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Komic: One of the world’s highest villages with road connectivity

The surreal Spiti valley in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India is home to some of the world’s highest villages. Each of these villages come with their very own tag line. Hikkim boasts of the world’s highest post office. Tashigang is home to the world’s highest polling booth. Langza is the high altitude fossil village.  Dhankar village enjoys one of the highest river confluence views. And Komic at 4,587 meters is one of the world’s highest villages with a motorable road. In this article, we are going to be talking about the remote high altitude village of Komic. This village whose name literally means ‘eye of a snow cock’ is home to a simple monastery, an absolutely serene atmosphere and surreal mountain views. But, it is the journey from Kaza to Komic that is even more amazing. This journey through some of the world’s highest villages located in rarefied atmosphere and surrounded by a 360 degree mountain panorama makes for a heady experience. It doesn’t matter whether you are on ...

Electric cars continued growth in 2022

Sales of electric cars in Ireland in 2022 were 15,678, and 81pc increase on 2021, writes Brian Byrne. According to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry today, total registrations of new cars were 105,253, a marginal 0.3pc increase on 2021 and 10.1pc down on pre-Covid levels. Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General, said new car sales and those of commercial vehicles had been impacted by supply constraints. He also said that dealers are reporting strong orders for the new 231 sales period which began yesterday. New light commercial vehicle sales of 23,653 units for 2022 were 17.7pc down on 2021. Petrol accounted for 30.16pc, Diesel 26.77pc, Hybrid 19.29pc, Electric 14.90pc, and Plug-In Hybrid 6.76pc. Hybrid, electric and plug-in hybrid now account for 41pc of the market.   Automatic transmissions now account for 57pc in powertrains, in part reflecting the increase of electrified power.