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