Vehicles registered before 2006 had been exempt from the highest tax rates, but now all cars registered since 2001 will be accountable for the top tax rate. Under the new road tax system, there will be 13 duty bands varying from A to M, with classification based on the vehicle's carbon ...
As well as the new tax bands, there'll be a one-off "showroom tax" on top in 2010 for the most polluting cars. The Treasury says this is a "global trend" towards taxing polluting cars more. But critics say it is unfair - particularly given it applies to all cars bought in the ...
1955 was a particularlyfruitful year for the automotive industry. Automobile manufacturers were experimenting with style and substance, introducing new technology in impressive designs. One of the most significant cars from this year was the Chevrolet Bel...
Quite the crowd had arrived after school. If not the entire school at least a large majority of it came to see “the great race”. Mr. Treat appeared in crisp white gym shorts and white t-shirt. He wore one of those black sweat bands around his head. As I entered the foray, he w...
It can be seen that the survey road section has all of the characteristics of a typical Vietnamese arterial road, including separate lanes for cars, mixed lanes for both cars and motorcycles, and cross-road intersections. The traffic is particularly congested in the early morning and late after...
The government has invested billions of dollars to help citizens purchase electric cars. Tax breaks were first introduced in 2014 and renewed multiple times. The country introduced a four-year tax break scheme for EVs and other green cars totaling CNY 520 billion (EUR 68 billion or USD 72.3 ...
bands of parkland that limited access, the highway was located and designed so as to cause minimum disturbance to the landscape. Its use was restricted to passenger cars, and at-grade intersections were avoided. The success of the concept led to the creation of the Westchester County parkway ...
Future research should expand noise reduction tests across more frequency bands and assess the noise reduction effectiveness against real road traffic noise. Keywords: road traffic noise; active noise control; prototype system; LMS algorithm; single- and dual-frequency tests...