Air-car Being Made in America
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Levacar, an air-levitated, high .1 public transport system under development by the Ford Motor Co. of America, was capable of fulfilment within five years, -Mr. Victor G. Raviolo, executive director, engineering staff of the company, told the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Wednesday.
A wheel-less vehicle carrying up to 60 passengers, ..the Levacar slides along rails on a thin film of air at speeds up to 500 m.p.h. Such a system could carry passengers from London to Glasgow in about an hour, said Mr. Ravioli).
OBJECTORS QUOTED DELAYS.
AREPORT of an apalic,ation by G. Read (Transport), Ltd., Mitcheldean, Glos, to the Western Licensing Authority. for six additional vehicles, pubiished in The Commercial Motor on May 13, attributed to witnesses for the applicants a statement that there were long delays at Ebbw Vale steelworks. Mr. George Read says that his company did not, intact, call witnesses in support of their 'application. The evidence of delays at Ebbw Vale was given by witnesses for the objectors.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
SCIENTIFIC analysis of surgical 'records and engineers' reports of damage to vehicles in accidents will be of great practical value to all road users, says the Automobile Association.
They have set Aide recently £30,000 to finance an injuries research group to collate this information at the Birmingham Accident Hospital over the next seven years.
TRANSPORT FOR PARAGUAY
DEPRESENTATIVES of an American I% company are said to have discussed the provision of -new transport services in Paraguay, with the President. Amongst other facilities a fleet of heavy lorries operating between Paranagua and Asuncion, would tte provided.