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JCB hydrogen car in next stage before speed record attempt

6+ hour, 22+ min ago  (594+ words) Tests of the Hydromax car were carried out at RAF Wittering A JCB vehicle has entered the next phase of testing as engineers prepare to attempt a new world land speed record with a car powered by hydrogen. The Staffordshire…...

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Bury brother and sister enjoy personal supercar parade

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (553+ words) People travelled from miles around to watch the parade in Bury Hundreds of vehicles have taken part in a supercar and motorbike parade in honour of a "machine-mad" brother and his sister who is recovering from treatment for a rare…...

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Mansfield MP says support growing for electric car rethink

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (933+ words) The government is facing calls to water down electric vehicle targets A Labour MP has said support is growing in the government to bring forward a review of the mandate for cars to be fully electric by 2035. Steve Yemm, MP…...

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'Time warp' Rolls-Royce to go under the hammer near Newark

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (565+ words) The car has been driven once since 1993 say auctioneers H&H Classics A luxury Rolls-Royce which has driven just 604 miles since it was built in 1977 is to go under the hammer in Nottinghamshire. The "time warp" Silver Shadow I has…...

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Prodrive: Inside the team behind new land speed record attempt

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (741+ words) The JCB Hydromax was unveiled at an event last month On an industrial estate near the M40 in Banbury, engineers are attempting to build a new vehicle capable of breaking a land speed record that has stood for two decades. In…...

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1+ mon, 13+ hour ago  (12+ words) Automobile BBC What it's like to drive Route 66 in an EV...

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Electric vehicles - BBC Travel

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (12+ words) Electric vehicles'BBC What it's like to drive Route 66 in an EV...

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Robert Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 nameplates to go on sale

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (525+ words) Locomotion No 1 carried passengers on the Stockton and Darlington Railway Memorabilia from the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public railway is to be sold at auction. Locomotion No 1 was built by Robert Stephenson and Co and first…...

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Up to "3m for electric vehicle industry in West Midlands

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (549+ words) The fund will run for four years and forms part of a government program A major new fund has been backed to help West Midlands companies in the electric vehicle sector transform their businesses. From April, grants of between "250, 000 and…...

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Classic cars set off from John O'Groats on Monte Carlo rally

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (468+ words) Classic and vintage cars started leaving John O'Groats on Thursday morning Classic and vintage car enthusiasts have set off on a 1, 500-mile (2, 414km) drive from John O' Groats in Caithness to Monte Carlo in Monaco. The drivers are taking part in…...

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