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Electric cars amped up with £500 million boost

THE GOVERNMENT is to extend the £5,000 grant scheme open to anyone who buys a car with plug-in electric power. It is part of a £500 million move to encourage car owners – and city authorities – to take up the electric car baton and run with it. The initiative will give cities a chance to win government funding to further the sales of electric cars in their areas, for example by allowing them to use bus lanes or park for free.

Mercedes G65 AMG with 600bhp V12 planned

Mercedes G65 AMG - enough torque to turn time Just like the proverbial missing bus, you wait ages for one to come along and then two turn up together. In this case that’s two stories about the iconic (used with care) Mercedes G-Class. Just last week we had news of the G350 BlueTEC BA3 Final Edition, which Mercedes are producing as a swansong for the SWB G-Class.

Pandora now available for 2011 BMW models

A free Pandora Internet radio iPhone app is now available for 2011 BMW models that use the BMW Apps feature. Popular features available through the app include access to existing stations, creating new stations, the ability to thumbs-up or thumbs-down tracks and the option to bookmark songs. To stream Pandora, the iPhone is linked to the car via a USB cable or through the center armrest with an available snap-in adapter.