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Driving whilst smoking should be banned say motorists

We live in a Nanny State, and a Nanny State revels in banning us from simple pleasures. Like smoking. Smoking is bad for you, it’s bad for those around you, it costs a fortune and makes you smell.

Fabrizio Giugiaro conferred honorary doctorate

Fabrizio Giugiaro, Co-Chairman and Styling Director of Italdesign Giugiaro, has been given an honorary Doctorate by the Georgian Technical University (GTU) for his achievements in the fields of architecture and the technology and design of the automobile as well as his support in the creation and promotion of the institution's International School of design. During the ceremony, held on 15 March in the Georgian city of Tbilisi, Dean, Prof. Dr.

Toyota to sell tens of thousands of fuel cell cars a year by 2020

Toyota FCV-R Hydrogen Fuel Cell Toyota is pushing ahead with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and plans to be selling tens of thousands a year by 2012, starting with the Toyota FCV-R Toyota may have brought yet another hybrid concept to Geneva, and may we have moaned again about their obsession with flogging hybrid cars. But we can’t argue  they haven’t made a success of turning car buyers on to hybrid cars, however futile a long-term route we may think it is. But it seems Toyota do agree with us on electric cars with no plans to throw their weight behind the EV in a big way, but they are gearing up to try and do with hydrogen fuel cell cars what they’ve done with hybrid cars, and are expecting to be selling tens of thousands of fuel cell powered cars a year by 2020.