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Cab Hailing Service Hailo to re-brand as MyTaxi
Hailo, the British technology platform that matches taxi drivers and passengers through its mobile phone application is to officially become MyTaxi this week. Founded in London in 2011, the Hailo taxi service is available in many cities around Europe and enables millions of passengers to benefit from its taxi-hailing services. The latest re-branding move will assist Irish users of...
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Top Ten Used Cars Sold by Franchise Dealers February 2017
Top Ten's February 2017 (1) 2014 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (2) 2014 Diesel Ford Focus (3) 2016 DieselSkoda Octavia (4) 2016 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (5) 2015 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (6) 2014 DieselSkoda Octavia (7) 2013 Diesel Volkswagen Passat (8) 2013 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (9) 2015 Diesel Ford Focus (10) 2014 Diesel Hyundai...
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Are flying cars on the horizon?
Are flying cars on the horizon? Uber Technologies, theAmerican worldwide online transportation network company who markets and operates the Uber app has hired a NASA engineer to get their idea of flying cars off the ground. Back in 2010, Mark Moore, an advanced aircraft engineer based at NASA's Langley Research Center in the U.S. published a white paper outlining the...
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Top Ten Used Cars Sold by Independent Dealers February 2017
(1) 2012 Diesel Ford Focus (2) 2013 Diesel Opel Insignia (3) 2014 Diesel Ford Focus (4) 2012 Diesel Opel Insignia (5) 2011 Diesel BMW 5 Series (6) 2012 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (7) 2013 Diesel Ford Focus (8) 2011 Diesel Ford Focus (9) 2010 Diesel Ford Focus (10) 2012 Diesel Ford Mondeo
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Could This Be The Worst Attempt to Doctor a Tax Disk Ever?
An Garda Síochána stopped a car in Galway at the weekend in which the driver was using their mobile phone while driving and in the process discovered possibly the most comical attempt at a doctored tax disk in Irish history. At first glance, an observer could be fooled into thinking the disk is normal but on closer examination you will...
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Top Ten Used Cars Sold Privately February 2017
The top privately sold cars in Ireland in February 2017 (1) 2007 Petrol Opel Corsa (2) 2008 Diesel BMW 5 Series (3) 2011 Diesel BMW 5 Series (4) 2007 Petrol Ford Focus (5) 2008 Diesel Ford Focus (6) 2011 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (7) 2008 Diesel Volkswagen Passat (8) 2008 Petrol Volkswagen Golf ...
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New Research Reveals Motorists may be loyal to the same car type but not brand?
New Research Reveals Motoristsmay be loyal to the same car type but not brand? New research by Auto Trader in the UK has revealed that motorists are more loyal to a certain type of car rather than the actual brand of the car. Car buyers tend to buy the same type of car everytime they change over but they are...
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Peugeot, Citroën to test autonomous cars with 'non-expert' drivers
Peugeot and Citroën to test self-driving cars with 'non-expert' drivers Groupe PSA is the first auto manufacturer to gain the right to test autonomous vehicles on French public roads with non-expert drivers. Normally when autonomous cars are tested on public roads, they are usually controlled by a professional driver who is tasked with the safe testing of the vehicle, quite...
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Toyota in €1.7m marketing drive
Toyota Ireland has spent €1.7m in the past six months on advertising and marketing in a bid to get motorists to switch to hybrid vehicles. Toyota has also lobbied politicians in a bid to secure Vat relief on company fleets which move over to hybrids as well as an extension of the VRT grant for hybrid vehicles to 2020. As...
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UK Government scheme for scrapping diesel cars
UK scrapping scheme for diesel cars Drivers in the UK are being urged by their Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling to take a long hard look at their options before buying diesel cars He made the comments after the UK Government published its latest plans for cutting urban air pollution. This highlights the real possibility that the UK will soon restrict...