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Bank of England expands crisis QE programme to £300bn

The Bank of England has expanded its coronavirus crisis quantitative easing (QE) programme of bond-buying by £100bn - taking the total since March to £300bn.The move -

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Chinese mobility scooter amazes U.S. car pundit

The unboxing video of a U.S. car reviewer has got the attention of Chinese social media with netizens mentioning it shows the growing influence of China's mobility scooter industry. Jason Torchins

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Cowboy releases updated e-bike with new carbon belt

Electric-bike maker Cowboy has released a new iteration of its bike, the Cowboy 3. It’s a relatively small update that should make the experience better for newcomers. The first orders will be delive

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Toyota’s first plug-in hybrid RAV4 Prime priced a skosh under $40,000

When Toyota unveiled the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime in November, the vehicle garnered a lot of attention because it achieved two seemingly conflicting goals. It was Toyota’s most fuel efficient and

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Locked down UK car makers look to China for recovery

02:45 Car sales slumped, factories closed, car retailers shut – the massive global effects of the coronavirus pandemic have had a huge impact on the car industry.GlobalData analysis sh

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Pakistan passenger plane crashes in Karachi, killing all aboard

00:28 At least 13 bodies have been pulled out of a crashed plane and transferred to hospitals after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane went down in the southern Pakistani po

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Remote operators in Mexico are driving scooters to riders in this Atlanta suburb

In one Atlanta suburb, finding and returning an electric shared scooter will be taken care of by teleoperators some 1,700 miles away in Mexico City.Riders in the enclave of Peachtree Corners will be a

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Tier brings integrated helmets to electric scooters

European mobility operator Tier has become the first major electric scooter company to integrate helmets into vehicles. The foldable helmets fit inside a box attached to the scooter below the handleba

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CMU’s tiny robot rover passes NASA design review ahead of 2021 trip to the Moon

Carnegie Mellon University is one step closer to operating its robotic rover on the surface of the Moon: The school’s diminutive bot has passed a crucial NASA design review, performed by the ag

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India to 'gradually' restart rail operations in lockdown easing

India Railways stopped operating in late March 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown, but few trains have been made available to help migrant workers who lost their jobs return home. /AFP One o

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Relics unearthed from ruins of 2,000-yr-old palace complex in NW China

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed about 780 relics from the ruins of a palace complex built some 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 8). The

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Volkswagen to start sales of first edition all-electric ID.3 hatchback in June

Volkswagen plans to start selling the launch edition of its ID.3 vehicle next month to customers who placed pre-orders of the all-electric hatchback.Customers who made reservations for the launch edit

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Polestar’s first all-electric vehicle will start at $59,900 in the US

Polestar, the electric performance brand spun out of Volvo, said the base price of its first all-electric vehicle will be $59,900 in the United States, lower than originally targeted.The 2021 Polesta

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India converts train carriages into hospital wards

An Indian Railways employee works to convert a train coach into an isolation ward for COVID-19 patients, April 2, 2020. /AP Indian Railways has taken up a new task of converting its train carr

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Political virus is more vicious than the coronavirus

Night view of Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /Xinhua Editor's note: Qu Qiang is a current affairs commentator. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of C

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Wheels is deploying e-bikes with self-cleaning handlebars and brake levers

Wheels, which recently paused its shared bike service to limit the spread of COVID-19, is making its pedal-less e-bikes available for gig workers, restaurants, non-profits or any other people who do

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The Global Guardians: Keeping a city well-fed

03:27 How do people under quarantine in Wuhan get hold of foodstuff and other essentials? Despite a suspension of public transportation, supermarkets in Wuhan have kept