Geneva - Car parts supplier Mila showcased in Geneva the Mila EV with a modular concept including a fully-integrated electric platform that can serve as a base for several different vehicles and allow for conversion to natural gas, fuel cell and hybrid drive.
The car on show at the Geneva Motor Show is a five-door hatchback with flowing lines and plenty of glass with a continuous line linking the headlights with the side windows. A design element is the sensor stripe on the flanks which acts both as a door opener and battery load indicator.
Geneva - Getting in and out of the car could be become much easier soon if some of the ideas seen on concept cars at the recent Geneva Motor Show find their way into production vehicles.
The back seat passengers of some sports cars will find it a welcome relief as they will no longer have to clamber in through the front door and squeeze around the front seats to sit down in the rear of the vehicle.
Geneva - Starting in 2013, up to 100 European airports will take part in a plan to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the continent's airspace by half a million tonnes a year, aviation industry groups said Tuesday.
The plan to the use the so-called Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) for landing, where aircraft fly a smooth approach into an airport rather than the classical stepped approach, announced at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva, would reduce carbon output and fuel usage.
Geneva - Ahead of a large international conference on Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Monday that the humanitarian needs in the region were not being met and there was growing need to protect civilians from raging violence.
"The civilian population is bearing the brunt of the armed conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan," Jacques de Maio, the head of the ICRC's South Asia operation, told reporters in Geneva.
Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its winter meetings on Friday, after passing a host of resolutions in the final days of the four week session, with some, like on the question of defamation of religion, of a controversial nature.
Among the issues discussed and voted on were the rights of people with disabilities, child rights, the right to food and the matter of human rights and climate change.
Geneva - Car parts supplier Mila showcased in Geneva the Mila EV with a modular concept including a fully-integrated electric platform that can serve as a base for several different vehicles and allow for conversion to natural gas, fuel cell and hybrid drive.
Geneva - Getting in and out of the car could be become much easier soon if some of the ideas seen on concept cars at the recent Geneva Motor Show find their way into production vehicles.
Geneva - Starting in 2013, up to 100 European airports will take part in a plan to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the continent's airspace by half a million tonnes a year, aviation industry groups said Tuesday.
Geneva - Ahead of a large international conference on Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Monday that the humanitarian needs in the region were not being met and there was growing need to protect civilians from raging violence.
Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its winter meetings on Friday, after passing a host of resolutions in the final days of the four week session, with some, like on the question of defamation of religion, of a controversial nature.
