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Jaguar to supply 20,000 cars to Google's self-drive ride-share company Waymo
From 2020 the ride-hailing service, Waymo will use Jaguar’s I-Pace cars as part of their fleet. Jaguar Land Rover will supply up to 20,000 of its new electric I-Pace cars to the Google Alphabet subsidiary. The plan is for the Jaguar cars to be converted into self-driving vehicles for its ride-hailing service. The deal was announced at the New York motor show...
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Swiss police to get Tesla Model X police cars for active duty
Swiss police from the Basel-Stadt police force are ordering Tesla Model X vehicles for active duty. The first of these will be delivered later on this year with seven included in the initial order. The new Swiss police cars will be cleaner, cheaper, and way faster than the patrol cars they are currently using. The decision to replace current diesel-powered vehicles...
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Swedish cities and towns may ban old diesel cars
Sweden's cities and towns will soon be allowed by the Swedish Government to ban old diesel engines from town centres. This move by the Swedes in a long line of similar moves across the world is being implemented in an effort to improve the environment and combat air pollution. The centre-left Social Democrat-Green coalition Swedish government didn’t actually impose the...
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3D Printed Cars - 5 Times Stronger Than a Smart Car
The future of car building is here. For $10,000 you can now buy a 3D printed two-seater car which is about the size of a Smart car but will be five times stronger. Unlike Tesla which has thousands of parts and components, this small electric 3D Printed Car will have less than 100 parts. The LSEV is produced by XEV...
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New FordPass dongle adds LTE, WiFi and app control to older cars
A new LTE and WiFi dongle known as FordPass has been developed by Ford in order to give app control to older cars. The FordPass SmartLink system is essentially a 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution is a 4G wireless communications standard) dongle that plugs into your vehicle's OBD II port (On-Board Diagnostics) and then connects to the FordPass app on...
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Multi Millionaire Tycoon who spent £40m on classic cars sues car dealer
Multi Millionaire Tycoon who spent £40m on classic cars is suing the car dealer he invested with claiming that the dealer invented buyers and sellers so as to seal the deal. The wealthy classic car buyer claims that the car dealer is a “serial fraudster” who invented the fictitious buyers and sellers. The millionaire, Mike Tuke, who is an engineer,...
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U.S. Investigates 4 deaths as Hyundai-Kia airbags fail to deploy in collisions
The United States authorities are probing 4 deaths in Hyundai-Kia cars when airbags failed to deploy while in road collisions The airbags in some Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate in crashes in which four people died. The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants to know why? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating problems that affect...
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Ford recalls nearly 1.4 million cars
Ford Recall over a million cars Ford is recalling nearly 1.4 million cars in North America because the steering wheel can come loose. This is quite a serious recall as the steering wheel can detach from the steering column and drivers could lose control of the vehicle. The recall covers certain Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ cars from the 2014...
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Donald Trump threatens EU with tariffs on cars
Donald Trump threatens EU with tariffs on cars in trade war warning President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric on trade tariffs against the European Union on Saturday, announcing a tax on cars if they retaliate to his proposed steel taxes. World leaders had expressed concern after the president announced his plans last Thursday after Mr Trump defiantly tweeted that...
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Porsche will make a flying car
Luxury sports car manufacturer, Porsche is planning to develop a flying passenger vehicle. Detlev von Platen, the company’s sales chief said in an interview with the German magazine Automobilwoche, that passengers would be able to use the cars without a pilot’s license. It is proposed by Porsche that most operations would be automated, but they could maintain some control. Von...