Opel Light Electric Vehicles, Which Was The Surprise Of Opel

He hid under the tent, and seemed to grow slightly. And 'the answer to the Opel Renault Twizy, quadracycle electric two-seater, sitting together. It is not a production model, but a prototype. He could end up in production, but is a bit 'too early to venture so.

This would have two versions quadracycle Twizy. Limited to 45 km / h and power would be for drivers without B1 cards serve as a moped license. In a limited release at 120 km / h, unable to move by road and highway. We do not know what has autonomy.

The press release is near, but anticipates euros for 100 km, Germany, to see the price (better than the Spanish). It weighs about a third type of utility is responsible for the Corsa (B), and consumes 10 times less energy.

If at the end leads to the production, Renault will not be able to say that it is "still a comparison." We hope that during the Hall of Frankfurt will give us more information.

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Renault Laguna Restyling ... Diesel Engines!

Between Frendzy, restyled Twingo and perhaps a surprise, the Laguna will try to be a place for Renault in Frankfurt right position to highlight the latest developments of its diesel engines 1.5 L and 2.0 L dCi.

This type of engine which is about 85% of sales of Renault sedan benefits from development to lower consumption and CO2 emissions.

This 1.5-liter dCi engine (K9K) develops and sees a modified electronic control. Has the ESM (Smart Energy Management) is a system of energy recovery during braking. It 's always developing 110 hp and 240 Nm @ 4000, 1750 TRS TRS / min. The performance will not move (Vmax: 192 km / h), but the average fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. It is a sedan, mixed with an updated list of changes to 4.7 liters per 100 km 100 km 4 2 L (ditto for the estate version), and CO falls from 120 g of 109 g / km (110 g of the estate). The 2.0 dCi versions of the 130 L and 150 MVA, evolve through the integration of Stop & Start system and the recovery of energy during braking. Power and torque is (130 ch, ch 150 and 320 Nm, 340 Nm), but decreased the level of CO2 emissions, and mixed drinks. This updated list of mixed (130 and 150 hp) sedan passes 5.2 litres/100 km and 4.5 l/100 km and CO2 emissions in the autumn of 136 g to 120 g / km. More Real Estate 0.1 km l/100 with a 2.0 liter dCi 130 or 150 of these cases are version.Standards BVM6.

These engines will arrive in the concession and are available in September 2011.

Version 1.5 L and 2.0 L Inn receive a bonus of 400 € in purchasing.

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"Auto Camera" Council to Use The Illegal Parking Crackdown

A major new road safety initiative was launched by Hartlepool Council to eradicate dangerous and inconsiderate parking.


The authority is to start using a car equipped with the latest Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to fight against illegal parking, particularly outside of school.


The vehicle - the first of its kind to be used by a local authority in the Tees Valley - has a camera mounted on the ceiling and is equipped with a computer full of details on all aspects of the implementation of parking through city.


As the car moves through the city, the camera automatically records the license plate numbers of cars parked illegally. This information can be used to issue Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) fines of 70 pounds (reduced to £ 35 if paid within 14 days).


Phil Hepburn, Hartlepool Borough Council Parking Services Manager, said: "We stress that we are unwilling to support the selfish actions of drivers who put lives at risk by ignoring parking restrictions and park vehicles as close as possible to their destinations.


"We've used a variety of tactics - including training, promotions and manual application - to try to change the attitudes of drivers, but many still choose to ignore the parking restrictions that put children and other pedestrians at risk.


"This work will continue, but the car camera allows us to more effective enforcement of parking restrictions outside the school, and also means that schools will be visited more often than is currently achievable by agents civil enforcement alone. "


Supervisor Pamela Hargreaves, the Council of Ministers, State Reform and Development, said: "I was approached by some principals worried about the level of inconsiderate and illegal parking outside the school, despite previous educational and promotional campaigns.


"The problem is dangerous and inconsiderate parking, particularly outside schools is a serious problem, and something that we decided to intervene.


"We believe that the car will help us improve our security, but it is also important to stress that motorists have nothing to fear if they follow the traffic rules and park legally."


Vehicle and related systems - is considered the most efficient and cost effective method of enforcement currently available to it - is to pay £ 40,000, with funding from the 2010/11 Local Transport Plan (LTP), a pot of money provided by the capital Government to fund transport schemes.


The Council has now launched a public effort to motorists aware of the new car camera and schools were invited to hand out explanatory letters to parents by their students.


The initiative received the support of school leaders say any attempt to improve safety outside schools is welcome.


Helen O'Brien, headteacher at Clavering Primary School, said: "The car's camera seems to be a useful way to relieve congestion around the school at the busiest day."


Louise Perfect, headteacher at Grange Primary School, added: "Every headteacher would support such an initiative comes to keeping children safe and parents wonder whether they really need use their cars on the people running the school had enough. warnings and that the next step. They can not say if they get a ticket because they do not have to park illegally in the first place. "


Alan Kennedy, National President of the GB road safety - an organization representing local government teams on road safety in the UK, also welcomed the camera car, saying, "By preventing dangerous and illegal schools outdoor parking, we can reduce risks and ensure that children and parents are able to walk to school and cycle more safely. "

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Japanese Sales Of New Cars Drop Record 51% In April

TOKYO - Japan's domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses registered their biggest decline ever in April, an industry group said Monday that the March earthquake and tsunami affected production and shipments to dealers.


Sales were 108,824 units in April, up 51 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said dealers.


Drop, much steeper than the decline 37 percent in March, was the largest since the information was recorded in 1968. The previous record low was 45.1 percent in May 1974, when Japan was recovering from an oil crisis.


Auto sales plunged in April as automakers were forced to stop factory lines of supply of spare parts suspended in the wake of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.


The plants have since resumed production, but the group was cautious about sales from May Analysts say part of the offer that has stifled production can take several months.


"Factory line started moving again, but they are still quite active. We're probably still feeling the effects (of the disaster), "a spokesman for the association.


He said car sales fell because the supply of new vehicles had been beaten in the wake of the disaster of 11 March, consumer confidence wetlands.


largest earthquake recorded in Japan and the tsunami that caused broken supply chains and inhibited the production facilities of electricity, including nuclear power stations in central Atomic ongoing emergency.


Many of the leading producers are located in areas most affected, and suffered damage to their structures and the earthquake of magnitude 9.0 were filled with giant wave below.


Sales of Toyota motor vehicles fell by 68.7 per cent in 35,557 vehicles in April. Nissan Car Sales slumped 37.2 percent this month, 17 413, while Honda's sales jumped 48.5 percent 18,923.


Last week, data showed 15.3 percent dip in industrial production in Japan in March, the steepest since records in 1953, mainly due to the production of vehicles in the game.


Consumer confidence also fell. Japanese household spending dipped 8.5 percent in March from the previous year in the biggest decline since records began in 1964, data showed last week.


Although sales of food and water to people jumped stored immediately after the earthquake and the nuclear plant in Fukushima Daiichi, consumers held off spending on nonessential items.

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GM Recalls 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Car To Inspect The Steering Shaft

These cars are all cars built at its plant Cruze Lord, Ohio, at the start of production last summer to 21 April when changes to the facility was closed to prevent the problem recurs, GM said.


Cars were sold in the United States and Canada since last September.


These vehicles, more than 120,000 cars with automatic transmission is controlled to ensure the connection of transition has been successfully installed, GM says.


"Very little," that the vehicle would be a problem, and GM stepped in with a quality procedure, so the error is repeated, vice president of GM Global Quality Woychowski Terry said in a statement.


A GM spokesman said the issue larger steering shaft was discovered when a customer lost control of the wheel in a parking lot, but has not had an accident.


The question of the automatic transmission models Cruze was discovered when customers have their cars under warranty, GM said.


GM has no accidents or injuries have been reported in the Cruze remember.


Cruze is GM's best-selling car in April and is an important diversification of the GM assembly at a time of rising fuel prices. Only the Chevrolet Silverado, GM sold more units last month as the Cruze.


Aaron Bragman, auto analyst at IHS, said he did not expect recall to affect sales of the Cruze, which last year replaced the sale drags Cobalt.


"Nothing exploded. No one in danger of" Bragman said.


A manual transmission, the Eco Cruze, gets 42 miles per gallon on the highway and the most popular version automatically gets 37 mpg on the highway.


Last month, GM Recalls 2100 Cruze cars inspected and properly connected to the steering wheel.


GM said the Cruze file documents to remind the federal safety regulators in the United States on Thursday, and will mail notices to customers starting next week.


Chevrolet dealerships inspection takes about an hour, GM says.


repair parts and requires no matter realign the steering axle or transfer connections, GM says.


Changes in the Lordstown plant linked to a variety of tools that workers and modification of the procedure, the GM said.


TRUCK, VAN EVEN REMEMBER


GM, the largest U.S. automaker, also announced two other points. No crashes or injuries due to any claimant.


The company said the nut on the wiper motor crank arm may come loose on certain 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks, affecting 6,303 vehicles including 4,674 trucks in the United States.


It said that the brake fluid to leak led it to recall the 8723 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans from model years 2011

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New Car Sales Up

Six Maserati, Porsche 119 and a Hummer were some of the new vehicles sold in April, a month that has seen industry-wide sales figures increased eight percent over the same period last year, according to National Association of Manufacturers Automobile SA (Naamsa) figures released on Wednesday.


"... The new car sales during the month was in line with industry expectations and reported earnings over the same month last year, but at a more moderate growth," a statement accompanying sales of readings.


industry's total domestic sales were up 38,566 vehicles from 35,707 units sold in April last year. Total domestic sales for the first four months of 2011 were 19 percent ahead of the first four months of 2010.


Commenting on the reasons for growth, "said Naamsa to 6.5 percentage point in interest rates since December 2008 has led to improved consumer finance and business. You may also have been" defensive "in purchase due to concerns about the future availability of products from Japan, recovering from an earthquake and tsunami.


Exports also rose to 19,826 - an increase of 12.7 percent - but it was also considered "moderate."


Naamsa warned this can cause parts and car park, a deficiency in the medium term, temporarily affecting the domestic and export. This risk could be reduced by vehicle manufacturers to examine the supply chain strategies.


Sales of new light commercial vehicles, bakkies and minibuses decreased by 2.5 percent compared to 10 294 10 557 were sold in 2010 for the World Cup.


Car sales in segments of medium and heavy trucks showed a further improvement in April 2011. At 565 and 1360 units respectively, they recorded a gain of 43 units or 8.2 per cent in the case of advertising medium and 310 units or 29.5 per cent in the case of heavy trucks and 'bus from April last year.


Only 76 heavy buses were sold, compared to 149 in April. This year so far.


Exports amounted to 19,826 units had been improvements in the 2239 points, to 12.7 percent from the 17,587 vehicles exported in April last year.


"The expectations of higher growth in the global economy and for the South African economy in 2011 should provide support for domestic use and export of new vehicles," said Naamsa.


She said the continued growth of consumption and public sector investment in infrastructure that domestic support new vehicle sales. The inflation outlook has deteriorated and interest rates could rise at the end of 2011. - Sapa

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