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May 13th, 2010
The Monte Carlo Grand Prix started today with two practice sessions, in which Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in both. The unique street track is famous for levelling the performance of the cars, leaving only the drivers' skill to navigate the treacherously narrow course. In this sense, Fernando Alonso's performance
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May 11th, 2010
Tomorrow, Telefónica will launch the first payphone in Spain which can also be used as a recharging station for electric cars. The initiative forms part of an agreement between the telephone operator, headed by Cesar Alierta, and the energy supplier Endesa, to provide owners of electric vehicles a greater opportunity ...
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April 22nd, 2010
According to a study by Coches.net, 67% of Spanish drivers admit to using their mobile phones when driving a vehicle, but due to a clampdown by police and on-the-spot fines, 57% of those now utilise a hands free device and only 7% continue to hold mobiles in their hand while ...
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April 6th, 2010
The Government has announced that it will subsidise up to 20% of the cost of an electric car, up to a maximum of 6,000 euros, which will be available to private buyers or private fleets, representing 240 million euros in direct grants and part of a total of 590 million ...
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March 30th, 2010
With just two working days left until the end of the month, the Federation of Automotive Dealers (FACONAUTO) is reporting that the passenger vehicle industry in Spain has shown a substantial 65.8% year on year increase during March 2010. The prediction is that March
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March 17th, 2010
A 56-year old police officer from the Guardia Civil has been arrested in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) after robbing a bank at gunpoint with his official weapon. The robbery took place at about 12 o'clock on Monday, when the officer, currently assigned to the region of Ceuta, entered the bank ...
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March 8th, 2010
It was a disappointing night for Penelope Cruz at the 2010 Oscars but a triumphant one for women in film, with the best director award going to a female director for the first time in the Awards' history. Cruz could not repeat last year's delight when she became the first Spanish ...
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February 16th, 2010
With cars sales on the rise in Spain we've unearthed the top 10 selling cars in Spain so far this year (2010). Also of note, and no doubt due to the difference in fuel price, was that 70% of all cars sold were diesel, compared to just 30% having petrol ...
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February 16th, 2010
Car registrations in the first half of February totalled 38,216 units, up 54% over those recorded in the same period last year. Sales of private vehicles in the period were up 38.5% with 23,358 units registered in the first two weeks of the month, up from
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February 11th, 2010
Renault Spain’s president, Jean-Pierre Laurent, has said that their vehicle factories in Valladolid are to become the group’s European centre for electric car production. In a recent newspaper interview, Laurent stated that
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