Motoring Weekly

Motoring Weekly




Connectivity in demand

September 21 - 27, 2011
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Following smartphones and tablet computers, motorists look set to be the next big market for connected devices as automakers wow crowds with the latest internet-enabled models at the world’s biggest motor show in Germany.





Turbo-charging to a greener future

September 21 - 27, 2011
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IN the global battle against carbon emissions, carmakers have made considerable progress in recent years by boosting the fuel efficiency of their internal combustion engines thanks to gadgets like turbochargers, industry officials and analysts have said.
 
Although it may be an odd-sounding name for a green technology, the turbocharger raises fuel efficiency levels by up to 40 per cent and is now included in 75 per cent of new cars in Europe. That could rise to nearly 90 per cent by 2015.