Solberg impresses Peugeot in Monte

Peugeot Sport director Olivier Quesnel says he has gained a greater understanding of Petter Solberg from working with the Norwegian on this week's Monte Carlo Rally. Solberg drove a 207 S2000 for the first time on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge opener, but failed to finish after an alternator failure on the run back to the principality in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 2003 world champion had been in contention for a maiden Monte win before an errant tyre choice dropped him from second to seventh on day two

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McMurray prefers new points system to determine champ » Sports » The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

Joplin driver Jamie McMurray likes the idea of switching to a new points system to determine the NASCAR champion. Specifically, one he actually understands. “the points system we have right now is really confusing,” McMurray said Wednesday during a promotional … Continue reading

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Fulton Innovations Says Wireless Charging is Coming to Cars

General Motors is already planning to give you wireless charging inside of its cars courtesy of Powermat, but when it comes to adding juice to the Volt you?re still left plugging in some kind of charging cable. Fulton Innovations thinks it has a better way, using its eCoupled wireless technology for inductive charging. The principle is [...] Related posts:
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Report: BMW to develop 5 Series-based electric sedan for Chinese market

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The China's Beijing Youth Daily reports that BMW, along with joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., will develop a 5 Series-based electric sedan targeted specifically at the Chinese market. The report claims that a battery-powered 5 Series concept will make its debut in China sometime in 2011, likely at the Shanghai Motor Show in April.

BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., the joint venture between BMW and Brilliance, currently manufacturers both the 3 Series and 5 Series sedans in the Chinese city of Shenyang. In 2010, the BMW Group sold 169,000 vehicles in China, a surge of 87 percent over the sales it tallied in in 2009.



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