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Dundalk Dealership offers €3k reward for information on stolen Audi A4
Dundalk car dealer offers €3k reward Brazen thieves stole an Audi A4 in broad daylight from a dealership in County Louth on Friday. The audacious theft was captured on CCTV at Gerry Cumiskey's Volkswagen dealership at Dundalk Retail park around 2.20pm on Friday, December 8. The thieves drove straight out of the dealership with the high-end vehicle. The registration of...
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Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars
Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars07 Thanks to the Chevrolet Bolt EV (Electric Vehicle) General Motors has been fairly successful in the development of their self-driving technologies. But Ford Motors thinks there a better solution than EVs, at least for the moment. They are developing autonomous technology using petrol-electric hybrids and not pure electric...
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Flying car startup wants to have the world's first flying car race in 2019
An Australian startup called Alauda have announced their plan to host the world’s first “flying car” race in the desert in 2019. The company has built its own scaled-down prototype, a racecar-shaped quadcopter called the Alauda Mark 1 Airspeeder. They plan to flight test the flying racecar in 2018 and in order to get the project off the ground (pun...
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BMW i3 designated as not having zero emissions by Advertising Standards Authority
It has been suggested that BMW, petrol-engined cars do not give anything back to the environment in the way they claim and it doesn't matter if you call the engine a 'range extender' or not. BMW claims that its electric i3 car has “zero emissions” and is a “really clean car that helps to give back to the environment”. The...
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Volkswagen Chief suggests that the German Government Should End Subsidies on Diesel Cars
Volkswagen CEO suggested this week that the German government should consider phasing out the subsidies that encourage Europeans to buy diesel cars, which is a dramatic change of position by VW considering it was largely responsible for diesel’s popularity in Europe. Matthias Müller, the chief executive of Volkswagen, said: “We should question the logic and purpose of diesel subsidies,”. He...
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Cyclists Protest New Luas Cross City Line In Protest
A group of cyclists gathered in Dublin City Centre today to protest against the new Luas Cross City Line and the dangers it has caused for cyclists in the city. The protesters are concerned with some practical problems with the layout and are also taking issue with new signs advising cyclists to 'dismount' and walk in certain areas. The protest...
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New car registrations down 9% in November
New car registrations down New industry figures have revealed that new car registrations were down 9% to 687, for the month of November. This is happening as the industry prepares for sales of 181 cars in January. New cars registrations have slowed down rapidly by 10% to 131,200 compared to the same time in 2016. In contrast to that, used...
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Gridlock as Luas Cross City struggles with traffic signal failure and rush-hour traffic
There was traffic gridlock this morning in Dublin City centre as the new Luas Cross City trams struggled with traffic signal failures and rush-hour traffic. Commuters were frustrated as massive traffic congestion caused early morning delays in the city centre A traffic signalling failure caused much of the traffic chaos across the city on this morning, which is the the...
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California axes self-driving car rule limiting liability for crashes
California axes self-driving car rule limiting liability for crashes Sub-par maintenance is not going to let car manufacturers off the hook and as such, California is happy to tweak the rules just a bit to get more self-driving cars on the road. Even with some of the rules regarding self-driving cars being relaxed, there will still be limits. The state's...
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French tyre-slasher busted for slashing tyres on over 6,000 cars
French tyre-slasher busted for slashing tyres on over 6,000 cars After years of playing cat-and-mouse with French police, a brazen tyre slasher who punctured the tyres of thousands of cars around the south-western French city of Bordeaux has finally been caught. The 45-year-old man was arrested last week after a six-year campaign of vandalism. He planned his tyre puncture trips...