Tom Sharpe
Steel Sector Writer and Editor at MEPS International Ltd.
Managing Editor in the Steel City with @mepssteelprices. Also a motoring writer and UK Car of the Year judge. Any opinions expressed are my own.
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1 week ago |
aol.co.uk | Tom Sharpe
The Carrier Strike Group of the Royal Navy is about to set out on a trip to the Pacific. One of the things we don’t yet know is exactly what routes the Strike Group – or parts of it – may follow. In particular we don’t know if the Group or elements of it will pass through the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. This matters, because China claims that everything inside the infamous “Nine Dash Line” – basically most of the South China Sea – is its own territorial waters.
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1 week ago |
rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Tom Sharpe
MCMURTRY has literally turned the world of performance cars upside down by completing a gravity defying speed test. The UK hypercar producer’s Spéirling EV was driven upside down in a specially produced rig designed to demonstrate the power of the downforce created by its innovative active fan system. With the system activated the Spéirling produces around 2,000kg of downforce, literally sucking it to the road.
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1 week ago |
rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Tom Sharpe
ALRIGHT, it may be a clear sign that I have officially entered middle-age, but Volkswagen’s ID.7 Tourer lived up to my excitement about road testing the German brand’s flagship electric vehicle. At 4.96m long, with a 605-litre boot and a zero emissions range of 373 miles in standard form – a long-range Pro S version now offers 433 miles – this EV serves up some serious family-car practicality.
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2 weeks ago |
aol.co.uk | Tom Sharpe
There is nothing quite like the buzz on a warship that is about to deploy. There are hundreds of people coming and going each day, each with their own part to play. The ship is being cleaned up, scaffolding comes down, maintenance hatches are put back in, the false decking that makes the inside of the ship so untidy is being ditched. New joiners arrive every day for induction; all are slightly nervous but keen to get going. Well, most are…It feels like the ship is somehow tightening up.
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2 weeks ago |
aol.co.uk | Tom Sharpe
Air power brings with it a level of complexity and agendas that makes warship planning look easy. But there is no getting away from the fact that here in the UK, we have a problem: the path we have from the fighter aircraft we have today to those we need is very, very unclear. At the moment we have the now ageing fourth-generation Typhoon, manufactured by the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. The RAF finds that it can afford to keep 90+ of its Typhoons in a potentially flyable condition.
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The first 'quick' road test from last week's @MaseratiGB driving day at @GrantleyHall_? The near-£200,000, 761PS #Maserati #GranTurismo #folgore. Surely a contender as the market's most handsome #EV... https://t.co/d30uzS7uKi
Had an unexpected visit from a former @BBC_TopGear star this morning... @LandRover's own Series 1 #Defender was temporarily disgorged onto my street from the HGV collecting last week's (exceeding more modern) test car. What a little beauty! #LandRover https://t.co/KUif1TvMdc
Crikey, spring has finally sprung, even in #NorthYorkshire. The perfect day for a @MaseratiGB driving day out of @GrantleyHall_ ... A packed day checking out the new #folgore #EV line-up, with a couple of combustion-powered models thrown in for good measure. https://t.co/ggNtWZjKpc
