The English can’t resist a good retro revival: we fell back in love with the new Mini and Doctor Who, so now it’s time to do the same with the eco-friendly revamp of the Routemaster bus. Packed with a hybrid engine that doubles the fuel efficiency of a standard diesel (at 11.6mpg — but it’s a bus, so that’s a lot) but producing only half the emissions. It’ll carry 87 passengers and the vehicle heralds the return of the rear-door, so when it’s stuck in traffic, you can safely hop-off and walk the rest of the way. A fleet of eight buses will run London’s “38″ route from early next year and you can watch the prototype being hand-built in the video we’ve got for you after the interval.
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We have some sad news to report out of Holland today. TomTom has announced that it will release nearly ten-percent of its employees as the company works to reorganize and move away from the personal navigation device market. The struggling firm previously stated that it would trim €50 million from its annual operations budget, and many of TomTom’s employees will now face the ramifications of this effort. Moving forward, the company will focus primarily on in-dash navigation equipment that’s pre-installed by automotive manufacturers, along with fleet management for delivery companies. Hopefully we’ll see some better times ahead for the Dutch firm. Frankly, we don’t know what we’d do without the likes of Mr. T, Han Solo and Burt and Ernie leading the way.
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