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IGNACIO LILLO
The Local Police, in collaboration with the traffic enforcement authorities, removed 27 electric scooters belonging to four different companies from the streets of Malaga's historic centre on Wednesday morning. This came a day after a municipal
Local
FERNANDO TORRES
...which confirmed that the electric and electromagnetic field levels were above those recommended by the World Health Organization. As a result, the town hall this week has committed to carrying out and funding fifty per cent of a study which will,
National
SUR
...off last Friday and immediately created traffic chaos as drivers got used to the new rules. Under the city-hall-run scheme, only residents and authorised guests' vehicles can enter a large central area unless they are electric or hybrid. Until 2020
Local
Eugenio Cabezas
Of the nearly 30,000 vehicles registered in the province in the first ten months of this year (29,826), only 53 were electric. If the statistics provided by the dealers' federation Faconauto, from data from the Traffic Department, were to include ... other alternatives to petrol and diesel, such as the diesel/electric hybrids, those that use compressed natural gas, petrol/electric, plug-in petrol/electric and petrol/gas, the figure would still not reach eight per cent. "There is not much choice of ... electric vehicles available and the price is a major problem, but another factor is that most models also have very limited autonomy," says Carlos Oliva, the president of the Malaga Automotive Association (AMA), who says the announcements made by the
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SUR
The electric ant, a small insect native of South America which leaves painful, irritating bites on humans, has been sighted for the first time in Spain, more precisely in one residential area of Marbella. According to the Ecological and Forestry ... ranging from cats to baby elephants, have been blinded by the ant's poison. As well as being known as the electric ant, the insect is also nicknamed the "little fire ant" because its bite is intense and leaves a burning sensation on the skin. At the ... raised when a plague control firm received a call from someone complaining of a "small, biting ant" matching the description of the electric ant, which had come through a crack in the wall of a Marbella development. "We thought that we would manage to
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Mid-Town car park now has electric vehicle charging stations in two purpose-built parking bays, and additional ones will be brought into service as demand increases. As a promotional offer, the service is currently free for holders of a resident ID ... card. The stations are already on Plugshare (www.plugshare.com), a downloadable comprehensive phone app that shows the location of electric vehicle charging stations around the world.
Local
Mónica Pérez
...a drive to improve air quality in the area, cars with hybrid or electric engines, as well as new 'classic' engines which come with efficiency certificates, would be eligible. The change has already been agreed by the council, but it cannot become
Local
Nieves Castro
Police in Marbella have sealed off the office of a local company that rented out two-wheeled personal-mobility devices to tourists. The move comes against a background of a surge in usage of the devices, such as electric scooters and skateboards, in ... at the start of the summer Marbella council decided to define the areas these type of two-wheeled electric vehicles could travel through. At the same time it conducted a review of the operating licences of the firms running rentals and tours using
LifeStyle
PATRICIA PINEDA
...as well as an extensive programme of exhibitions, competitions and test-drives. Due to increasing market demand, the show offered an ample selection of electric motorbikes to potential buyers, including models from Lifan, Torrot, Zero, Goodyear and
Local
Mónica Pérez
Marbella town hall has brought into force a series of restrictions to ensure the safety of the thousands of people who walk along the seafront promenade every day. Until 15 September, bicycles and other personal mobility vehicles (segways, scooters