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Apple now has more than 50 autonomous cars on the road
Apple now has more than 50 autonomous cars on the road Apple is continuing to develop its self-driving program and they now have more than 5o autonomous cars on the road. The tech company has doubled the number of its self-driving cars according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Apple's fleet size has steadily risen since obtaining a...
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Elon Musk declares dual-motor Tesla Model 3 a BMW M3 rival
Elon Musk has detailed plans to build a new dual-motor all-wheel-drive version of the Tesla Model 3. He made the announcement in a string of Tweets revealing the most powerful of the two twin-motor Model 3s would be capable of hitting 60mph (97km/h) in just 3.5 seconds and topping out at 155mph (250km/h), while offering a driving range of up...
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Porsche Recall in Ireland
Porsche Recall Porsche don't yet know how many cars in Ireland are affected by EU wide recall. The luxury sports car manufacturer has issued an EU-wide recall and with regard to Ireland have said that they will write to owners individually. Porshe in Ireland don’t yet know how many cars are affected by the European recall of 60,000 vehicles over...
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What will driverless cars mean for Ireland's road safety?
Driverless cars and road safety Driverless cars are the future and in just a few short years will be part of everyday life here in Ireland. What though will the impact be on society in general and how will driverless autonomous vehicles impact us? Earlier this month experts from around the world gathered in Dublin to speak about the future...
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Japan Easing Aging Drivers Out of Their Cars
Japan’s national police agency have reviewed statistics and have revealed that, drivers between 16 and 24 are more likely to cause traffic accidents more than any other age group but with that being said, the evidence suggests that last year in Japan, drivers over the age of 75 caused twice as many fatal accidents per 100,000 drivers as those under...
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Hyundai looks to Insects for Design Concepts of the Future
Car Design Concepts of the Future Chung Eui-sun, the 47-year-old vice chairman and heir to the South Korean motor empire Hyundai has revealed how his company is developing new technologies by observing insects and in particular, the study of spider eyes to keep the carmaker competitive. Chung Eui-sun, is counting on bugs and holograms to help the South Korean car...
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Volkswagen Just Ordered €40 Billion in Electric Car Batteries!
VW orders €40 Billion in Electric Car Batteries Volkswagen Just Ordered $48 Billion in Electric Car Batteries. That's About What Tesla Is Worth Right Now A few hours after Elon Musk berated analysts for what he perceived as unimaginative questions, Volkswagen said they were writing a check for batteries that almost match Tesla’s entire market value. Volkswagen’s Chief Executive Officer,...
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Experimental ‘robot car’ that can see through fog
A research team at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is claiming that they have had a breakthrough in obstacle detection for the future’s autonomous cars. The researchers will demonstrate its latest development in autonomous car technology at ‘RobotSENSE’ in Ulm, Germany today, May 16. The detection system is installed in a Citroen and they have playfully nicknamed it...
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World's first electrified road opens in Sweden
The world’s first electrified road, known as eRoadArlanda, has opened for the first time in Sweden. The eRoad recharges the batteries of cars and trucks driving on it. The Swedish government has already drafted a national map for future expansion of eRoads, but for the moment they have laid bout 2km of electric rail embedded in a public road near...
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Volvo to Give Google Assistant a Central Role in Its Next-Generation Cars
Google Assistant for Volvo's Next-Generation Cars Volvo has announced that it will embed voice-controlled Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps, and other Google services into its next-generation Sensus infotainment system. That means that Google Assistant will be the central voice interface to operate all the functions of their vehicle’s infotainment system from navigation commands, playing music, sending messages to...