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Almost 50,000 new cars were sold in the first month of 2021
New Car Sales January 2021 Amazingly, new car sales were only down 3.2% in the first quarter despite the lockdown with almost 50,000 new cars registered. The top selling manufacturer in the first three months was Toyota with 6,320 new car registrations, ahead of Volkswagen with 5,245. These figures are certainly impressive despite showrooms being closed during the lockdown and...
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Electric and Hybrid car incentive scheme to be drastically cut
Electric car grant The government is set to drastically cut the incentive scheme grant for fully-electric and hybrid cars. This is a bazaar move, considering that their goal is to have 1 million electric cars on Irish roads by the end of the decade. Although Ireland's electric car infrastructure is slightly improving, and more EV’s and Hybrids are being sold,...
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You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin
Buy 1 Tesla with 1 BTC In a surprise announcement on Twitter, the Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has said that you can now buy a Tesla electric car with Bitcoin (BTC). Elon Musk is a big Block Chain enthusiast and a huge fan of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. As the BTC price is volatile, the price you pay for the car...
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Europe’s Car of the Year 2021
The Toyota Yaris GR The Yaris has won the accolade of Europe’s Car of the Year mainly due to the great reviews for a rally-inspired GR version. Toyota Yaris continues to be an extremely popular super-mini even seeing off major competition, such as the Skoda Octavia. Other popular minis are the all-electric Fiat 500 and the Volkswagen ID.3. The final...
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Dacia Spring - Europe's cheapest electric car
Dacia has unveiled possibly the cheapest electric car in Europe. The Romanian car brand owned by Renault, the Dacia Spring EV is being marketed as Europe's most affordable battery-electric car. The new Dacia EV was revealed at the Geneva motor show in the virtual space. The manufacturer promises that the electric crossover vehicle will be Europe's most affordable EV. Already...
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Ford will end manufacture of petrol and diesel cars in Europe by 2030
Ford to end manufatcure of petrol and diesel cars This marks a huge shift away from the traditional Internal Combustion Engine Manufacture and other manufacturers are expected to follow. The car maker has said that they will invest $1 billion in a new German factory which will assist them in transitioning away from petrol and diesel cars toward fully electric...
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UK car production plummeted to its lowest level since 1984
UK car manufacturing has taken a massive hit due to the chaos surrounding Covid-19. Industry chiefs are revealing the scale of the disruption to manufacturing claiming that volumes fell below one million vehicles in 2020. That means that car production fell to its lowest level since 1984 due to factory closures and reduced demand during the lockdowns. ...
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Garda checkpoints at all Airports and Ferry Ports
Gardaí are stopping cars going to and from Dublin Airport in a massive crackdown on travelling. The public are being warned that they will receive on the spot fines for anyone taking non-essential flights or travelling on the ferries. Checkpoints are set up within the Dublin Airport campus itself and also on the approach roads to and from the airport....
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catalytic converter theft surging
Organised criminal gangs are targeting Toyota, Ford and Kia cars in order to rob catalytic converters. It is being reported that three and four man gangs are working with precision like Formula 1 mechanics in their criminal efforts to extract the lucrative vehicle component. The well organised thieves come well equipped with large car jacks so they can...
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Revenue calms the fears of Northern Ireland car dealers
Exporting vehicles from Northern Ireland to the Republic Northern Ireland car dealers have been told there will be no extra Brexit fees for selling cars from GB into the Republic. Revenue officials in Dublin have had to calm the fears of car dealers in Northern Ireland assuring them that cross-border trade in British-sourced vehicles would not mean 31%...