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Mahindra to launch two electric cars in India by 2019
Mahindra to launch two electric cars in India by 2019 The Indian multinational car manufacturer Mahindra is planning to launch two electric cars by 2019. The Modi government is planning to expand its green mobility options and is also urging other car manufacturers to fall in line with this agenda. The Indian car maker will introduce their new electric cars...
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Car of the Year 2018
Seven cars have made it to a shortlist for the Car of the Year 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Audi A8 BMW 5 Series Citroën C3 Aircross Kia Stinger Seat Ibiza Volvo XC40 A jury of 60 members from 23 countries have started to adjudicate in the process to discover which is the Car of the Year 2018. The seven cars...
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Honda Claims Its Electric Cars Will Charge in 15 Minutes by 2022
Honda claims that its electric cars will be able to charge in 15 minutes which is a huge step forward in normalizing EVs. Until now in the EV technologies, he biggest downsides of electric car ownership has been the inability to charge quickly. According to Nikkei, the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines claims it will have electric vehicles...
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Sadiq Khan signals an end to pure diesel bus procurement
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has unveiled London City’s first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus. Again, the controversial Mayor is restating his commitment to tackling the toxic fumes produced by public transport diesels in the capital. The new diesel policies being developed by the Mayor means that London will not add any new pure diesel double-decker buses to its fleet from...
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New Zealand is seeking to recruit 1,000 Irish truck drivers
Irish emigrants have always been attracted to the relaxed lifestyle and great quality of living in New Zealand. Irish long distance truck drivers are being invited to travel a very long distance indeed to get work, as New Zealand is looking to recruit up to 1,000 truck drivers from overseas as it cannot fill the vacancies internally. It takes three...
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Car Clocking in Ireland
Car Clocking MyVehicle.ie has mentioned in previous posts that as many as 1 in 10 cars in Ireland may be clocked. We can also view it this way, if the UK figures for clocking were transposed to the Irish fleet then the number of vehicles on false mileages could be as high as 160,000 and the cost could exceed €40m...
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Diesel critic makes U-turn and warns of risk to used diesel car prices
Diesel used car prices Prices of used diesel vehicles look set to plummet by all the broad-brush regulatory changes that are happening around the world. The broad-brush approach does not really discriminate between the most and least polluting engines, it has been claimed. The chief executive of the testing company Emissions Analytics and one Fof the harshest critics of diesel...
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Chinese company Geely to launch flying cars after Terrafugia deal
The Chinese Automotive giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said last week that it will roll out its first flying car in 2019 in the United States. Geely acquired the Massachusetts-based startup Terrafugia, which is pioneering flying cars. As part of the acquisition, Geely has acquired all the Terrafugias’ operations and assets and has received all the necessary approvals for the...
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Fuel prices at their highest for eight months
According to research conducted by the AA, fuel prices have risen to their highest point in eight months. Petrol is up 2c at the pumps in the space of just one month. A fuel price survey by the the Automobile Association shows that a litre of petrol currently costs 136.9c on average, up 2c since October. A litre of diesel...
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Germany's trains of the future will have digital cars with game consoles
Germany's trains of the future will have digital cars with game consoles With all the talk of driverless vehicles, it could certainly prove quite disruptive for the traditional modes of public transport as well, such as trains. Germany's state-owned railway company thinks it has a solution and it sounds like a lot of fun, especially for the gamers amongst us....