In an article by The Star, it was reported that the Selangor state government plans to have its state executive councillors move around during their daily commute of speaking to the rakyat, solving issues, getting projects underway and the likes in electric cars. The plan is to proceed with this initiative once their current vehicles are due for replacement.
Six-time Olympic gold medalist, Sir Chris Hoy, has replaced handlebars with a steering wheel, and has added another golden feather in his cap. In this record-breaking feat, the former track cyclist broke the record while ‘donut-ing’ in a Caterham. It was in the automaker’s most powerful model ever—the 620R—at Donington Park.
Recently, a study commissioned by Arcadis, an Amsterdam-based consultancy company, ranked Kuala Lumpur as having one of the worst public transport amongst cities around the world—worst in terms of “quality and sustainability of mobility systems”, in a comparison of 100 cities.
The prospect of hailing a flying ride-share in the not-too-distant future has moved a few steps closer after Uber signed a deal with the National Aeronautical and Space Agency (aka NASA) to provide the technology to make the cars city-friendly by 2020.
BMW describe this as a “thermal event”, so I suppose the nice men with the hose are in fact thermal reduction experts undertaking a thermal drenching operation…This particular fire, though, was a rather new i3, which is not covered by the recall.
Daihatsu is known for its small easy-to-use vehicles with sturdy engines; they are actually popular vehicles. I remember we used to have a Daihatsu Charade and it was extremely nippy and my mum had no issue with parking. We used it for practically anything and everything, including taking our two huge German Shepherds to the vet!