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Car manufacturers in Austria agree to update software of 600,000 diesel cars
Car manufacturers in Austria agree to update software of 600,000 diesel cars Austria’s Transport Minister Joerg Leichtfried said that he had agreed with auto makers in Austria to update the software of 600,000 diesel cars, in order to reduce pollution following a similar deal in Germany due to the large-scale emissions scandal. Joerg Leichtfried said the deal also included extra...
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Shane Ross introduces New law allowing Gardaí to identify owners of other EU cars
Shane Ross introduces New law allowing Gardaí to identify owners of other EU cars A new law has been introduced which will allow Gardaí to identify owners of EU-registered cars that commit serious offences on Irish roads have been signed into law by the Minister for Transport. Shane Ross signed into law the EU directive that allows gardaí to search...
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Toyota has Patented a new Cloaking Device to Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent
No more cranking your neck to see around your A-pillars in your vehicle as Toyota has Patented a new Cloaking Device to Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent. As we all know, many new cars have big, chunky pillars that make rollover safety better but with the drawback that it can make visibility worse. Toyota feel they have figured out a...
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Parking your electric car in Denmark could earn you money balancing the grid
Parking your electric car in Denmark could earn you money balancing the grid An electric Vehicle-to-grid system could be used to incentivise electric ownership. A year-long trial in Denmark is showing that utilities can use parked electric vehicles (EVs) as spare batteries, and those EVs can earn quite a bit of money for their owners from the utilities. Francisco Carranza,...
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Toyota, Intel and Ericsson teaming up to collect Big Data from cars
A new consortium between Toyota, Intel and Ericsson are collaborating to build a new data pipeline that will make connected cars a reality. Toyota is joining forces with these giant tech companies and other auto industry suppliers to create a new big data alliance to support the development of connected cars. The alliance is being dubbed as the Automotive Edge...
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Car prices and motor tax is set to rise again
A new system for testing fuel economy and fuel emissions of cars is sound but it will come at a price The proposed changes to the tests for emissions and fuel economy in new cars are likely to result in higher car prices and increased motor tax according to some. The new vehicle test procedure, known as the Worldwide Harmonised...
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China’s Great Wall confirms interest in Fiat Chrysler
China’s Great Wall Motor company intends to bid for Fiat Chrysler, which has been valued at €20bn. A Great Wall company official said that their company is planning to acquire all or part of the owner of the Jeep and Ram truck brands. There has been speculation in recent weeks over the well-known Chinese company’s interest in Fiat. The news...
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Mazda claim new technology will make petrol cars more greener than electric
Car manufacturer, Mazda has said they will have 'super-green' models on the road by 2019. They claim that the new petrol engines will be 'greener' than electric and if anyone is still doubtful, they say you will get a chance to see for yourself by 2019. They claim their new-tech petrol engines will produce lower emissions than electric drive-trains when...
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Back to the Future. The new DeLorean flying car
The most famous Irish sports car of the 80’s, the iconic DeLorean from Back to the Future, may see a comeback but this time for real. Well at least without the time travel anyway. As most of us know the original DeLorean car was turned into a time machine by ‘Doc’ Emmett Brown but the nephew of John DeLorean,...
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Phone talk-walk ban
As we all know, using a mobile while driving is four times more likely to cause us to crash and even more startling, is that drivers who text and drive are a staggering twenty-three times more likely to have a crash. The evidence then is clear; texting while driving is very dangerous but what about texting while walking? While countries...