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Green Light For More Smart Motorway Schemes

THE Government has announced plans to speed up journey times on selected parts of the nation’s motorway network. As a result, work will start to convert the hard shoulder into a running lane on two sections of the M1 and on a stretch of the M3. The M1 work will be between junctions 28 and 31 in Derbyshire and between junctions 32 and 35a in South Yorkshire, with claims that it will boost capacity by up to a third and improve journey times by up to 10%.

Skoda Citigo Rally: Another Worthersee attendee

Skoda Citigo Rally Skoda has released the first image of one of their offerings at the 2012 Worthersee Tour – The Skoda Citigo Rally. With SEAT having revealed their Mii FR Line for Worthersee, we now get the first of the Czech offerings in the guise of the Skoda Citigo Rally. We don’t have a huge amount to go on with the Citogo Rally as all we have is the sketch above of the front three-quarters looking down.

Audi A1 e-tron Wankel range-extender EV trial begins

Audi A1 e-tron trial begins in Munich If car makers are going to foist electric cars on us, the least they can do is make them as useful as the limited technology permits. And that’s what Audi are doing with the A1 e-tron EV. The Audi A1 e-tron isn’t a daft BEV (battery electric vehicle) with a woeful range at the mercy of weather conditions, instead it’s a range extender EV with a small Wankel engine which kicks-in when the battery charge is used up to increase range.