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Insurance Prices On The Up
Thursday 29th January, 2015
Insurance prices rose by £12 in the last three months of 2014 to an average of £594 for a comprehensive policy. The second consecutive quarterly increase marks the end of several years of falling insurance premiums.
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China's ELV scrap volumes show rapid growth
Monday 19th January, 2015
China's overall vehicle scrapping rate was 4% in 2013, far lower compared to the rate of developed countries. The country lacks appropriate associated regulations as well as enough capacity to dismantle and process ELVs properly. It is claimed that, in 2013, a total of 576 Chinese enterprises obtained vehicle dismantling and recycling qualifications for a 10% increase year on year, while the number of car recycling outlets climbed 1.3% to 2268.
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Do's and don'ts of getting rid of your old car.
Tuesday 23rd December, 2014
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Cuba's scrappy vintage cars may be better for scrap heap than collectors
Tuesday 23rd December, 2014
When the United States and Cuba announced last week that they would seek to normalize relations, automotive aficionados everywhere began speculating on the role Cuba’s many antique cars would play in a potential transformation of the island nation’s economy.
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US team turns used car batteries into solar panels
Tuesday 26th August, 2014
The discovery is based on a recent development in solar cells that makes use of a compound called perovskite. Already, perovskite-based photovoltaic cells boast a power-conversion efficiency of over 19%, the MIT team explains in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. This is a performance said to be 'close to that of many commercial silicon-based solar cells'.
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