Denmark, a country that has prided itself for being at the forefront of renewable energy, is no longer in love with electric cars, and that is official. Data compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) shows sales of electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids, has fallen by a whopping 60.5% for the first quarter of this year, a rate of free-fall that must have bought a tear or two to the eyes of Elon Musk.
A new type of aggressive driver behaviour is occurring amongst electric car owners. Automologist MAC writes about this new phenomenon.
With all the talk about the need for civil society to swap to cars powered by green electricity, it would start to appear that there is an increasing rage amongst those who have already converted to electric-powered vehicles, particularly when it comes to charging them at the already overburdened charging station network.
Now that it has been confirmed that Proton and Geely will “tie the knot”, what can we expect from this “almost equal” union?
This afternoon, the automotive grapevine has been veritably buzzing in Malaysia, with the news that the Chinese auto manufacturer has been the successful of the two bidders to take over Malaysia’s ailing national car manufacturer, Proton, from DRB-Hicom. Geely, who also owns Sweden’s Volvo Group and the London Taxi Company, is said to have taken a 49.9% share in the Malaysian company.
Parking bays in ALL buildings in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, may well become a thing of the past if the Dewan Bandaraya KL (City Hall) gets its way and bans them. Presently, there is actually a city ordinance that mandates that all new developments have to include a set number of parking bays in all new developments. This policy of course actually encourages drivers to bring their cars into the city as parking is cheap and plentiful, which of course adds to congestion. This ordinance looks like it is to be scrapped, although it is not clear whether owners of buildings that currently have parking lots will have to close them.
Over the weekend, if you had been looking for stories on motorised racing, you would have been swamped with stories on the glitzy and glamorous world of Formula One and how it did in Spain. At the other end of the racing spectrum, though, is a group of petrolheads with just as much passion and love of the adrenaline buzz from the physical challenge of racing, and of course last weekend was the season opener.