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Is Ireland ready for driverless cars?
Last week, Audi launched its fourth generation luxury model, the Audi A8 which has what Audi is calling, "level-three" autonomy which means the driver can take their hands off the steering wheel and the car does the rest. So does this mean that we will see driverless cars on Irish roads sooner than we think? Well, Not quite. Many may...
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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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Sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring 'behind staged accident damages claims
Sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring 'behind staged accident damages claims It has been claimed in the courts that a highly sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring is behind a scam involving fraudsters staging fake accidents in order to extract damage claims. The false claims usually involved alleged offending drivers who had only shortly beforehand taken out insurance on old cars after...
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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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Massive surge in used cars on Irish roads for the month of June
New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show there has been a massive surge in used cars being sold in Ireland since the beginning of the year. In the first six months of 2017, a total of 87,346 new private cars were licensed which was quite a sizable decrease of 10.4% compared with the same period last year....
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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...
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Is the end of the petrol station is sight?
The vehicles of the future will be charged almost anywhere you could imagine; at home, at our place of work, friends house and just about everywhere. For now though, petrol stations are a lifeline as they not only fuel our cars but also us as well, whether it's for a coffee during the morning commute or the salty-sweet buffet fast...