Vehicle

The European Union has brokered a landmark agreement with member states and the European Parliament to introduce a transformative shift in motor vehicle regulation through revisions to existing legislation.

The European Commission announced today that it is taking Bulgaria to court on three cases - for clean vehicles, for the electronic toll service and for the marketing of natural mineral and spring waters.

Clean vehicles

A group of Büyükada residents has been protesting the ban on battery electric vehicles that came into force on Oct. 5 in Istanbul's Princes' Islands.

Gathering in front of the mayor's office, the group shouted slogans asking the mayor to resign and a trustee to be appointed on the islands.

Local authorities in Istanbul have imposed a ban on battery electric vehicles on Princes' Islands, a cluster of nine islands in the Marmara Sea, in a bid to curb increasing accidents involving the vehicles and unauthorized parking at pedestrian-only venues.

The ban will come into force starting from Oct. 5 with exceptions for permanent residents who are below the age of 66.

There will be rules for the movement of electric drones in changes to the Road Transport Act. Changes to the law have been published on the Council of Ministers' Public Consultation Portal.

Authorities in Brussels have accepted a gradual repeal of access to the city centre to vehicles with internal combustion engines, local media reported.

It is envisaged that all diesel engines will be banned from 2030 and petrol or gas engines will be banned from 2035. Vehicles with internal combustion engines will be completely banned from 2050.

Popular Mechanics reports that a Russian defense company has developed a flying vehicle that took to the air earlier this week as manufacturers demonstrated what it can do. The hovercraft, built by Kalashnikov Concern, gets its lift from 16 sets of rotors and appears to run on battery power, not fuel.

You might think that cars like the ones you see in James Bond and Batman only exist in movies. Well think again, because vehicles with jet propulsion systems or others fitted with propellers, or even submarine vehicles are actually real! You will not believe what these cars and bikes are capable of!

Istanbul police have begun stopping and inspecting a specific type of vehicle on an Istanbul highway after receiving a bomb notice.

Cube trucks of a specific make and model have been inspected at the Çaml?ca toll booths, with special operations police officers taking part in the controlled operation, Cihan News Agency reported Aug. 7.

Bulgaria reported on Wednesday a double-digit rise in the number of environment-friendly electric-powered and hybrid personal motor vehicles.

There were 497 electric-powered personal vehicles registered in Bulgaria at the end of last year, an increase of 36% on 2013.