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Dyson car to be built in Singapore
Dyson, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer is developing its own vehicle. According to the CEO, Jim Rowan, the new Dyson car will be built in Singapore. Construction of the Dyson car will begin in December and the construction of a new factory is planned for completion in 2020 culminating in the launch of the Dyson electric vehicle in 2021. Some had...
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BMW Is Expanding Recall To 1.6 Million Vehicles Worldwide Over Potential Fire Risk
BMW is expanding its latest recall to over 1.6 million of its cars worldwide due to possible fluid leaks that could result in a fire. The problem stems from some diesel vehicles in which the coolant could leak from the exhaust gas recirculation module, which is part of the emissions reduction system. There is a potential for these leaks to...
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Tesla cars get a big update
Tesla cars got a big update a few days ago. There has been some hype about this update for the past few months in the Tesla drivers world and version 9.0 has been rolled out by the Autonomous EV company. Even though this has been a well-anticipated update, they have withheld one of the bigger expected features, the one that...
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Germany recalls 100,000 Opel cars in diesel scandal investigation
Just hours after the Opel headquarters was raided by German authorities, Germany’s Transport Ministry has issued a recall of almost 100,000 of Opel cars on Monday. The German Government suspects that some of its diesel-engine cars were equipped with software designed to manipulate emissions. Opel Germany has acknowledged that public prosecutors from Frankfurt raided and searched...
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Honda to Invest in GM Self-Driving Unit
Honda Motors will invest $2.75bn (€2.4bn) General Motors' specifically to take a stake in its self-driving unit, GM Cruise. The Japanese car manufacturer said its plan was to manufacture a self-driving car that could be mass produced coming on the back of the news that Toyota and Softbank created have created a new venture to develop autonomous transport services. ...
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No-Deal Brexit could be a threat to the UK motor industry
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in the UK, a no-deal Brexit must be ruled out as it poses a threat to the UK motor industry. The society has called on Brexit negotiators to be “pragmatic” and secure a withdrawal agreement to “avoid damaging one of the European Union's’ most valuable economic assets”. The SMMT...
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Porsche drops diesel engines
You may or may not have known but Porsche has been building diesel engines into their SUV’s for a decade but they have decided to drop diesel engines altogether and switching to hybrid and electric power for alternative energy Porsche once said they would never build a diesel car but then went on to sell thousands of diesel-powered Cayenne...
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Toyota recalls more than 2.4 million hybrid cars
Toyota has recalled more than 2.4 million hybrid cars globally over a hybrid system issue which can lead to the vehicle stalling. Toyota Ireland has said that the total number of vehicles affected here is 1,289. In a statement, it said that the safety recall is on certain Prius, Prius+ and Auris hybrid vehicles. The recall affects vehicles produced between...
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Tesla Exceeds Delivery Targets for Third Quarter
Tesla has delivered 83,500 vehicles during the third quarter beating Wall Street analysts' expectations for deliveries. This figure equates to 80 per cent of total sales for 2017. Investors are still concerned though about Tesla Motors’ profitability and are somewhat disappointed they didn't release more detailed information on its production costs and sale prices etc. Despite the good sales...
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The City of Gothenburg wants to embrace autonomous cars
The way we move around our cities and towns is changing rapidly and now we are seeing a wave of new technological developments that will lead to the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles on the road. The potential mass adoption of autonomous cars is no longer the stuff of science fiction but in the very near future the way we...