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Ford and Volkswagen consider an alliance
The American and German car manufacturing giants, Ford and Volkswagen are considering entering into an Alliance. The traditional automakers have been increasingly facing pressure in recent years from changed driving habits and especially in the past few years with the swift development of technology and emerging rivals from Silicon Valley. Manufacturers are concerned that they will be overtaken by the...
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Saboteur discovered in Tesla
Elon Musk has emailed all Tesla employees last Sunday night about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by an employee It is alleged that this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorisation. At the moment, Tesla is laying off employees as part of its profitability drive. Last week, Tesla announced a broad restructuring, slashing at least...
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Audi given permission to operate aircraft
The German car manufacturer Audi has been given permission by German authorities to operate experimental aircraft in their hometown of Ingolstadt Audi has partnered with aviation giant Airbus and the German city of Ingolstadt to begin testing its prototype air taxis in and around the Bavarian city. Audi has said in a statement that the tests will help develop a...
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Top-Ten Most Popular Cars in Ireland May 2018
Most popular Cars in Ireland May 2018 The VMS Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of May 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold byIndependent dealersin Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Ford Focus. When it came to Franchise dealers, of the top-ten used cars sold, the number one spot went to the...
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Audi boss arrested in diesel probe
Stadler's arrest is the most high-profile yet in the dieselgate crisis The head of Audi, Rupert Stadler was arrested Monday in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, with prosecutors saying they feared he might try to suppress evidence. This is a huge development just a week after prosecutors in the city of Munich, raided Stadler's home after...
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Driverless cars to be tested on Scotland's roads later this year
Driverless vehicles will be tested on Scottish roads later this year on a trial basis that will include delivery vehicles. The Scottish Government is keen to catch up with developments south of the Border in England, where they are already trialling autonomous vehicles for the past three years. The head of the commission which has been tasked with examining the...
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Gardaí stop driver with fake licence on Fathers Day
Gardaí stopped a van yesterday on Father’s Day only to discover the tax has been out of date since 2015 and no CRW (Certificate of Roadworthiness). To top it off, the driver produced a fake driving licence. The biggest give away, among many notable mistakes, was the fadas facing the wrong way. (this is similar to the French accent over...
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Hydrogen-fueled cars will be common sight on the roads in the future
Rapidly, hybrid and electric cars are competing with petrol and diesel powered ones for space on the road. Besides the advent of the electric car and the common sight on the roads of hybrid cars, Hydrogen is another interesting source of power, and has been described by the European Commission as an energy carrier with "great potential for clean,...
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Car insurers concerned about labeling 'autonomous' vehicles as autonomous
Certain sectors of the motor insurance industry is warning car manufacturers against the use of the word "autonomous" in their marketing. This concern is particularly coming from the motor insurance sector in the UK. A report for the Association of British Insurers says the way some advanced vehicles are described can convince motorists that they have self-driving cars when that...
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Electric cars in Ireland – are we there yet?
One owner of an electric car recently wrote to the Irish Times outlining his specific experience with ownership and general daily motoring and the difficulties that electric car drivers are having in this country at the moment. Mike Gibney from Blackrock explained that he has been driving an electric car for almost a year. He lives in a terraced house...