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The Nissan Leaf may be able to go 116 miles on a single charge, but it’s got nothing on this Audi A2 EV, which recently set a new world record. The Audi drove 600 kilometers (372 miles) across Germany, going from Munich to Berlin on a single charge. The trip lasted seven hours with the heating on the whole time, and beat the previous world record holder by nearly 50 kilometers. And apparently the car still had a bit of juice left in it even after that exhausting trip. “If any journalists want to charge up their iPhones, we still have some electricity left,” driver Mirko Hannemann joked upon arriving at Berlin.
The “Lekker Mobil”, an Audi A2 with an electric engine, passes the front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday. The electric car drove 600km from Munich in southern Germany to Berlin without recharging its battery, setting what organisers hailed as a new world distance record for an everyday vehicle..
Oct 10
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The Asian Awards ceremony took place on October 26 in London. The awards recognize and reward achievement across 11 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport.
India’s cricketer Sachin Tendulkar winning the Outstanding Achievement in Sport and People Choice Awards.
Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, was chosen as the Business Leader of the year.
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was adjudged as the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Indian Music Composer and Singer A. R. Rahman posed for the press after winning the award for Outstanding Achievement in Music.
Indian entrepreneur Vijay Mallya received the Entrepreneur of the year award at the Asian Awards.
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Genres: Drama and Thriller
Release Date: December 10th, 2010
Distributors: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Produced by: Graham King, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber