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April 16th, 2010
Britain's Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) has set the fastest time in today's practice sessions ahead of the Grand Prix of China. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was unable to produce a flying lap in the first session, after his engine needed replacing following an engine failure. Alonso managed to finish with
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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 31st, 2010
Local police have reported that a man living in Lleida doused himself with petrol and tried to set fire to himself in front of an estate agent’s office yesterday, the estate agent allegedly owed him more than three thousand euros. The events occurred at about 13:30 pm yesterday in Calle Sant ...
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March 8th, 2010
The Valencian researcher Jorge Blasco has become the first person from Spain to be nominated for the annual 'European Inventor Award'. A joint venture by the European Commission and the European Patent Office (EPO) , the awards are now in their fourth year and will be presented in Madrid on ...
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March 4th, 2010
According to data released in the Oil Bulletin of the European Union (EU), the prices of petrol and diesel have reached their highest level since November 2008 when energy prices started to fall due to the outbreak of the economic crisis. A litre of petrol will cost an average of 1.119 ...
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February 26th, 2010
In his last practice day before the first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain, on March the 14th, Fernando Alonso, with a low fuel and soft tyre setup, set some blistering times to top the time sheets in the morning session, with a best time of 1:20:614.
Continue reading Alonso Pipped By William’s Rookie in Barcelona Test
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 1st, 2010
According to data from the European Union Oil Bulletin, average prices of petrol and diesel in Spain have risen over the past month by 4.56 and 4.07 percent respectively, although the past week showed some slight decreases. A litre of unleaded fell by 0.36 cents in the last week, resulting in ...
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January 7th, 2010
Petrol and diesel have begun the year with price increases of more than 3% from late December, a gallon of diesel is now nearly one euro, a price not exceeded since November 2008. According to the latest European Union Oil Bulletin, an average litre of diesel currently sold in Spanish petrol ...
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December 23rd, 2009
The prices of petrol and diesel will end the year with overall price increases of up to 27% from January levels, according to the Oil Bulletin of the European Union. A litre of petrol now costs an average of 1.052 euros, 27% more than the 0.825 euros seen in early January, ...
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