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Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars
Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars Tesla will deliver the first 30 Model 3 vehicles on July 28 this month. The news was released through the official Elon Musk Twitter account last Monday. According to the CEO Elon Musk, the Model 3 has passed all of the regulatory requirements two weeks ahead of schedule and...
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Car hire scandal: Europcar staff receive €4.50 each time they spot 'damage'
The French car rental company, Europcar, one of the world's biggest car hire firms, is paying its staff for cheating customers over "damaged" cars, a whistleblower has claimed. Every time, a Europcar agent inspects a car for the company, they are rewarded with a €4.50 bonus every time they flag a car as damaged, even if the damage report is...
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Porsche develops software for autonomous racing cars
Porsche develops software for autonomous racing cars Porsche has developed autonomous car technology software which can enable a driver to experience, hands-free, how a professional motor racing driver would tackle a racetrack. Basically speaking the new technology will enable regular people to experience the speed and driving like a professional. The German sports car manufacturer will capture data from professional...
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Mercedes has recalled three million diesel vehicles over toxic emissions
. Mercedes has recalled three million diesel vehicles over toxic emissions. The vehicles are being recalled in order for the cars on-board computer to receive a software update to cut output of gases linked to respiratory diseases. As part of the latest toxic emissions scare, Mercedes Benz has recalled almost three million diesel cars and vans across Europe. The German...
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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission launches car purchase study into PCP car finance products
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the independent statutory body that enforces the competition and consumer protection laws in Ireland. The latest target of the Commission are the ‘complex’ PCP (Personal Contract Plans) deals which consumers are purchasing from car dealers. This investigation come hot on the tail of last weeks raid on major companies in the insurance...
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Driverless cars will soon make 'life or death' judgements
Driverless cars will soon make 'life or death' judgements Manufacturers and regulators as well as the general public are asking whether self-driving cars will be capable of ethical decisions, just like humans. In the very near future, Self-driving cars will be capable of making ‘life or death’ judgements like human drivers could if they are faced with a dangerous situation,...
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From 2019 all Volvo cars will have an electric motor
The famous Swedish car manufacturer, Volvo is the first traditional car maker to announce that all of its new cars will have an electric motor from 2019. In less than two years time, Volvo will only launch cars that are either pure electric or hybrids combining electric and conventional engines. The president of Volvo Cars,Hakan Samuelsson said the step "marks...
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Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year
Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year According to a recent easytrip.ie survey, Dublin drivers are commuting in and out of the city for, on average, 86 minutes a day. When you take out holidays, this amounts to about 14 days per year spent commuting in the car...
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AA and UL research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users
AA and UL research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users The AA and University of Limerick have entered into partnership on a new project which will research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users. The project will involve Irish motorists allowing essential technical data from their vehicles feed into the project database as advances in...
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Diesel debate could see used car values fall by £35 billion, warns FairFuel UK
Diesel debate could see used car values fall by £35 billion, warns FairFuel UK According to a poll carried out by FairFuelUK, used car values may have fallen by £35 billion due to what they claim is a lack of factual accuracy in the diesel debate. They are raising concerns over the way the 'dirty diesel' issue has been debated...