The 2010 Formula1 season will see a bigger grid, and hopefully closer racing. The grid would now consist of 13 teams, and consequently 26 drivers. The Panasonic Toyota Racing has bid adieu to the sport at the end of the 2009 season, citing financial reasons. BMW have also pulled out of the sport, but the team would feature in the ’10 season as the Sauber F1. This was made possible after the team was sold to an investment company called Qadbak. However, the Qadbak sale failed and the team got …

Initially launched in 1985, the Yamaha V-Max has since been on the market with only minor modifications over the years. Sold both in Japan and abroad, the V-Max is one of the best-selling Japanese motorcycles of all time. The bike got designed, about 20 years back, by John Reed, an English designer who lived in California. Packed with oodles of power, the Yamaha V-Max became the world’s first ‘power cruiser’, even before the word was coined. While it’s power has never been questioned, the bike is often criticised for it’s …

Petronas Tower, Sears Tower, Shangai World Financial Center, Taipei 101, Burjs Khalifa Tower…. Wonder what they are? I’m talking about none other than the supertall skyscrapers of the world. In 2010, UAE is here, offering a once-in-a-lifetime-project to the world, the tallest man-made structure ever built Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai. Though master minded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,the Dubai government and Emaar properties and situated in Dubai, the contribution has come from thousands of professionals and skilled workers from around the world, from the birth …

The January transfer window has opened and it does seems at this early stages that the clubs are playing a waiting game and no one is really rushing into things. One confirmed high profile signing is Patrick Viera from Inter Milan to big spenders Manchester City. The talismanic midfielder, who has found chances hard to come by in Jose Mourinho’s Inter side,makes a return to English football. Viera as you all know was a very important figure in Arsenal’s ‘invincibles’ and we still believe that selling Viera was one of …

Hybrid automobiles:
Two questions are addressed in this article First is what is a hybrid vehicle??? and secondly how it works??Addressing the first question, Any vehicle that combines two or more power sources and can directly or indirectly provide propulsion power is a hybrid automobile.A simple example is the mo-ped which combines the pedaling power of the rider and the fuel ignition power.Submarines are another example of hybrid vehicles, which runs on nuclear as well as electric power.Most hybrid cars in market are either petrol-electric or diesel-electric hybrids.Hybrids are combination of …