Land Rover and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a new global initiative, under the theme ‘Reaching Vulnerable People Around the World’. Over the next three years, Land Rover has committed to help national Red Cross or Red Crescent societies implement or step uppriority programmes in fifteen countries, with [...]

For those not up on the finer details of Range Rover history, the ‘Vogue’ designation came about at the same time that the Range Rover Sport was introduced and was used as a means to distinguish the ‘proper’ Range Rover from the new ‘upstart. Over the years there’s been a few updates, the most significant [...]

Nicky Hayden was out of luck at his home Grand Prix today, the American losing his knee slider early in the race. It is a small but crucial piece of equipment for the riders because it helps them support the bike at full lean angle. As such it was a near impossible task for Hayden [...]

Nicky Hayden will start a MotoGP race from the front row of the grid for the first time in Ducati Team colours tomorrow after a sensational qualifying performance at Indianapolis. The American rider’s fastest ever lap of his home circuit moved him into provisional pole position with just a few minutes remaining of this afternoon’s [...]

Team Ducati returns to the United States of America this week for the eleventh round of the MotoGP World Championship, which takes place at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is the second home race of the season for Nicky Hayden, who was born, raised and still lives in Owensboro, Kentucky, not far from the [...]

Ducati and Valentino Rossi have signed a two year agreement for the nine-times World Champion to race with the “Rossa” of Borgo Panigale in the Ducati MotoGP Team from 2011. The arrival of Valentino in Ducati opens a new and exciting chapter in the Italian factory’s sporting history and, indeed, of the whole MotoGP Championship. [...]

Casey Stoner finished third today at Brno behind race winner Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to extend his run of podium finishes to five and move himself up to third place in the MotoGP World Championship standings. Nicky Hayden battled through the pain of a chipped radius bone, sustained in a crash at the end [...]

Australia : Australia’s peak motoring group, the Australian Automobile Association, has reminded motorists to ensure they use the correct fuel for their vehicle, following the release of E85 ethanol-based fuel developed specifically for the soon-to-be-released VE Series II Commodore flex-fuel vehicle. Caltex announced yesterday it would be selling the new Bio E-Flex E85 blended fuel [...]

New bridges, “smarter” Interstates, smoother pavements, and upgrades to ports and airports were the results of some of the projects recognized today as winners of the America’s Transportation Awards’ southeastern regional competition. The state Departments of Transportation in Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and North Carolina were honored for their innovation and hard work in [...]

If you’ve heard of tiny Elk Horn, Iowa, it’s probably because it is home to the only functioning Danish windmill in the world. But the small community is also notable because of the presence of a more cutting-edge technology: four electric car charging stations. The popularity of electric cars is beginning to sweep the nation, [...]