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Koch brothers is launching a new, multimillion dollar group to fight the rise of electric cars
2016-02-22 14:26:26| Energy - Topix.net
As a surprise to absolutely no one, those who personally benefit from the success of fossil fuel industries are again scrambling to fight large scale progress toward cleaner energy. Recently it was revealed that the Koch brothers are a part of a plan to create a new group whose mission is to increase pro-petroleum transportation propaganda - by funneling $10 million per year into it - and to try and undo governmental electric vehicle subsidies.
Sales of Category A cars jump after latest COE bidding exercise
2016-02-20 18:37:15| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Car dealers have reported a 50 per cent jump in sales for the smaller Category A cars, after the latest COE bidding exercise on Wednesday. SINGAPORE: Sales of Category A cars are up 50 per cent in the past week compared to the previous two weeks, said car dealers, as Certificate of Entitlement prices for these smaller cars dipped to their lowest levels since March 2011.
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Volvo issues recall for 59,000 cars
2016-02-20 18:30:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Swedish carmaker Volvo is recalling 59,000 cars across 40 markets over a fault that can briefly shut down the engine.
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Volvo will start selling new cars with digital keys that are...
2016-02-19 17:25:56| Wireless - Topix.net
That's probably what we'll be saying soon, because carmakers have caught the tech bug, and now they're working nonstop to reinvent everything we know about transportation. As more vehicles hit the streets with advanced safety and connectivity features, it's natural to expect that certain artifacts of the car-ownership experience will one day disappear.
Diesel cars may be be worse than petrol for CO2 emissions, report claims
2016-02-19 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Diesel engines may be doing nothing to slow global warming despite being the backbone of Europes policy to reduce car emissions, a new report claims. Tailpipe emissions of sooty black carbon could be as much as 25-50% higher than the EU estimates for cars made before 2005, says the paper by Professor Erckard Helmers of Triers University. On this analysis, some 20m cars in use since the 1990s may each have produced 40-80g of CO2 equivalent per kilometre more than previously thought. However,...
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