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Israeli Startup Fuels Cars With Water
A car fueled mostly by water has been unveiled by an Israeli startup firm attempting to reinvent the automotive industry. For decades, many have been searching for an alternative to petrol-powered cars. There is a lot of focus on electric vehicles at the moment but this startup believes it has made progress by introducing a mostly water powered vehicle. Electriq-Global,...
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Tesla owners can drive their cars with their phones
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that a coming software update would allow Tesla owners to drive their cars with their phones in some situations. Musk said: "Car will drive to your phone location & follow you like a pet if you hold down summon button on Tesla app," "Also, you'll be able to drive it from...
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Tesla Could Have Full Self-Driving Cars On The Road By 2019
Tesla claims that they will have fully autonomous self-driving on the road by next year. Elon Musk is confident that Tesla will achieve full self-driving in 2019, ahead of any other EV Autonomous car manufacturer. In fact, so confident is he that he said he would be very surprised if any of the other car manufacturers willexceedTesla in self-driving....
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The world's most Googled car brands by country
From viewing this map it is quite apparent that most of the world is biased towards Toyota. Another noticeable aspect from the map indicates that only five countries showed some kind of patriotism in their searches. The most patriotic nations when it comes to googling car brands were Sweden who of course gravitate towards Volvo, while the French loyally go...
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Mazda Recall 640,000 vehicles globally
Mazda announced this morning that they are recalling 640,000 vehicles globally over diesel engine issue. The announcement follows another recall last week by Subaru which said they were recalling 400,000 vehicles. The recall is to fix issues with the diesel engine including a problem with the valve springs used in the engines. Mazda has said that they would recall around...
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Hyundai and Kia Cars Will Have Solar Roofs From 2019
Hyundai and Kia have announced plans to offer solar panel roofs on their cars from 2019. The giant Korean car manufacturers said that some of their solar roofs will have a translucent design.They have not mentioned any specific markets and vehicles model as of yet. They are not the first car manufacturers to announce solar roofs. Audi announced plans...
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Ford Issues Recall For 1.5M Cars Which Could Just Stop Running Without Warning!
Ford in North America has issued a recall for approximately 1.5 million cars. The issue is related specifically to the Ford Focus models between the years 2012 and 2018 due to an issue with a malfunctioning canister purge valve. The malfunctioning part could potentially cause the cars to stall and increase the risk of a crash. The Ford...
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Can Tesla Dominate The Auto Industry?
Probably a very good thing going for Tesla is that every other traditional car manufacturer wants to build a “Tesla-Killer”. Just that focus in itself will drive Tesla sales forward and its brand becoming stronger than ever. Major car makers like Ford, Mercedes, Honda and Toyota plan to release such a "Tesla-killer." but this is not happening anytime soon...
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Getaround Gets $300 Million From SoftBank To Grow Its Airbnb-For-Cars Business
The Peer-to-Peer car-sharing company Getaround founded by Jessica Scorpio (above) has received $300 million from one of the biggest public companies in the world, Japanese multinational holding conglomerate which is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In October 1999 SoftBank became a holding company after which it made its most successful investment ever. At the time they invested $20 million to the...
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Europe Way Ahead of the United States For Electric Vehicles
Europe can't seem to get enough of electric cars. This year, Europe has hit 1 million electric vehicles before the U.S. According to a report from EV-Volumes, which is a Swedish industry consulting group,so far this year, in Europe, 195,000 electric vehicles were sold. This means that EV sales are up 42 per cent from the same period last year....