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London Overground celebrates ten years of transforming rail travel in the capital
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Friday, 10 November 2017
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- Tackling the toxic danger inside our carsPollution in a car can be worse than outside, as it traps nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and soot-like particles.
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- New diesel cars face higher taxes in clean air pushBudget move will accelerate efforts to shift drivers from polluting vehicles
- Google's Waymo launches driverless cars into the wildAlphabet unit becomes first to put truly driverless vehicles on to public streets
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Times Online
- Electric cars will one day power our homes [Subscription]Vehicles of the future will not only improve the air we breathe, they’ll supply electricity for every household need
City AM
- Plans unveiled to make Vauxhall and Opel profitable by 2020 as owner PSA seeks to avoid forced redundancies in EuropePSA-owned Opel and Vauxhall will seek to avoid forced redundancies across their European plants, a turnaround cost-cutting plan announced today.
Green Miscellany
- Scientist uses sunflower oil to cook up pothole preventionInspired by a cooking technique demonstrated on the Spanish version of Masterchef, Dr Alvaro Garcia, from the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), was inspired to use microcapsules of sunflower oil to create self-repairing road surfaces. As cracks appear in the road surface, tiny capsules break open to release oil, which has the effect of softening the surrounding asphalt. This helps… The post Scientist uses sunflower oil to cook up pothole prevention appeared first on ETA.
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