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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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The most expensive British car in history sells for a whopping £17.5m
The most expensive British car in history, a 1956 Aston Martin DBR, has sold for record-breaking £17.5m The classic car was originally the racing car driven by world famous race car driver, Sir Stirling Moss and it has been described as the "most important Aston Martin ever produced" . The race car has become the most valuable British-made car ever...
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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...
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Dublin commuters are reporting long delays with new car restrictions on the quays
Dublin commuters are reporting long delays with new car restrictions on the quays Cars have been banned from turning right onto to O’Connell Bridge at Bachelors Walk since Sunday and as a result motorists are reporting long delays. The traffic situation will become even more acute when the summer holidays come to an end are the school are back. As...
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A City centre multi-story car park partially collapses and leaves vehicles dangling from upper floors 50ft above ground
A city centre multi-story car park in Nottingham has partially collapsed, leaving some vehicles balanced precariously on the edge of the upper floors of the NCP Nottingham City car park. The collapse occurred shortly after 4am this morning, when part of a wall and a floor at the NCP Nottingham City car park away. Nottingham Police have cordoned off the...
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Number of cars abandoned has more than trebled in the last three years
The number of cars being abandoned in Ireland has apparently trebled in the last three years. The latest figures have shown that of the 648 cases of abandoned cars in Dublin alone, only one litter fine has been handed out. Local authorities around the country are becoming concerned about the increasing numbers of abandoned vehicles left in housing estates and...
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Researchers say they can trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs
Researchers from the University of Washington have identified a very simple way to trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs. They have found that by strategically placing stickers on different road signs, they can effectively fool the image-processing software in autonomous cars. In one dangerous experimental incident, stickers attached to a stop sign caused the onboard sensors to misidentify it...
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Irish company, Cubic Telecom raises $40m to advance driverless cars technology
Irish global connectivity platform provider, Cubic Telecom has raised $40m to advance driverless cars technology. The new funding will allow the mobile tech company to expand its value to $200m Cubic Telecom was started in Dublin five years ago. The chief executive, Barry Napier, said that the company is developing network and software systems that can allow cars to communicate...