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Joule, SA’s electric car, is dead in the water

By Thomas Falkiner | 19 April 2012

According to Mark Smyth of the Business Day, the Optimal Energy Joule – a South African designed EV –  had been mothballed due to a lack of funding. Read the story by clicking here

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Wired gets their rocks off with the Corvette ZR1

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

I can only dream of driving a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – a 638 horsepower monster designed to disprove the myth that American cars cannot stop or handle properly. But Wired magazine’s Read More…

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Mercedes-Benz hasn’t signed new Formula 1 deal

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone tells a German magazine he has met with Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche to discuss the new Concorde Agreement, which the Mercedes Read More…

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NASA will wash cars to keep space exploration alive

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, NASA had pretty much all the money they needed to fund the Apollo missions. But nowadays the firm has fallen on hard times. So hard in fact that they’ve Read More…

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Ken Block comes ninth overall at WRC Mexico

By Thomas Falkiner | 14 March 2012

Monster World Rally Team’s Ken Block — and for WRC Mexico, teammate Chris “Atko” Atkinson — took to the gravel stages of Rally Guanajuato Mexico for the Read More…

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Hot new Ford Fusion debuts at Detroit Motor Show

By Thomas Falkiner | 9 January 2012

I must be honest and say that the new Ford Focus left me a little cold. But this freshly minted Fusion is absolutely scorching hot. Seriously, squint your eyes even just a little bit and it Read More…

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New York City set to go electric with the Nissan Leaf

By Thomas Falkiner | 27 December 2011

According to website theverve.com, the Nissan Leaf is going to be the first fully electric vehicle to infiltrate the New York Taxi system. To find out if the controversial new Leaf Read More…

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Watch some old-school rally cars go sideways

By Thomas Falkiner | 24 November 2011

If you like historic racing cars then you’ll love this video montage taken at the 2011 Rally Campagnolo. It requires a little streaming but for your patience you’ll be rewarded with Read More…

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Why is the new Toyota Auris TRD so slow?

By Thomas Falkiner | 17 November 2011

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Toyota Racing Developments (TRD for short) has been responsible for cobbling together some pretty hot cars in the past. So then why is the new, limited-edition Read More…

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Back to The Future: Meet the all-electric DeLorean

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 October 2011

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Great Scot! The Delorean Motor Company has announced that an all-electric DMC-12 will be brought to market in 2013. Technical details are vague at best but according Read More…

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