For the next-generation Leaf (photo current Leaf) electric vehicle, Nissan plans more mainstream styling and a new battery that greatly increases the car’s range. And Infiniti’s delayed electric car will debut with the improved battery by early 2017.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the toxic air pollution standards for petroleum refineries. The new rules would further reduce toxic pollution from flaring and other processes and includes new monitoring requirements.
BMW Group expects global demand for cars to rise this year, underpinning its goal to sell a record number of vehicles in 2014.
Rising demand in North America and China will set the pace for the expansion, which will be supported by a European car market that shows signs of recovering from years of contraction, BMW said today in a statement released during the carmaker’s annual general meeting.
Italian brake maker Brembo reported a 74 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, boosted by higher sales and a good product mix.
Road safety charity The Institute of Advanced Motorists has established that, despite frenetic campaigning, most motorists don’t want blanket 20mph speed limits.
IAM research revealed that while UK drivers are very supportive of lower speed limits outside schools, with ninety-four per cent of respondents agreeing that this would be a good idea, half of the drivers canvassed are against a blanket 20mph speed limit with under a third willing to embrace the idea and a fifth are undecided. Male drivers are more likely to be against the idea than female.
