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The FIFA fan zone opens in Doha, Qatar, the main gathering place for fans during the World Cup, one day before the start of the competition. IMAGES
Honda opened its new $124 million state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility, ushering in a new era of development testing capabilities for Honda and Acura products, as well as the company’s race vehicles. The new Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (HALO) facility, located at the independent Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) in Central Ohio, is the world’s most advanced wind tunnel, with three separate state-of-the art testing functions — aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, and racing — in one location.Honda created the multifunctional HALO facility to reinforce its commitment to developing fuel-efficient and fun-to-drive vehicles. One of the most advanced of its kind anywhere, the wind tunnel uses a unique interchangeable modular ground plane system capable of aerodynamic vehicle testing of production vehicles and race machines.With a five-belt rolling road system designed for production vehicle development and a second single wide-belt system for testing both high-performance sports cars and purpose-built race vehicles, the tunnel can generate wind speeds of more than 190 miles per hour.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles are giving the new ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo their world premiere today in Hamburg. With Europe's first all-electric bus and transporter range, Volkswagen is providing yet another solution to sustainable and CO2-free mobility. The ID. Buzz comes with the latest ID. software and sets new standards in its segment with the latest systems and functions for safety, comfort and charging.Ralf Brandstätter, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Passenger Cars: “The ID. Buzz is a genuine icon for the electric era. A car, the likes of which only Volkswagen can build. In the 1950s, the Volkswagen Bulli stood for a new feeling of automotive freedom, independence and great emotion. The ID. Buzz picks up on this lifestyle and transfers it into our time: emission-free, sustainable, fully networked and now ready for the next big chapter: autonomous driving. With this car, we are bringing together the core themes of our ACCELERATE strategy in one product for the first time.”
The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) opens a congress where its leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seems set to be nominated to run for a sixth term. In power for 42 years, the leader appears to be preferred since party elite think his son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, nicknamed "Teodorin", is not yet ready for the role. IMAGES
Brussels (Belgium), Sep 10 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Waking up surrounded by the Smurfs, Marsupilami and Blacksad is possible in a new hotel that has just opened its doors in the center of Brussels dedicated to the world of comics, where each room is decorated with different Franco-Belgian comic characters.FOOTAGE FROM THE HOTEL DEDICATED TO THE COMICS IN BRUSSELS SOUNDBITES FROM DANIELA FERRERA, HOTEL RECEPTIONISTTRANSLATION1. Children can stay with their parents in the same room, but children have their own space to play and have separate spaces, same with friends who travel for concerts and other things, it's cheaper that way2. We have a lot of artists being represented here, Le Lombard, Dargaud, Dupuis... Every artist has selected the decoration for their respective rooms, while common spaces have been designed by a local artist, Johan de Moor
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