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Cyclists Protest New Luas Cross City Line In Protest
A group of cyclists gathered in Dublin City Centre today to protest against the new Luas Cross City Line and the dangers it has caused for cyclists in the city. The protesters are concerned with some practical problems with the layout and are also taking issue with new signs advising cyclists to 'dismount' and walk in certain areas. The protest...
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Chinese company Geely to launch flying cars after Terrafugia deal
The Chinese Automotive giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said last week that it will roll out its first flying car in 2019 in the United States. Geely acquired the Massachusetts-based startup Terrafugia, which is pioneering flying cars. As part of the acquisition, Geely has acquired all the Terrafugias’ operations and assets and has received all the necessary approvals for the...
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Germany's trains of the future will have digital cars with game consoles
Germany's trains of the future will have digital cars with game consoles With all the talk of driverless vehicles, it could certainly prove quite disruptive for the traditional modes of public transport as well, such as trains. Germany's state-owned railway company thinks it has a solution and it sounds like a lot of fun, especially for the gamers amongst us....
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Irish Government owns just five electric-powered cars
Irish Government electric car ownership Despite urging people to avoid fossil-fuel cars, the Irish State is not taking their own advice and has been shown slow to make a switch EV power in own fleet. Of the 6,536 vehicles owned by the Irish State, only 5 are electric-powered. The statistics released by Minister for Transport Shane Ross confirm a poor...
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Australian researchers say Driverless cars will make more traffic
Researchers in Australia have predicted that the rise of autonomous vehicles will make congestion worse and not better? The researchers are based at University of Sydney's Institute of Transport and Logistical Studies. The institution has been publishing its Transport Opinion Survey (TOP) since 2010. In the most recent study released, it has been found that while Australians may love the...
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Ford Motors patents a retractable table for autonomous cars
The Ford Motor Co. in Detroit have patented a retractable table for autonomous cars that resembles a kitchen or office conference room table. The giant car manufacturer lodged the patent for a retractable table earlier last month and the fascinating thing is that the new autonomous vehicle table comes with an airbag. In the autonomous future, it will not be...
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You can now earn a degree in self-driving cars
You can now earn a degree in ‘self-driving cars’ courtesy of Lyft and Udacity Lyft is a transportation network company based in San Francisco, California, which develops, markets and operates the Lyft car transportation mobile app. Udacity is a for-profit online teaching startup who originally focused on offering university-style courses and now focuses on vocational courses for professionals. These two...
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Flying car to ignite 2020 Olympic flame in Tokyo
It is planned that at the next Olympics, a futuristic flying car will ignite the Olympic flame to mark the opening of the games. This technology just goes to show how close we are to a flying commute to work in our very own private flying car. One prototype is powered by an engine built by British engineering specialist Prodrive....
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Tesla intentionally makes some of its cars worse but this is not necessarily a bad thing?
Tesla intentionally makes some of its cars worse but this is not necessarily a bad thing? The most natural thing for a company to do would be to charge every one of their customers the maximum they would pay for their product. If companies were to adapt this maximum pricing philosophy, Apple could charge the super-rich the tens of thousands...
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Uber say they will stop using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019.
Ride sharing company, Uber have said they plan to stop using diesel cars in London by the end 2019. Uber has about 40,000 London drivers and they will plan to only offer electric or hybrid cars on UberX by the end of the decade. Uber plans to roll out a similar plan to cover the whole of the UK by...