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Careem Kids car type is the safest way to travel in Dubai and Abu…
Careem Kids car type in the safest way to travel with children in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Safety is one of the most important topics to a parent when it comes to their children. Whether it’s the child’s day-to-day safety at home, at school, at a park or most importantly their safety on the roads.
It is also important to the government of the UAE to ensure the safety of their residents. Earlier in 2017, a new law was set to motion: children under the age of 10 (and below 145 centimetres) are prohibited to sit in the front seat, and it is mandatory to have a child seat for children up to the age of four years old.
That’s why we have created a car type specifically to keep your child and your family safe.
Our Careem Kids cars come equipped with a top of the range, ISO-fixed, Cybex Sirona car seat provided by Mamas & Papas. The seats can be adjusted for newborns and are safe for kids up to four years of age, they are recognised to be 80 percent safer than any other brand or model. The se..
Brussels prepared to cut US car import tariffs as part of trade pact
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The clouds that hang over the head of carmakers
Peter Campbell, global motor industry correspondent, finds at the Detroit auto show that the trade war between the US and China is just one of the headaches that the industry is facing. January 18, 2019 Produced, filmed and edited by Gregory Bobillot Go to Source
Exclusive: Ford-VW Deal Kicking Off With Commercial Vehicle JV, VW CEO Diess Reveals – Paul Eisenstein
Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett, left, and Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess talk on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show today. Ford and Volkswagen will formally announce on Tuesday the first of what is expected to become a broad range of joint ventures and other partnerships, the head of the German automaker told… Continue reading Exclusive: Ford-VW Deal Kicking Off With Commercial Vehicle JV, VW CEO Diess Reveals – Paul Eisenstein
Ecotax car, clash in the Red Room between Pd and M5S on Fca
Clash in the Red Hall between the center and M5S on the ecobonus for cars. The center left this morning filed a motion – signed by the group leaders of the Pd Stefano Lo Russo, the Civic list for Turin Francesco Tresso and the Moderates Silvio Magliano, who asks “Appendino as mayor of Turin to… Continue reading Ecotax car, clash in the Red Room between Pd and M5S on Fca
Chinese group wants to crack prices for electric cars in the United States
The trade war between Beijing and Washington do not scare Kandi Technologies. This Chinese manufacturer who develops with Geely, “mini” electric cars, intends to tackle the US market with its model K22 and SUV, the EX3. Listed on NasdaqIn June 2018, Kandi Technologies acquired the Texan distributor Sportsman Country for $ 10 million. He works… Continue reading Chinese group wants to crack prices for electric cars in the United States
Ford and IBM among quartet in Congo cobalt blockchain project
LONDON (Reuters) – Carmaker Ford (F.N), technology giant IBM (IBM.N), South Korean cathode maker LG Chem (051910.KS) and China’s Huayou Cobalt (603799.SS) have joined forces in the first blockchain project to monitor cobalt supplies from Democratic Republic of Congo. The logo is seen on the bonnet of a new Ford Aspire car during its launch… Continue reading Ford and IBM among quartet in Congo cobalt blockchain project
Mercedes-Benz becomes SK Gaming partner: New horizons for the brand as it invests in an eSports pioneer
Stuttgart. The progressing digitisation affects all areas of modern life. New, innovative forms of communication and sport are one of the consequences of this wide-reaching change. For Mercedes-Benz the triumphant advance of eSports, which has developed into a mass phenomenon, is not a fashionable flash in the pan but a form of expression for an… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz becomes SK Gaming partner: New horizons for the brand as it invests in an eSports pioneer
GM president dashes hopes of future Volt, says no more hybrids
2019 Buick Velite 6 Electric
Following news in late November that General Motors would kill off the Chevrolet Volt, one of the pioneers of modern plug-in cars, a senior GM executive has hinted—strongly—that it won't be back.
On Friday, in the Q&A session after the company's investor conference, incoming company president Mark Reuss doused those hopes. In response to a question about building future hybrids, Reuss said, “Hybrids are just countermeasures to an ICE,” referring to an internal combustion engine.
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Following a wide-ranging conference call focused on the company's investment priorities, Reuss continued, “You can't spend money to force the customer to carry around extra stuff they may not need.”
That sounds like a direct reference to a range-extending engine, when electric power and faster charging could accomplish the same.
“Or, you can spend your money on getting the real answer, which is providing the customer a zero emissions, sustainable, affordable solution,” Reuss added.
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Fans were hopeful that the company planned to replace it with another plug-in hybrid with similar technology based on GM's Voltec system, in which it invested most of a billion dollars a dozen or so years ago.
However the message could hardly be clearer, that GM plans on focusing on pure battery electric cars in the future, and not “waste” resources building plug-in hybrids.
Hopes for a replacement for the Volt that might be somewhat larger—perhaps a crossover or something with more rear-seat room—sound likely to go unfulfilled, despite the fact that GM is planning to introduce exactly such a car in China this year: the Buick Velite 6 plug-in hybrid. The Velite 6 is also expected to have a fully-electric option when it goes on sale.
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GM's new strategy was supported by the headline announcement that the company will focus its next electric efforts under the much more expensive Cadillac brand. Clearly, GM is feeling the heat from Tesla, which started with a strategy of amortizing its investments in building new battery supplies by selling cutting-edge luxury cars, not by relying on tax credits to try and sell a greater number of affordable cars to the masses.
The questions now are whether GM's move upmarket for its electric models will come just as more mainstream buyers, with lower budgets, begin shopping for electric cars, and whether electric-car charging infrastructure has reached a state in which those mainstream buyers don't need to be worried about range—and comforted by having an “extra” gas engine, just in case.