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Concils 'confident' over winter salt stockpiles

COUNCILS are confident they can cope with bad-weather conditions on the roads this winter. A survey shows that local authorities in England and Wales have stockpiled more salt for this winter than last. A total of 1.3 million tonnes was stockpiled for winter 2012/13 and the Local Government Association (LGA) shows that 95% of councils are either maintaining or increasing stock levels this winter.

Volkswagen T-Roc SUV concept to rock 2014 Geneva Motor Show

T-Roc may sound like the name of a superhero dinosaur (if such a thing existed), but it’s actually Volkswagen’s latest SUV concept, set to make its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March. This explains why so far we only have these arty sketches, rather than actual photos. According to Volkswagen, the T-Roc "offers a glimpse at future Volkswagen SUVs", which basically means the Tiguan.

Formula E Spark-Renault electric race cars arrive with the teams at Donnington

The 10 Formula E cars arrive at Donnington No one knows if the Formula E experiment – an ‘F1′ Grand Prix series for electric racing cars – will garner the same sort of interest as its ICE counterpart, but with the first Formula E race scheduled for Beijing in September we’ll soon find out. Ahead of that debut race, Renault and Spark Technologies has delivered the teams their cars – all the same Spark Renault SRT_01E – to the Formula E base at Donnington. After a series of tests at a variety of circuits earlier this year, the Spark Renault SRT_01E passed all its final systems and architecture tests, which has allowed this first batch of the final series cars to be delivered for the teams to practice ahead of the race.