World’s costliest car launched in India

Aston Martin has officially arrived in India. And with its launch, it claims to be giving, what is known to be the world’s most expensive car, Bugatti Veyron, a run for its money. The limited edition Aston Martin One-77, priced at about $2.3 million (approximately R 11.10 crore),seems to have replaced the $1.4 million worth Veyron off the top spot. “The One-77 will be available to Indian buyers at a price of R 20 crore or more, making it the most expensive car in the world,” confirms Lalit Choudary, director, Performance Cars Pvt Ltd, a division of Infinity Cars Pvt Ltd. “It can be customised, so the cost can differ according to how it’s made.” The sports car that was recently ordered by ace tennis player, Rafael Nadal, has been crafted under the aegis of Aston Martin’s head of design, Marek Reichman.

Rumour has it that only seven out of the 77 vehicles that will ever be made, are on offer for Indian buyers. The rest of the coupes, it is said, have already been sold. Without revealing the exact number, Choudary says, “Yes, many of the 77 have been sold. And only a handful will be available in India.”
Even though Mumbai roads might not be the most ideal to bet R 20-odd crore on, Choudary is convinced it will find a market among India’s indulgent few. “We’re sure we will manage to sell them. The exclusivity attached to the car is something very rare,” he adds.
Hand-built by the iconic automobile manufacturers in Warwickshire, England, the car’s 7.3 litre unit has been tuned to produce 750 bhp, touted once again, as one of the highest output available from a V 12 engine anywhere in the world. Approximately 2,700 hours and 27 technicians, who assemble the vehicle by hand, are required to put together a customised fast machine like this from scratch. 

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MIT develops foldable car for busy cities

BANGALORE, INDIA: Kent Larson is quite confident that the new foldable CityCar that he and his team developed at the MIT Media Lab would become a hit one day.

Larson, the principal research scientist and director at Changing Places Research Group, MIT Department of Architecture, developed the design based on the concept of changing the form of a vehicle in accordance with the
situation. It means the car can compress its shape during peak hours without disturbing the passengers inside.

The CityCar, a foldable, electric, sharable, two-passenger vehicle meant for crowded cities, runs on wheel robots, a fully modular in-wheel electric motors, which integrate drive motors, suspension, braking, and steering inside the hub-space of the wheel.

“This drive-by-wire system requires only data, power, and mechanical connection to the chassis. With over 80 degrees of steering freedom, wheel robots enable a zero-turn radius. They also enable the CityCar to fold by eliminating the gasoline-powered engine and drive-train,” he says

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Hyundai Launches Accent 2011 edition at a price of Rs 501,900

Hyundai Motor India Ltd, India’s announced the launch of the Accent 2011 edition. The Accent 2011 edition will be available at a price of Rs 501,900 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

The exteriors of the Accent gets a new look with chrome finish front grille. The body coloured waistline molding now comes with chrome inserts. The car also has a chrome garnish over license plate.

The Accent launched in 1999 is also available with alternate fuel options such as CNG and LPG. The Korean car maker has sold over 3 lakh units in the overseas market.

The Accent 2011 edition comes with elegant styling which makes it more sophisticated and desirable. It is our continuous effort to gauge changing customer preferences and keep introducing new features in our products said Arvind Saxena, Director, Marketing and Sales

Hyundai Accent has been designed keeping in mind your expectations from a true luxury sedan. With its smooth blend of design, a zippy responsive engine and well appointed interiors, the Accent sure packs a lot more thrill into your driving. Accent offers all that a mid-sized sedan can pack and more.

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Jet Airways to develop Hyderabad as its mini hub

Leading private airline Jet Airways Friday said it will develop Hyderabad as a mini hub for its operations in south India and will introduce 15 new flights to the city.

"We are keen to develop Hyderabad into a mini hub for our guests in southern India," said Sudheer Raghavan, chief commercial officer, Jet Airways.
Leading private airline Jet Airways Friday said it will develop Hyderabad as a mini hub for its operations in south India and will introduce 15 new flights to the city.

"We are keen to develop Hyderabad into a mini hub for our guests in southern India," said Sudheer Raghavan, chief commercial officer, Jet Airways.

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Mobile media isn't taking us away from older media

Smart phones aren't taking people away from traditional media sources like newspapers or television. Instead, mobile media are filling the spaces in people's daily routine in which other sources are either unavailable or inconvenient to use.

That suggests mobile media use is taking a different path to popularity than did technologies like TV, said John Dimmick, who led the study as professor of communication at Ohio State University, the journal New Media and Society reports.
"Typically, what happens with new media is that they compete with and displace older media to a certain extent, like television did with radio," Dimmick said.

"But at least early in its development, mobile media isn't taking us away from older media - it has its own separate niche," he said, according to an Ohio statement.

Dimmick conducted the study with Gregory Hoplamazian, graduate student at Ohio State and John Christian Feaster of Rowan University, New Jersey.

Dimmick noted that the data in this study was collected in 2007, the year when the first Apple iPhone was released.

The success of the iPhone may mean that mobile media has started to make inroads into the use of other media technologies, Dimmick said, but we won't know for sure until new studies are completed. This study involved 166 participants aged between 19 and 68 years.

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Google launches person finder for Japan earthquake

Google has launched a person finder for Japan after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the country Friday.
Readers can visit the person finder here. Users can either search for a specific person or leave information about someone in Japan.
Google has launched similar person finders after earthquakes in New Zealand, Chile and Haiti.

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Hyundai i40 to launch in India

After the huge success of Hyundai I series , Hyundai Motors india is all set to unveil I-40 on indian roads.It is expected that the new Hyundai Sonata might be renamed as Hyundai i40. Hyundai has not officially announced about the launch of Hyundai i30 and Hyundai i40 so it is difficult to say about the exact pricing and the technical details of the final models. The latest generation Hyundai Sonata i40 will come with a series of modern gasoline and diesel engines including the latest 2.2 R-Series diesel which produces a 204 bhp.  200 hp is produced by The 2.4 liter Theta II engine. The car engine is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission to deliver performance and fuel efficiency.
The i40 is going to be a very sleek and elegant car. It is believed that many of the styling cues seen on the Hyundai Genus concept from the 2006 Geneva show has been implemented on the styling of Hyundai i40.
The company official indicates that The Hyundai i40 will be manufactured on all new platform. The car will be officially launched in India by 2010 and the price of this car is expected to be in the range of 6-7.5 lakhs. After the launch the new Hyundai i40 will compete against Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, and Skoda Laura of this segment.

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Ferrari To Hit Indian Roads Soon

Are you the one who wants to have your hands on a Ferrari product? Well, here comes your chance to grab one. Ferrari, the ultimate luxury and sports car maker has decided to enter the enticing Indian automobile market.
Ferrari has collaborated with Shreyans Motors, New Delhi to unroll some of its key products like Ferrari California, Ferrari FF and many more.
Providing you an insight, Shreyans Motors have earlier also been associated with other auto giants like Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes to act as a smooth channel for dealership in the national capital region. They are also the official distributors for Porsche cars and Bugatti bikes in India.
We had already provided info to our esteemed patrons some weeks back that Ferrari was having talks with Shreyans Motors to retail some of its much-in-demand products in India. Now the decks are cleared and soon you would be able to see a Ferrari car zoom past on Indian roads.

The company is elated to declare its partnership with Ferrari. The car brand is a synonym of luxury and is every car drivers dream to own one. We will spread its network across India to cater to the needs of the customers.

Ashish Kordia, Chairman at Shreyans Group was quipped as saying.
As per the first report coming, Ferrari’s first dealership will be in New Delhi and later a dealership would be opened in Mumbai too.
So, if you have plans to have your hands on a Ferrari product, now you have an idea where to head for it.

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Japan: Biggest quake in 140 yrs, tsunami kills more than 300

The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control.

Police said 200 to 300 bodies have been found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai. Police said another 88 were confirmed killed and 349 were missing.

The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.

The US Geological Survey said the 2:46 pm quake was a magnitude 8.9, the biggest earthquake to hit Japan since officials began keeping records in the late 1800s. Meanwhile, authorities said more earthquakes measuring over 7.0 on the Richter scale could occur in and around Japan within a month.

Japan issued a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system had a mechanical failure. Trouble was reported at two other nuclear plants as well but there was no radiation leak at any.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the measure at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima was a precaution and that the facility was not in immediate danger.

A tsunami warning was extended to a number of Pacific, Southeast Asian and Latin American nations, including Japan, Russia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Chile. In the Philippines, authorities said they expect a 3-foot (1-meter) high tsunami.

The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.

The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake was followed by at least 19 aftershocks, most of them of more than magnitude 6.0. Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coastline were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter.

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New Pulsar 220 DTS-I Bike by Bajaj Auto @ 85,000/-

Every Indian is sure to be proud of the new pulsar 220 DTS-I which is introduced by Baja Auto. The Engine is designed with a Single-Cylinder, 4- stroke, Air-cooled, DTS-I 220 cc displacement to provide you and experience in riding that you have never experienced before.
The overall length of the bike is 2035mm and wheel base is 1350mm to provide excellent landing for the heavy bike. The max torque is 19.12Nm @ 6000 rpm and max power is 20.06Ps @ 8500 rpm. The Kerb weight is 136kg and ground clearance is 177mm.
The front suspension is controlled by 37mm telescopic hydraulic type 130mm (5.1 in) travel and rear suspension is designed with Elliptical section swing arm with twin Hydraulic shock absorbers with 101mm (4in) travel.
The front brake is 260mm disc brake and rear brake is 230mm dia disc brake. The fuel tank capacity is 15 L and its top speed is 135 kph. The enormous bike is priced at Rs.85000/- with fine colors.

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Japan work on World Fastest Train

No barriers of innovation but there is barrier for competition in world of technology because here is something which is going under table battle of innovation in term of creating or building world fastest train between the world two giant countries China and Japan. Japan wants to build the world fastest train which based on concept of mag-lev train which runs between two cities Tokyo and N agoya and it will be completed in 2027. The sources of Japan also confirm that this p roject cost around $64 billion which provide the passengers a new world of experience of high speed travelling.

The train will be run on speed of 310 miles per hour while at now the train which used in Japan is run on speed of 165 miles per hour. In respect of all, China is still the r etainer of title of world super fast speedy train which runs at a speed of 302 miles and the train run on the largest track between China two big cities Beijing and Shanghai. In a Nutshell, China and Japan both working on more super fast speedy trains which not only change the conventional travelling concepts but also provide more efficient and effective essence of travelling in future.

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Mobiles for emergency calls in New Zealand

Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone have both issued statements asking people to only use their mobile phones for emergency calls after a massive earthquake hit Christchurch.
Phone lines have been congested as people try to reach their relatives.
Much of Telecom's network was working off of backup power, the company said, but it was attempting to add extra capacity to the mobile network.
Vodafone also tweeted that people should stick to text messages and short calls if at all possible.
Telecom said that those with landlines should use analogue phones as cordless phones will not work due to the loss of power in homes.
Free calling is now available from payphones around Christchurch.

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Bangalore metro is again on a trial hunt on Wednesday

The first trail of Bangalore metro train was held on January 23, where it has carried various family members and relatives of the officials but this time its second trail run is without official’s kin.

Namma Metro’s second trail run was held on Wednesday twice from Byappannahalli Station to Trinity Circle Station. The trial run began at the Byappannahalli Station at 6.30 pm. It halted at the Trinity Circle Station at 7pm for 10 minutes and then rush back to Byappannahalli.

Earlier train officials had been questioned by newspapers for filling the train up with people when trail runs were on but this time the train is filled with some technical experts and drivers only. During trail run, experts and drivers are checking the track and traction system.

Initially it was planned that the train would be halted at Trinity Station and then it would be taken back to the Byappannahalli depot, for security reasons. And hence the second run occurs after a gap of 15 minutes.

Experts have closely monitored each and every system of train including brake and skid tests, to ensure that train is capable of taking smooth curves. The train ran at a speed of nearly 45km per hour.

It has been announced by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) that train would began its extensive trails from February 19.

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