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DNP develops 'electronic sunshade' for cars
Electronic sunshade for cars Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) Co Ltd in Japan has developed a new electronic sunshade for the driver’s seat of a car. As drivers, we often have to adjust the angle of the sunshade by hand, and sometimes this can be quite precarious while driving, especially if the seat is positioned nearer the steering wheel. The panel...
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Insurance industry bracing for major change with the arrival of Self-Driving Cars?
Major changes could affect insurers with the arrival of Self-Driving Cars Will the inevitable arrival of autonomous vehicles on a mass scale send the auto insurance industry over a cliff? Some are saying that if you have a motor insurance business it may not exist in 20 years. Why? You can blame the seismic shift that is occurring in the...
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Phone app pays people £10 to snitch on illegally parked cars
UK phone app to pay £10 to snitchs A private car park company is offering £10 to users who take photos of illegally parked cars on private land through a new app. Car Park Management has launched an app that automatically produces parking tickets of up to £100. The UK based company runs car parks for the likes of Tesco...
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Motorists shunning diesel cars while eco-friendly sales rise
Motorists shunning diesel cars while eco-friendly sales rise The move against diesel fuel is accelerating.Industry figures in the UK are suggesting that motorists are shunning diesel cars, as they turn to buying more eco-friendly cars. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in the UK (SMMT) said that 78,778 diesel cars were sold in January, a drop of 4.3% on...
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Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Cars
Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Japanese car maker Honda and the American giant, General Motors, are investing $85 million to mass produce the hi-tech that will power hydrogen cars by 2020. Honda and GM aren't the only ones exploring the potentiality of hydrogen-powered cars. Many other automakers are seeing a future in them alongside electric...
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Autonomous Cars Will self Learn Like Mobile Phones
Self Learning Autonomous Cars At the moment we get daily updates from our smartphones for our apps and the operating systems even getting these updates while we sleep. It is proposed that we will also get automated updates for our smart cars in the future which will help the car to handle cyclists, dogs, balls rolling into the path of...
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Daimler to build electric cars in existing Mercedes plants
Daimler to build electric cars in existing Mercedes plants The German carmaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE) is planning to build their new electric cars in existing Mercedes plants by integrating them with serial production of cars with combustion engines, the group said. Markus Schaefer, Mercedes-Benz Cars production chief said on Wednesday"In this way, we are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by...
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Dublin Bus to follow the example of London: Stopping cash entirely as part of a new plan to reduce travel time.
Dublin Bus to follow the example of London: For a long time now, Dublin Bus has been encouragingcustomers to switch from cash to Leap cards.The National Transport Authority (NTA) plans for all commuters to be using the Leap card or a new “account-based” ticketing system, within the next three to five years. NTA chief executive Anne Graham said: "We have...
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Electric cars and solar power could halt fossil fuel growth by 2020
Electric cars and solar power Electric cars and solar power are considered game-changers according to latest reports. An Imperial College and Carbon Tracker reports suggest that these technologies are consistently underestimated by many. It is believed that falling costs of solar panels and also electric vehicles and possibly a combination of both could halt the worldwide growth in demand for...
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The cars Irish people least consider buying
The cars Irish people least consider buying You may ask yourself, what car do Irish people most want to drive? Well, it may not come as any surprise but Audi is purported to be the most desirable car brand in Ireland, according to a new survey of nearly 4,000 motorists by the insurance provider 123.ie. In contrast to the most...