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Aug 5, 2008
Endangered Species: Europe's sportscar makers worried about the future

With the European Union tightening restrictions on carbon emissions, danger has been spelled out in big bright letters for the sportscar-makers we know and love. The bulk of the world's best supercar manufacturers – including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Aston Martin and Porsche – reside in Europe, but while industry executives continue to campaign for exception and protection, things don't look good. There are, however, a few solutions that could keep t

Noah Joseph
Aug 5, 2008
Courier-sharing scheme appears in France

Most of us are unaware of the impact of couriers services. Yes, it's good to get everything we ordered delivered straight to our door and it's usually greener than going to the mall to look for it, but here's an idea we just saw in France: courier sharing. Imagine you have to sent a parcel from Paris to, let's say, your aunt spending her vacation in Biarritz. Then imagine that the Duponts are also going from Paris to Biarritz to spend their vacations. This courier sharing scheme will get the Dup

Xavier Navarro
Aug 5, 2008
Renault-Nissan massive EV project also coming to Spain

A hint was given when the Spanish Government announced its wish list to reduce the Iberian country's dependence on oil but now it's been announced by Europa Press: The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce has announced an agreement with Nissan-Renault to study the possibility of a large-scale project (à la Better Place) to manufacture and sell EVs in Spain, as w

Xavier Navarro
Aug 5, 2008
Traffic Enfarcement: What's wrong with this picture?

The script for selling one of these "automated revenue enhancement devices" to a municipality might go something like "and the best feature of the Robthepopulace 3000 is that it never makes a mistake - machines don't lie!" Tell that to Thomas, who received a citation in the mail after a South African traffic camera nabbed his VW Polo "clearly traveling in excess of the 60 km/h limit." Right. Technically, the camera is not lying, but machines are incapable of in

Dan Roth
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