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Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition Replicates Official F1 Safety Car

Since last year, Aston Martin has been supplying the Official Safety Car and Official Medical Car for the Formula 1 championship, together with Mercedes-AMG. For this year’s season, the Vantage serves as the Official Safety Car, while the DBX707 is the Official Medical Car with the crucial role of getting to any incident sites around the track as quickly as possible.

While the Official Safety Car is essentially one of a kind, with a lot of equipment specifically installed for its role at each round of the F1 championship, there is the Vantage F1 Edition which is offered for sale to the public. This special model benefits from unique and significant chassis and aerodynamic improvements developed by the engineering team at Aston Martin.

The team also drew on the significant performance enhancements, driven by improved lap time performance to successfully carry out its role on the F1 track, but without compromising its on-road capabilities. Following the success of these enhancements, which were integrated into the production car – ultimately developing the Vantage F1 Edition.

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Shell Fleet Solutions And DHL Express Malaysia Team Up To Reduce Vehicle Fleet Emissions

Logistics companies have large fleets of vehicles to deliver goods all over the country. These vehicles, with internal combustion engines, obviously generate exhaust gases which, fortunately, are less toxic than they used to be, thanks to modern technologies.

The fuel and oils they use have also helped, with formulations and components that improve combustion and efficiency, reducing pollutants. While there is a move to switch to zero emissions electrically-powered vehicles, the change will take some time as the fleets can be very large. This means that efforts still have to be made to ensure that the existing fleet of vehicles have reduced emissions.

DHL Express Malaysia, a logistics company with a large fleet, has formed a strategic partnership with Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd to support its sustainability journey in reducing emissions across their fleet operations. Shell Malaysia Trading’s business mobility division, Shell Fleet Solutions, offers a programme which brings together Shell’s full range of consultancy services and innovative solutions.

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Why You Should Not Use Debit Cards To Pay For Parking

Scam operations by numerous fraudsters throughout the city are on the rise and according to Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, using debit cards to make payments at cashless parking lots seems neither reliable nor secure.

The use of debit cards might be easily manipulated using malware software, a program designed to damage, exploit, or otherwise disrupt a computer, including providing illegal access to specific data.

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Seven Months Partial Lane Closure For NKVE

The New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) will have a seven-month partial lane closure starting on March 30 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

This is to accommodate upgrading works of a new railway bridge by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) between the Shah Alam and Subang exchange.

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Success On The Fast Lane With George Russell

George Russell, or sometimes affectionately known as Mr Consistent, has become a household name for Formula One fans.

Especially after he joined the PETRONAS Mercedes AMG Formula One Team last season.

He previously raced for Williams from 2019 to 2021, leading the team to finish eighth in the 2021 Constructors’ Championship after finishing last in 2019 and 2020 respectively by scoring a podium at the wet-weather-affected 2021 Belgian Grand Prix.

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New Proton X90 SUV Confirmed as Proton’s First Hybrid Model!

After many months of speculation and rumours, Proton has confirmed that the name of its new flagship model will be called the X90.

But that’s not the hottest news, the real news here is the fact the X90 is the first ever hybrid model from Proton and the most premium product Proton has ever offered, and though it has not revealed its price, it’s quite easy to speculate.

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