Greener fuel for airplanes
features@algarveresident.com AVIATION COMPANY, British Airways (BA), and car manufacturer Rolls-Royce have teamed up to carry out a scientific testing programme on alternative fuels for the aviation industry. If successful this
Combat night time fatigue
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com CAR DESIGNERS are currently probing new ways to avoid one of the most dangerous hazards of night driving; drowsiness and falling asleep at the wheel. To
Hydrogen cars
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com JAPANESE CAR manufacturer Honda is the first to start the commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. The new vehicle called the FCX Clarity,
International motor festival
features@algarveresident.com CARAMULO MOTORFESTIVAL, the International Festival of Classic and Sports Automobiles, is due to take place on September 5, 6 and 7, in Caramulo in the county of Tondela, northern
Registration microchips
features@algarveresident.com ALL CARS in Portugal could be made to have electronic registration chips in future after a majority vote by the ruling Socialist party approved the measure last month. These
Buy the car, not the debts
Buying a car in Portugal can be full of problems that can cost you dearly as some people have discovered to their horror. Normally you buy the car, get handed
Loulé hosts night time rally
DRIVERS FROM the Portugal Open rally will be showing spectators what their cars can do at Loulé’s night time rally tomorrow (Saturday). According to José Manuel Afonso from the Clube
Adverts pulled
LEXUS IS the latest company to be forced to remove advertising in the UK after the advertising standards agency (ASA) deemed their environmental claims to be misleading. The advert for
Ford creates parent controlled cars
FORD HAS developed a new system which enables parents to limit what their children can do as new drivers, such as defining the car’s top speed, how loud the stereo
Car loan
AN APPEAL has been launched by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to EU policy makers to consider bringing in new measures to assist car manufacturers to meet EU emissions