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Australian council gives cyclists full road rights

CarExpert

The Safe Active Street overhaul includes a lower 30km/h speed limit, a terracotta coloured ‘shared travel zone’ for bicycles and motor vehicles, speed bumps, marked street parking, and new signage. With the changes now in effect, the below instructions have been issue to road users: The speed limit is now 30km/h.

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Electric car owners warned of charging wait times this Easter

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EV charging providers such as Evie , which has over 200 charging stations around Australia, have predicted that over 10,000 EV drivers will use their network over the long Easter weekend. This fee gets bumped up to $1 per minute when all other chargers are occupied. RELATED: How much does it cost to charge an electric car in 2024?

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Mazda CX-60: Owners offered free suspension fix

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” “The transmission is clunky around town when stop start or at low speed… The suspension is terrible feels every bump. The suspension needs to be worked on before Mazda can claim they have a truly premium product.” Particularly on country roads. Feels at times you could lose control.

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Forget Taylor Swift… This Chinese electric car shows how to really shake it off

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Nio says the system can process and respond to data from road bumps and surfaces in a thousandth of a second, allowing it to better tackle poor surfaces. The ET9 features a 900V electrical architecture with peak charging power of 600kW, and can use Nio’s growing network of battery-swapping stations.

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Renault Embleme due in 2028 as first of radical new EV family

Autocar

Continuing to invest heavily in Renault’s upcoming EVs is important, he said – even amid slowing growth in European EV uptake – because “EV is the future", "no matter the short-term bumps and hurdles”. We have an objective to reduce it by 20% by 2030.

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2024 Leapmotor C10 review: Quick drive

Drive.com

The suspension can feel a little hard at times, with larger bumps in particular drawing a stiff reaction from the suspension. As such, the ride quality and bump absorption were strong points. As such, the ride quality and bump absorption were strong points. And that’s where the C10 we tested was interesting.

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We won't ditch our cars until train travel improves

Autocar

But that too would have been a mistake, because I was travelling with someone who had a Network Railcard and therefore could buy me a ticket for just £24 so long as we travelled together. The catch was that the Network Railcard was valid only to King’s Sutton, a few stops up the line. for the same journey. I say ‘a’ ticket.