When you’re a ne’er-do-well spaceship captain “in a galaxy very, very, very, very far away” who’s frequently on the lam from such nefarious characters as Pizza the Hut, it makes sense to insure your ride.

No matter how janky.

After a recent scrape with death at the “hands” of a living pile of pizza fixings, Captain Lone Starr, new-made master of the Schwartz, decides it’s just about time to get a proper insurance policy on his shag-carpeted 1973 Winnebago Eagle V Spaceship. Sure, insurance isn’t really in line with his usual devil-may-care, live-on-the-edge attitude, but it’s amazing how saving a princess and toppling an intergalactic empire can push thoughts of safety and security to the forefront.

With that in mind, Lone Starr fires up the Winnebago’s computer and finds RV and travel trailer insurance through Esurance. Within seconds, he’s

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The rest of the world, and particularly those in Asian countries,  have embraced two-wheeled transportation, and it remains to be seen if  consumers in North America and Europe will follow suit.

High fuel costs, customer perception, and government incentives are all contributing to a growing demand for electric  motorcycles and scooters. In areas where the population is increasingly moving to cities and large vehicles are impractical and expensive to own and park, practicality is the driving force for the e-motorcycle and e-scooter markets.

According to a report from Pike Research, sales of these vehicles will rise sharply in Europe and North America over the next six years.

Annual sales of e-motorcycles will essentially double each year through 2017, the cleantech intelligence firm says, with some countries, such as Italy and France, seeing compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) of greater than 120%. Th

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An article in the Irish Times caught my eye earlier this month, as figures for the Irish car industry and new car sales have reportedly increased by nearly 5% on the previous year. What’s more, these numbers have been buoyed by large sales to the Irish rental market with sales to Irish rental fleets accounting for nearly 17% of all new car sales in February alone.

This is good news for tourists to the Emerald Isle, at exactly the same time last year the same paper was reporting a drastic shortage in the rental fleet and expressed grave concerns that this would lead to drastic car hire price increases as demand outstripped supply. I

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