Highways light up at night without electricity

A futuristic highway that can save energy and improve road safety is set to be installed in the Netherlands by mid-2013. Two companies, Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure, came up with the highway, which includes: glow-in-the-dark road markings painted with photo-luminescent paint which are charged during the day and light up during the night; temperature-responsive paint which indicates slippery roads when temperatures fall below zero; and interactive lights along the highway that light up as cars approach. Wind lights that light up using the draft produced by cars and priority induction lanes that can recharge electric cars as they run along them also feature.
The luminous road markings and weather indicating roads will debut in the Dutch province of Brabant in the middle of next year. The wind powered and interactive lights along with the induction lanes are also planned to go into service in the next years.

2012 top-sellers cars

More than 15 million vehicles have been sold in 2012. That is a good news for the auto industry. 

Chrysler brand has annonced almost 40 percent rise in sales. The European giant  Volkswagen has reported a gain of 35 percent while Japanese automaker Toyota claims the company`s growth is 27 percent. 

The last year was not very successful for brands such as Mitsubishi, Cadillac,jaguar and Lincoln. They have sold fewer cars than previous years.  

The best-selling brand in 2012 was Ford with 2,168,015 units sold. The top-selling vehicle was Ford F-Series (645,316).
   
The leader in luxury brand is Mercedes-Benz.  The best-selling minivan is Dodge Caravan .  

Images: montanari.michael, BulaPhotography, Toyota UK