scratch – combined, yet again, with technical innovations
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Not news as such, more an excuse for some interesting photos, Volkswagen’s superb hybrid XL1 supercar (not in the speed sense but in the technology stakes it certainly is) hit the streets of New York. Some very lucky Volkswagen employees are conducting a month long tour across America which takes them right across from Los
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It’s radical, revolutionary, racy and… a Renault. The distinctive Renault Twizy has helped change public opinion on the future of electric vehicles. To explain how this remarkable machine came about, Renault has produced a short video, which can be seen on here. Titled, “The uncensored story of a disruptive innovation” the film goes behind the
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Hyundai is set to reveal it’s all new concept car named the Intrado at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. As is usual with most concepts, the aim is to show the design direction for the brand and future developments. Built from a super-lightweight structure made of advanced materials and allegedly joined using revolutionary techniques, Hyundai
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Unfortunately, many people, particularly over the Christmas period, lose their lives due to drink driving. The issue is serious. It is a sad fact that the statistics are despite numerous anti-drink drive campaigns pushed out year upon year at Christmas time, but despite these campaigns aiming to educate, the statistics for drunk driving are still
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The Venturi Formula E Team was founded by an unlikely pairing of well known French automotive brand, Venturi Automobiles, and world famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Venturi Automobiles is a revived incarnation of the past great “French Ferrari” and is now solely focussed on electric vehicles. Based in Monaco, the brand has most notably put their
Venturi Automobiles today (9 December) announced a joint venture with award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014. The announcement also means the previously released press release by Bluebird that they would enter the inaugural
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The Volkswagen Group is the world’s leading automotive company in the field of innovative drive technologies. This has been confirmed by a study comparing the development activities and innovation excellence of 20 international automotive groups recently published by the Centre of Automotive Management (CAM). The Volkswagen Group expanded its innovation lead compared with the previous
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Only a week after the World Championship winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro race car’s last run in a race, its successor is ready to hit the track. Tests of the new LMP1 sports car, which has been kept under wraps up to now, commence today on the U.S. race track at Sebring (Florida). Audi Sport in Ingolstadt and
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