Tag: cars
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BC car lot sues seller for $103,000 after cars turned out to be stolen
[ad_1] Article content A Vancouver used car lot is suing a man who sold it two high-end vehicles for $103,000, after the Lexus and Ram 1500 pickup turned out to be stolen. The car wholesaler, 715 Motor Haus, bought a 2021 Dodge Ram 1500 truck for $60,000 in July and a 2018 Lexus GX460 for…
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Record-breaking Storm Ciarán kills at least 5 in Italy, trapping residents and overturning cars: “A wave of water bombs”
[ad_1] Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy’s Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars. At least five people were killed, bringing the storm’s death toll in western Europe to 12 on Friday. Italian Civil Protection authorities said nearly…
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Robotics hub could enable self-driving cars and rovers
[ad_1] A robotics hub that could create technology to help flying taxis, autonomous cars, moon rovers and ships navigate in tricky environments has opened in Sydney. Federal Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic cut the ribbon on the robotics manufacturing facility in Botany on Tuesday on behalf of Advanced Navigation. The firm, which has worked…
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Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament
[ad_1] Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament The Prime Minister’s plans have provoked anger from some Conservative MPs By Political Editor Published: 22:32 BST, 21 September 2023 | Updated: 07:00 BST, 22 September 2023 Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay…
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Rishi Sunak insists UK CAN still hit green targets without costing families £15,000: PM says Brits should not have to shell out on new cars, boilers and eco-taxes earlier than rest of the world – as poll shows half of voters back his plan
[ad_1] Rishi Sunak went on the attack today over plans to delay a raft of flagship environmental changes, demanding his critics justify why voters should be lumbered with bills of up to £15,000 to hit green targets. In his biggest gamble as Prime Minister, he has vowed to shatter a consensus that has seen successive governments…
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Rishi Sunak delays ban on petrol and diesel cars until 2035 amid furious row
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak was accused of “betrayal” by watering down climate change commitments aimed at reaching net zero by 2050 – sparking civil war in his own party and fury among environmentalists, businesses…
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Hanover will remove nearly all street-side parking and introduce 12mph speed limit in a bid to banish cars and turn the city into ‘a place to party and stroll about’
[ad_1] Hanover has presented a radical plan to create an ‘almost car-free’ centre, with on-street parking and traffic lights banished from the northern German city. Green mayor Belit Onay, elected on a ‘car-free’ ticket in 2019, presented his new vision for the city of 500,000 yesterday. It envisages gradually eliminating some 4,000 on-street parking spaces…
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Warning petrol ban delay could stop people buying electric cars
[ad_1] Lisa Brankin, Ford UK chair, said the 2030 target “is a vital catalyst to accelerate Ford into a cleaner future”, adding the company had already invested £430m in readying its UK plants to produce electric cars.”Our business needs three things from the UK government, ambition, commitment, and consistency. A relaxation of 2030 would undermine…
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Poland imposes EU ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Poland began to enforce a European Union ban Sunday on all Russian-registered passenger cars seeking to enter the country — the latest in a series of sanctions…
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Xiaomi’s self-developed chip set to power its smartphones and cars · TechNode
[ad_1] Xiaomi is set to launch its self-developed chip, operating system, and vehicle within the next two years, as revealed by a tech blogger on Thursday. The source asserts that Xiaomi’s smartphones and cars are both expected to incorporate its self-developed chip and operating system. In 2021, Xiaomi made significant investments in a series of…