Solar-powered car uses half the power of a kettle
A British-designed solar-powered car that is to compete in a 3,000km race across Australia uses half as much power as some kettles.
News Archives - July 2009
‘More relevant’ driving test needed
Britons should take a driving test which involves a range of new elements, Graeme Trudgill, corporate affairs executive at the The British Insurance Brokers’ Association, has claimed.
He commented that there should be reforms in this examination, with "more relevant" additions.
Mr Trudgill explained: "[There should be] tests for hazard perception, situational jud
McCharge on the menu for electric cars
Fast food chain McDonalds is to open a ‘green’ restaurant that uses solar tubes to pipe natural light into the premises, sunflower-seed board and bamboo fittings and a re-charging facility for the drivers of electric vehicles.
Drink driver ‘should act as a warning’
The case of a man who has been found to be over the legal alcohol limit while driving on nine occasions should act as a warning to others, a top police officer has said.
Chief superintendent Brian Anderson made the comments in relation to John Morrison, who was recently sentenced to eight months in prison for latest of these incidents.
The nine drink driving offences stretch ba
Bicycle boom hits Britain
The demand for bicycles in Britain has tripled in the past year, leading to shortages of certain models of bike