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A British man who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease has broken a Guinness World Record when he took his prototype electric wheelchair to a top speed of 107 kilometres per hour .
Jason Liversidge , who has only 5 % body mobility after being diagnosed with the progressive disease in 2013 , said he teamed up three years ago with engineer Graham Sykes , electric-vehicle specialist Ian Goodman and Rod Heald from the British design and engineering firm Heald to create an electric wheelchair designed for speed .
“ My wife , Liz , thinks I ’ m slightly barmy for doing it , although she ’ s 100 % behind me ,” Liversidge said .
Liversidge took the prototype wheelchair for a spin at the Elvington airfield in Yorkshire , England , with the U . K . Timing Association measuring his speed .
No word yet if the vehicle will be subject to any form of road user charge .
Dolly Parton has saved a nine-yearold actress from getting crushed by a vehicle on set of the new Netflix movie Christmas on the Square .
The young actress , Talia Hill , revealed the country icon saved her from a potentially bad accident during a recent interview . While speaking to Inside Edition , the child star said : “ We were on set , and I was at the hot chocolate station , and they said go back to your beginning positions .
“ So there was a vehicle moving , and I was walking , and then somebody grabbed me and pulled me back , and I looked up and it was Dolly Parton .”
Talia admitted that she was “ in shock ” when she realized it was the 74-year-old actress that saved her .
After the incident , Dolly told Talia : “‘ Well , I am an angel , you know ,’ cause she plays an angel in the movie .”
Croatian Post has expanded its green fleet with 20 new electric vehicles to help assist the busy Christmas delivery period .
There are now a total of 220 electric vehicles in the fleet , of which 40 are four-wheelers . The range of the quadricycle is 60 km with one charge , and the maximum speed is 45 km / h .
“ The new vehicles represent the continuation of many years of procurement of electric vehicles and renewal of the vehicle fleet in accordance with the reduction of harmful impact on the environment and higher energy efficiency .”
By using 40 electric quadricycles for delivery , Croatian Post will significantly reduce its carbon footprint by as much as 15.2 tonnes .
“ The introduction of electric vehicles contributes to reducing the operating costs of the vehicle fleet and increasing energy efficiency ,” Croatian Post said .
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