DeLuxe car maker Rolls-Royce: Manufacturing Workforce increased by 50 percent
May 21, 2009 AutoBusinessNews ., NEWS
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Crisis, what Crisis? Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is planning to increase its manufacturing workforce by 50 per cent. More than 150 new jobs have been created to support the production of the company?s new model, the Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of 2009 Rolls?Royce will have created almost 400 new jobs in under two years, bringing the total number of employees based at Goodwood, West Sussex to 900.
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[HotGreenWheels] Renault’s new plug-in Kangoo be bop Z.E.
May 8, 2009 Fuel economy, Green cars ., NEWS, New Cars .
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Here comes the new Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E. plug-in prototype. While the technology inside (Lithium Ion batteries with a 100-mile range and 30 minute recharge to 80% capacity — or full charge in 20 minutes using a proposed 400V universal standard plug) is very similar to the vehicles that Renault expects to release on the road in 2011, and its appearance matches that of the Kangoo be bop hitting European roads this spring, it’s the design detail that captured our attention.
Renault’s plug-in Kangoo be bop Z.E. features ‘printed circuit’ motifs, cute as a 390-point breadboard [Via Autopia]
