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One Step Closer to Road Trains

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One Step Closer to Road TrainsBack in November 2009 I mentioned the concept of Road Trains being developed in Europe. At the time it was just a concept and everything was mostly tested using simulators. Well not any more. Europe’s SARTRE (SAfe Road TRains for the Environment) project carried out its first successful real-life demonstration of its self-driving technology at Volvo’s proving grounds near Gothenburg, …

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"Road Trains" Coming Soon

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"Road Trains" Coming SoonPeople, in particular governments, are always talking about how they want to cut congestion, reduce pollution and ease people's commute. Most have and still are pushing public transport and taxing people off the roads as a short term fix whilst others have continued to investigate other means of letting people have their cars and still keep the politicians happy - …

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Segway + A Bit of GM = P.U.M.A

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Segway + A Bit of GM = P.U.M.AEver thought what would happen if you took a bit of Segway genius and mixed it with some of GM's desire to be green? No? Neither did I, but someone obviously did and come up with the P.U.M.A - Personal
Urban Mobility & Accessibility - prototype.

As you can see, it's essentially a 2 person Segway that goes further (up to …

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Flying Car Going To Timbuktu

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Flying Car Going To TimbuktuA British inventor has finally proven that the dream of a flying car really isn't as elusive as some would like to think, and you don't need millions and millions of cash to do it either.

He's basically taken an off-road racing buggy, stuck in a superbike engineer, strapped on a parachute and a jolly great big fan and in essence…

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500 Miles to the Tank

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500 Miles to the TankCheck it out folks, over 500 miles to a tank of petrol and with absolutely no motorway driving at all - this is just over 2 weeks worth of to work and back:

Despite what the reading says, the fuel economy is actually about 44.15 mpg (6.39 litres per 100km) as I could only squeeze in 51.86 litres. I suspect all…

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Interesting Links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08

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Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

• Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
• Man's death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before anyone missed him. …

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Red Needed A Mechanic

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Well, it seems Red did need a mechanic after all. Whatever I did to get Red going 3 weeks ago, become undone yesterday morning on Claire's way to work. Luckily she was right by a garage and they kindly took Red in and gave her a nice new alternator. Red's back on the road.

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