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F1 makes a pit stop in Inverness 15 December 2011
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Busting the myths about electric cars 7 January 2011
With the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf plug-in and electric cars about to go on sale, a national newspaper sheds light on eight myths about electric vehicles.
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Bloodhound SSC: Inspiring the Next Generation - Bristol 18 November 2010
Come along to IET Bristol’s Family Christmas Lecture on Bloodhound SSC on 03 December 2010.
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Want to find out more about Electric Vehicles? 3 September 2010
Find out about the IET's Electric Vehicles activities and resources.
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Science Museum technical visit - Wroughton 31 August 2010
Where can you find a copy of Darwin’s Origin of the Species next to a copy of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity?
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MyIET upgrade coming soon – set up your profile in advance 6 August 2010
Forthcoming MyIET upgrade will deliver an improved online service.
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Integrating Electrical and Electronic Vehicle Systems upcoming seminar 4 August 2010
Make sure to secure your place for the IMechE's ‘Integrating Electrical and Electronic Vehicle Systems: efficient technology solutions’ on 5 October 2010 in Norwich.
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How do you undertake research? 21 July 2010
Win a free e-subscription to a journal of your choice.
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IET NW Midlands Bloodhound SSC Engineering Adventure Evening Event 15 July 2010
Question: What do you call a car which accelerates 0-1050 mph in just 40 seconds using a combination of jet, rocket and piston power? Answer: A true “Engineering Adventure”…come and find out more.
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UK transport system to benefit from new initiative by European Space Agency 8 July 2010
The importance of the transport sector to the UK economy – and its impact upon the everyday lives of millions of Britons – is reflected in the focus of a new initiative by the European Space Agency (ESA) in conjunction with the Technology Strategy Board (TSB).
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Power vacuum 2 July 2010
The problem with electric vehicles is that you are always towing the equivalent of a full tank of fuel with you…
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Grid and vehicle policies must be coordinated 17 June 2010
Royal Academy of Engineering report findings state that the introduction of electric vehicles will have to be accompanied by an almost total decarbonisation of the electricity supply…
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TTXGP race season 2010 16 June 2010
The first race of the TTXGP series was held over the weekend of 14-15 May at the Infineon Raceway in California. This was an historic race from several points of view, being the first accredited track race for Electric Bikes in the US.
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IET Bristol: Lightning GT – the UK's premier electric sports car 19 May 2010
A car with the performance of a Ferrari and the elegance of an Aston Martin...but not a drop of petrol in sight.
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IET NW Midlands forthcoming event 13 May 2010
Can new generation tyres be both 'greener' and 'safer'?
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Apprentices/students visit Mercedes GP Petronas F1 HQ 6 May 2010
Humber students/apprentices score a first with visit to Mercedes GP Petronas F1 team.
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Electric car developments raise grid questions 29 April 2010
How will the electricity grid cope if we all use electric cars?
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IET Electrical Systems in Transportation journal 2 March 2010
We are now accepting submissions for the IET's newest journal: IET Electrical Systems in Transportation..
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TTXGP - racing green, the story behind the TTXGP 25 February 2010
Find out how the TTXGP has taken the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle race into its second century by staging the world's first zero emission motorcycle race as part of the June 2009 TT Race series.
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Are smaller cars the quickest way to cut emissions? 23 February 2010
A new report from Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment certainly thinks so…
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Spacecraft dockings improve car assembly 18 February 2010
What on earth has the international space station got to do car manufacturing?
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The big cat to show its lean side to IET members 2 February 2010
The all new XJ is a blend of stunning design, intuitive technology and innovative thinking.
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Contributions for future IET events 1 February 2010
Your valuable input is needed.
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Silverstone takes the chequered flag! 15 December 2009
Silverstone has agreed a 17 year deal to host the British Grand Prix from 2010, ensuring the race is not axed.
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Real time and embedded computing conference 2 December 2009
Free to attend event on 10 December 2009 in Göteborg, Sweden. Discover new (software and hardware) technologies, products in embedded software, Linux development, Operating Systems, FPGA and much more.
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Innovation Awards 2009 30 November 2009
From the Transport judges point of view, the IET Innovation Awards Ceremony 2009 was the culmination of several months work reviewing over 40 entries covering some very disparate Engineering Innovations.
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Bloodhound super sonic car 18 November 2009
Project bloodhound is more than a world land speed record attempt…
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It’s not everyday you get to handle a monster... 29 September 2009
A monster native to Sweden and Finland only with a massive 620 horsepower
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Transportation of tomorrow available today 29 September 2009
Clean and intelligent public transportation system for the next generation at ITS World Congress 2009
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And the winner is...
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3, 2, 1, launch of the F1 in schools technology challenge 16 September 2009
31 teams from 20 countries are going head to head over two days of intense racing heats to win the championship.
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IET Technical visit to British Antarctic Survey headquarters 28 August 2009
Did you know that Antarctica is technically a desert yet contains 90 percent of the entire world’s ice?
Imagine a continent that is 58 times the size of Great Britain and has a regular temperature of -40˚c. Hard to visualise? Read on…..
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The DfT develops a strategy for integrated and smart ticketing 28 August 2009
Help the IET respond to the DfT strategy consultation for integrated and smart ticketing.
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Most of you heard about it, but now you get to watch video footage of the WorldFirst F3 race car in action!
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Toyota hybrid to be manufactured in UK 22 July 2009
Toyota has confirmed plans to build a hybrid version of its Auris hatchback in the Britain.
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New £30 million fund for green buses 1 July 2009
England's bus fleet will be helped to go green thanks to a new £30 million fund to encourage the purchase of low carbon buses.
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Smart travel service pilot in Birmingham 19 June 2009
Ambitious digital transport aims for the Midlands
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Triple hybrid bus heads for Prague 17 June 2009
First showing of new public transport vehicle.
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Electric bikes world debut ahead of TTXGP race day – 10 June 2009
World’s first zero carbon clean emissions Grand Prix – the TTXGP
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TTXGP bike update 10 June 2009
Kingston University’s TTXGP bike is providing some last minute headaches for the team trying to prepare for the finals on Friday.
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Introducing your new Community Development Manager 29 April 2009
I am really excited to be starting in my new role focusing on community development activities for this forward thinking and innovative field.
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A greener volt of lightning? 17 April 2009
All electric car gets the green light.
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Irelands roads to fall victim to economical difficulties? 25 March 2009
Could the current economic climate be the cause of Ireland putting plans to invest in national road building schemes on hold?
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F1 event to showcase world changing efforts 13 March 2009
The F1 exhibition, which has opened at the Science Museum in London, is named ‘Fast forward: 20 ways F1 is changing our World’.
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University entry for the TTxGP passes tests 10 March 2009
Find out the latest progress from Paul Brandon on the Kingston University entry for the TTxGP.
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Greener Technologies for Meaner Motor Sports 9 March 2009
For anyone who missed this fantastic lecture, don’t worry.
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Motor Transport Awards 2009 2 March 2009
Now open for entries with a new category for 2009.
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50 years of motorways… 23 February 2009
At the Sir Henry Royce Lecture and Dinner next month, Derek Turner CBE will plot the course and the development of our motorways over time, before looking at the future responses to increased congestion and the nations increasing reliance upon them.
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Lean, green racing machine 11 February 2009
Students to make history by designing a motorbike for the first Zero Emissions Grand Prix (TTxGP).
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Diesel engine gas to become purified 10 February 2009
A four year project is underway to create a way to purify exhaust gases from diesel engines.
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Lord Austin Lecture and Dinner 6 February 2009
Greener Technologies for Meaner Motor Sports – Post a Question.
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More hybrid vehicles on the way 5 February 2009
It’s been revealed that Wal-Mart is testing out hybrid diesel-electric trucks.
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Farewell and thank you 28 January 2009
I am very sad to say this will be my last blog posting as Community Development Manager for this Network.
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Lower emissions and cheaper fuel bills…a dream come true! 21 January 2009
Recently the fluctuating price of fuel and the issues around carbon emissions and climate change has resulted in a need to engineer fuel saving devices in vehicles.
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Delivering a sustainable transport system 15 January 2009
The Department for Transport sets out to implement the recommendations of the Eddington Transport Study and has launched a consultation on its transport strategy for 2014 and beyond. I would like to hear your view on this.
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Caravans – a journey to the big time 12 January 2009
They have become a multimillion pound industry you know…find out how.
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Greener technologies and the future of motorsports 7 January 2009
Check out this year's exciting line-up of speakers, at The 2009 Lord Austin Lecture, including Jon Hilton of Flybrid Systems discusing the ‘KERS’ technology being introduced into Formula 1 and Azhar Hussain, the man behind the ‘worlds first clean emission carbon free Grand Prix’ - the TTX GP taking place at this year’s Isle of Mann TT race.
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Christmas wishes from your Community Development Team 19 December 2008
Just a quick note to you all…
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Does the road network serve our strategic transport needs? 10 December 2008
The IET has got a chance to advise the Transport Committee on the state of the major road network in Great Britain. I would like to hear from you.
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Jaguar Land Rover celebrate technical excellence 4 December 2008
I was highly impressed by the event I attended this week which celebrated the achievements of Jaguar Land Rover Engineers. We also presented an IET special award to Paul Wiles acknowledging his work in mentoring engineers.
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Could your company or organisation host a technical visit for our Network? 21 November 2008
We are looking to arrange a variety of activity for the automotive and road transport communities in 2009. We feel technical visits offer great benefits both to the attendees and the host organisation; can you help?
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Will environmentally friendly cars help manufacturers beat the credit crunch? 12 November 2008
It seems to me that in these hard economic times engineers have a crucial role to play in developing green tech cars for the environmentally conscious consumer, but are we just storing up problems for the future?
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Get an insight into automotive electronics 30 October 2008
Why not pop along to the free ‘Automotive Electronics, an Automotive OEM Perspective’ event next week.
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A road camera ‘with ears’ could keep us safer 28 October 2008
What if a road camera could not only see but listen too. Well, this reality is only just around the corner.
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Green technology race grabs our attention at the IET 23 October 2008
A new bike race encourages innovation in clean emission technologies for motorsport.
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TTXGP rules released 7 October 2008
The world's first clean emission carbon free Grand Prix, supported by the IET, announces the technical rule framework.
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Road Pricing 2008 - programme announced 7 October 2008
The full programme for the sixth IET Road Pricing conference is now available.
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Be part of the TTxGP 25 September 2008
The IET joins the TTxGP – the world’s first clean emissions Grand Prix. We are looking for expert to volunteers get involved and be part of this exciting brand new race.
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London Motor Show tickets up for grabs 31 July 2008
IET Member, Gary Hayes of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, has a number of tickets available for the London Motor Show and has offered them to IET members.
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Formula 1's Horner raises the bar 30 May 2008
This year's Lord Austin Lecture - F1 technology: performing beyond the circuit - received exceptional attendance and praise. Christian Horner, team principal from Red Bull Racing, captivated the audience with informative and entertaining anecdotes from his illustrious career.
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RTIC - Proceedings now on CD-ROM 30 May 2008
Catch-up on the Road Transport Information Control Conference - proceedings now available on CD-ROM.
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