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DHL promoting their new Streetscooter electric delivery van
StreetScooter is an electric vehicle manufacturer located in Aachen, Germany. They were bought out by DHL Deutsche Post DHL Group in December 2014. The Deutsche Post DHL Group explained that their electric vehicles were part of GoGreen initiative to reduce CO2 emissions. The group is producing and selling its own electric delivery vans as a response to the ongoing debate...
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Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland
Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland Automated driving is just around the corner, but are Irish roads ready for it? All the world's major manufacturers are leapfrogging each other with technology that will eventually lead to autonomous driving. Motor industry chiefs worldwide are urging governments to encourage partial and eventually full automatic vehicles with suitable infrastructure. Many are...
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Electric vehicles pollute more than regular cars according to Roland Folger, head of Mercedes India
Roland Folger, who is the head of Mercedes-Benz in India, has raised doubts over the Indian government's intention to entirely switch over to electric vehicles by 2030. He maintains that the cumulative pollution in the production of electric cars is higher than other regular combustion engine vehicles. He claims that the electric cars pollute more because the electricity used to...
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Car manufacturers vision of a gradual transition to self-driving cars may have a big problem
On May 7, 2016, Joshua Brown lost his life after his semi autonomous electric Tesla vehicle crashed into a truck. Joshua Brown had engaged Tesla’s Autopilot feature but tragically, the on-board software didn’t detect the white side of the trailer against the daytime sky. The car slammed into the truck at full speed, 74 miles per hour, shearing off the...
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First Customers take ownership of their brand new Tesla Model 3 Electric Cars
More than 500,000 people have already put down a deposit for the new Tesla's Model 3 electric car. The first customers to receive the new EV were 30 employees of the Tesla Motor company and the vehicles were personally handed over by Tesla’s CEO and Founder, Elon Musk. Approximately a half-million people have put down a $1,000 deposit to own...
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UK to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2040
The UK Government has said that they will ban all petrol and diesel cars in Britain by 2040. Many governments around the world have already outlined plans to phase out petrol and diesel combustion engines. They are trying to combat air pollution and pave the way for electric vehicles and sustainable fuels sources. The UK is the latest European country...
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How Autonomous Cars Could Disrupt Airlines and Car Rental Agencies
Autonomous cars - a disruptive technology Airlines, hotels and the rental car sectors are very closely related but there will be huge changes and transitions in these sectors over the next few decades. Analysts are predicting that with the rise of autonomous vehicles it will bring many changes to the way car rental companies, hotels and airlines operate. The car...
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Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars
Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars Tesla will deliver the first 30 Model 3 vehicles on July 28 this month. The news was released through the official Elon Musk Twitter account last Monday. According to the CEO Elon Musk, the Model 3 has passed all of the regulatory requirements two weeks ahead of schedule and...
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Car manufacturers vision of a gradual transition to self-driving cars may have a big problem
On May 7, 2016, Joshua Brown lost his life after his semi autonomous electric Tesla vehicle crashed into a truck. Joshua Brown had engaged Tesla’s Autopilot feature but tragically, the on-board software didn’t detect the white side of the trailer against the daytime sky. The car slammed into the truck at full speed, 74 miles per hour, shearing off the...
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France to end sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040
France is planning to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. France’s new environment minister, Nicolas Hulot made the announcement of his new climate plan at a press conference last Thursday. He said: “We are announcing the end of the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040.” Mr Hulot didn’t specify if this would mean an...