Cars to get microwaves
This just cannot be a good thing, a new product is about to hit the market and will no doubt change the way people choose to eat while on the move. This product is a 12 volt microwave; it plugs into the cigarette lighter and will mean that hot meals are a reality for drivers.
In [...]
Germany demand a million electric vehicles
The German government are planning to have over a million plug in hybrid and electric cars on their roads within eleven years; it was announced at the Future of Electric Transportation conference.
The plan will mean huge investment in the areas of battery development, an infrastructure to cope with the increase in electric cars and the [...]
Chinese shopping around for car companies
With the current financial conditions comes opportunities for cash rich businesses to take over companies at a much lower price than they could have done a year ago, one such industry is the car industry, these companies were in bad shape before the credit crunch, so it is a wonder that they are still running [...]
October 23, 2008Police filling up with wrong petrol
There was a time when there were only two different pumps at the petrol filling station, but these days pulling up a modern service station can sometime be a case of multiple choice with so many types of fuel to choose from how can you be sure that you are filling up with the right [...]
August 4, 2008Food prices mean extra security
You can always tell when things are getting tough; people begin to take extra measures to secure their property. However, some people take this just a little bit further than other do.
In Germany, there is a family who have gone to extremes to protect themselves when they go down to the local supermarket. They do [...]
Fill up with hydrogen at home
They say that using a hydrogen fuelled car is a lot better than using conventional fuel like petrol or diesel, but buying an hydrogen powered car is one thing, filling it up is a completely different story as there are hardly any places where hydrogen can be bought.
But now a company from the UK, [...]
June 13, 2008The Prius is the most searched car
It has been a long time coming but the world famous eco friendly car the Toyota Prius has finally made it to the number one spot in the searches made by potential buyers, according to the car site cars.com.
The top ten searches in the US are as follows:
Cars.com Top Ten New Car Searches [...]
June 10, 2008Saving money in the kitchen
Eating healthy and saving do not often go together, but in this case they really do, however the diet that is produced through the money saving ideas that have been placed below come from My Paleo Kitchen, these seem to be following more of a semi survivalist plan, which is ok if you are that [...]
June 9, 2008Fuel thieves get smarter
In the states there is a growing crime wave. This involves the amount of fuel being stolen from cars parked in owners drive.
Yes this is not new totally new as this has been around fro decades, but now vehicles are fitted with sophisticated security features which have been responsible for a dropped in the [...]
May 26, 2008Over one million Toyota Prius sold
It’s been eleven years since Toyota first introduced the Prius to the market, it was a bit of fun back then, but they have now past the one million car mark, which is a milestone by any car maker’s standards let alone the world first real eco car.
Out of this huge amount of one [...]
May 16, 2008Is it cool? Not!
Today there are many cool things that people just love to buy, simply because they think that everyone else thinks that they are cool. Just because of having a particular item means that the person who has it must be cool, but in reality some of these must have items are really making the people [...]
April 4, 2008Trapster fights speed cameras
Normally if you are driving along and someone flashes their headlights, it means that they either know you or that there is a police speed trap down the road, this friendly warning system is ok. However naturally not everyone is going to let you know, but there could be a new system that works like [...]
January 22, 2008Arrested at McDonalds drive thru
It was not a great day out for a 76 year old grandmother who had pulled into the McDonalds drive thru in Clear Water, Florida, she ordered and paid for her meal and proceeded to the next window as directed by the McDonalds crew where waited for her order.
Nothing strange in that you may [...]
The £1,250 new car
The Indian industrial giant TATA, have come up with a real winner. The TATA Nano, nothing great about that? Well no but when we check out the price tag of just £1,250 then this is something that really needs to be looked at.
The Nano is being compared with the famous old French classic the Citroen [...]