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Frugal Driving: Insurance Comparison Sites | © image: moneysupermarket

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Frugal Driving: Insurance Comparison Sites
13 April, 2010  |  One comment  |  Consumer, Economy, Topics, Trends
In today’s economic climate, it is imperative that we try to save money in every area of our lives. Car insurance premiums should be one of them. The car insurance market is very competitive, so insurers have to come up with the goods if they want to compete for today’s thrifty customers. In the UK alone there are around 30 million vehicles on the road today – all of which should be insured. That means one huge market to target!

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Electric Vehicles: Sounds | © image: flickr robad0b

Electric Vehicles: Sounds
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Electric Vehicles: Sounds
30 March, 2010  |  No comments  |  Consumer, Electrical, Engine, Hybrid, Safety
The near silent nature of Hybrids and Electric Vehicles is clearly a potential safety problem for pedestrians. Until now, the branded sounds cars make has been a function of the engine and exhaust system. The option of making future electric vehicles sound like anything we want creates a world of options.

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Renewable Energies | © image: Aleksandar Rodic

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Renewable Energy: Alternative Assemblies
25 March, 2010  |  No comments  |  Economy, Environment, Manufacturing, Supply, Trends
Globally many automotive plants sit idle after decades of successful assembly. Some have closed or reduced production, with jobs disappearing at astonishing rates. But in some cases alternative assembly from renewable-energy and new-tech enterprises are taking advantage of the automotive downturn. In turn transforming defunct automotive labour and assembly lines into alternative ‘green jobs’. Many renewable-energy companies are seeing opportunities in old automotive assembly lines to produce equipment for solar and wind power systems. Following the trend of the rust-tech industrial base converting to clean-tech manufacturing.

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Frugal Driving: Insurance Comparison Sites

In today’s economic climate, it is imperative that we try to save money in every area of our lives. Car insurance premiums should be one of them. Read more

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