| Developers investigate whether London skyscrapers reflection melted parts of a Jaguar |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Developers of an unfinished skyscraper in central London say they are investigating the way the building reflects sunlight, after claims that the intense glare melted parts of a car parked nearby. The companies behind the skyscraper, nicknamed the "Walkie-Talkie" because of its curved shape, are responding to complaints from a Jaguar owner who told the BBC that the car's mirror, ...
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| London skyscraper glare blamed for melting car parts |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
The developers of London's new Walkie Talkie skyscraper said nearby parking lots have been closed to due concerns about the building's glare melting objects. The joint developers, Land Securities and Canary Wharf, said city officials agreed to close three nearby parking lots pending an investigation into whether the intense glare from the building was behind damage to vehicles parked ...
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| The London skyscraper thats melting cars with ultra-bright reflected light |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Walkie Talkie City skyscraper, located in London, has been renamed Walkie Scorchie after an ultra-bright light reflected from the building melted a Jaguar car that was parked beneath it. The 525ft, 200-million-pound-building has distinctive concave surfaces that reflect a bright beam of light that has now caused a lot of damage to vehicles that were parked beneath it, the Independent reported. ...
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| Less cars sold in France |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Sales of new cars in France declined by 10.9 percent last month after it had inched up by 0.9 percent in July, the French car sales federation said. New car sales stood at 85,565 units sold while the French brands fell by 9.1 percent over the period with a sharp fall in sales of PSA Peugeot Citroen, France's largest auto maker, according to an official statement from the federation Monday. At ...
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| Don’t tax us to benefit trucks |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Interstate to Phoenix " article was very interesting. But we had to get to the seventh paragraph and beyond to see who the real beneficiaries of Interstate 11 and its Boulder City bypass are: the heavy trucks! Sounds like once again, all motorists in Southern Nevada will pay the greatest majority of the costs for another new (or improved) highway that the heavy trucks can pound to pieces in ...
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| Hopes for Tokyos Olympic Bid Lift Market Amid Setbacks at JAXA Mitsubishi Aviation And A 266000 Loss Of People |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
English: The bidding cities for the 2020 Olympic Games (Baku, Doha, Istanbul, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo) are represented by red dots, and their respective countries (Azerbaijan, Qatar, Turkey, Spain, Italy and Japan) are filled in in black. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Much more than four years ago, when it lost its bid to Buenos Aires, the citizens of Tokyo are ...
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| German new car sales fell about five percent in August source |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Electricians assemble a new Porsche 918-Spyder sports car at the production line of the German car manufacturer's plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen July 2, ...
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| Ford India sales up 7 per cent in August at 11065 units |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
Ten remarkable infrastructure developments in India From roadways, railways to airports and other smart-city initiatives, the last few years have ...
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| Ford Recalls 370000 Cars to Check Steering Issue |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) US automaker Ford Motor Company is recalling 370,000 cars to inspect a steering shaft issue.Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town, models manufactured between 2005 and 2011, will be recalled for inspection, a company spokesman said according to CNN network.Around 355,000 of the cars are in the United States and around 15,000 are in Canada. There have ...
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| Mercedes-Benz C-Class convertible first look at all-new luxury soft-top |
Sep 3rd, 2013 |
has been spied for the first time, giving us an early look at the fourth body style that will be spun off the upcoming mid-sized model. CarAdvice’s spy photographers captured the heavily disguised C-Class convertible prototype in the early stages of development near one of the luxury car maker's testing facilities in ...
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