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UAE motorists are opting for rental cars
UAE motorists are ditching cars in favour of rentals as options increase The thirty-somethings and tech-savvy millennials are opting for other options instead of owner and financing their own cars. They are used to using sharing economy apps and experts say that this particular demographic no longer own their own vehicles, thanks to the ever-increasing rise in car sharing services....
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Volkswagen and Audi Cars may be Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Remote Hacking A cyber-security firm in the Netherlands has discovered that the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems deployed with some car models from the Volkswagen Group are vulnerable to remote hacking. Researchers in security with Computest said they successfully tested their findings and exploit chains on Volkswagen Golf GTE and Audi A3 Sportback e-tron models (Audi is a brand part of...
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Chinese car manufacturer to enter the European market
The Chinese car manufacturer Lynk & Co, which is partly owned by Volvo, has ambitious plans to make some of its cars in Europe from next year and sell these cars into the European and North American markets Experts believe though their chances of success in the European market is slim at best. Europe is dominated by the giant German...
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BMW opens new campus for self-driving cars
BMW has opened new a brand new campus for self-driving cars near Munich, in preparation for introducing its own self-driving car to the auto market. Germany has certainly been focused on the electric self-driving car market, with German companies holding nearly 50 percent of the patents in the world for driverless car technology. BMW is taking this vested interest a...
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Swaziland denies purchasing luxury cars for the king’s birthday
Swaziland denies purchasing luxury cars for the king’s birthday According to Swaziland’s Sunday Observer, dignitaries at the king’s party will be chauffeured in top-of-the-range BMW 740i sedans. According to reports from Africa, Swaziland’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport Principal Secretary Makhosini Mndawe has denied that the government bought a fleet of cars worth $7.5 million ahead of King Mswati...
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New Radar System for Flying Cars!
We have all heard of the expression, “flying under the radar” but have you ever considered that flying under the radar would be necessary in the very near future with the advent of flying cars in our cities? New object-detection technology proliferated after World War II when radar was used for the first time in real-world scenarios. In the beginning,...
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German diesel car sales plunge again in March
There has been another steep decline in diesel-car sales in Germany in March. The acceleration in the decline comes in the first month after a court ruled that cities can ban vehicles to tackle pollution. Germany is Europe’s largest auto market and sales of diesel-powered cars have plunged by a quarter last month. An automotive watchdog in Germany added...
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UK Car Manufacturing Slumps
UK Car Manufacturing Slumps Again The number of new cars built in UK fallen for the seventh consecutive month in a row indicating a decline the UK domestic market. The British car industry has stressed the importance of future EU trade after double-digit drop in production in February. The UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported that just...
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What is the future of Self-driving cars in the wake of the fatal Uber collision?
What is the future of Self-driving cars in the wake of the fatal Uber collision? Video of the first self-driving car crash that killed a pedestrian suggests a “catastrophic failure” by Uber’s technology, according to experts in the field, who said the footage showed the autonomous system erring on one of its most basic functions. The death of a Elaine Herzberg who...
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Volkswagen to buy back diesel cars as German diesel ban looms
From the 1st April Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda will buy back German diesel cars as bans on the fuel is anticipated across Germany. The giant German car manufacturer have said it will offer to buy back diesel vehicles if German cities proceed with their plans to ban them and also extended incentives for potential buyers of diesel cars to battle...