Under-inflated car tyres cost drivers £440m
British motorists are paying £440m in unnecessary fuel bills each year because they fail to keep their car tyres properly inflated.
British motorists are paying £440m in unnecessary fuel bills each year because they fail to keep their car tyres properly inflated.
On Sunday 5th September 2010, an estimated 70,000 cyclists will take to traffic-free streets as part of this year’s London Freewheel, the annual cycling event currently branded as ‘Sky Ride’ as part of a sponsorship deal.
The event forms part of London’s ‘Year of Cycling’, the mayor’s £116m-initiative that includes funding for the London Cycle Hire scheme, Cycle Superhighways, training, promotion, guided rides and education.
A group of engineers from Taiwan believes that drink riding is likely to be such a problem in the future that electric bikes will need a built-in breathalyzer.
The Royal Academy of Engineering has calculated that ten nuclear power stations would need to be built if Britain’s cars were to switch from petrol to electricity. An earlier report by European transport lobby group, T&E, found that the environmental benefits to be had from a switch to electric vehicles were dependent not only on changes in the way electricity was generated, but the way energy was taxed and CO2 emissions regulated.
An electric car powered by 8,320 laptop batteries this week drove 1000km on a single charge. The Japan Electric Vehicle Club took a stock Daihatsu Mira and replaced its petrol engine with an electric motor powered by Sanyo lithium-ion batteries of the kind normally found in laptop computers.