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Birmingham to impose £8 daily charge for Petrol and diesel owners from 2021
Petrol and diesel owners will have to pay an £8 daily charge just to drive in Birmingham from next year In just a matter of months, all ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles built before 2005, which are not Euro 4 compliant, will receive the hefty charge. The following is a list of the Euro standards and when they came into...
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McDonald’s to install electric car charge points
McDonald’s plan to install electric car charge points at its UK and Irish sites The fast-food giant has said that you will soon be able to charge up your electric car at a McDonalds in the near future. McDonald’s drive-thrus will have hundreds of charging points installed at its UK sites and most likely this will be rolled out in...
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Hertz declares bankruptcy in US and Canada
Hertz, one of the worlds largest car rental firms has declared bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. Many will be familiar with the giant car rental company, Hertz which operates all over the world and including Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The company was established in 1918 with only 12 cars and it has survived the Great Depression and...
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European car sales set to crash by a record 25% this year
UK car production plunges 95% in the most shocking May since 1946 Just 5,314 new vehicles rolled off UK production lines with factories still closed or running at reduced capacity due to the pandemic. According to motor industry representatives, new car sales are headed for a record 25% crash this year. The fallout from this ‘pandemic’ has been almost catastrophic...
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Lamborghini smashed up just minutes after leaving the showroom
Lambo destroyed just moments after leaving the showroom A brand new Lamborghini has been wrecked in a crash on the M1 in Yorkshire just 20 minutes after after leaving the showroom. West Yorkshire Police tweeted pictures of the destroyed sports car after the accident on Wednesday. In an extraordinary turn...
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Phased reopening of NCT centres
National Car Testing implementing phased reopening As so many are aware, there have been massive disruptions due to NCT centre closures during the past few months. Not only due to Covid-19 but also due to the defects discovered with their vehicle lift equipment earlier this year. The National Car Testing Service resumed a limited service on June 8 in 15...
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BMW and Mercedes-Benz abandon their joint plan to build autonomous cars
BMW and Mercedes-Benz have blamed bad ‘timing’ for abandoning their joint plan to develop autonomous cars. The two German car manufacturers reached an agreement last July to collaborate in the development of self-driving vehicle technology and manufacture of autonomous cars. They had planned to produce Level-4 human controlled full-autonomy vehicles. These level Level-4 cars are based on the SAE’s categorisation....
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56,000 learners still waiting for driving tests to resume
When will driving tests resume in Ireland? The RSA (Road Safety Authority) has not yet made a decision as to when the driving test will resume here in Ireland, which means that more than 56,000 learner drivers will have to wait longer for their opportunity to pass the test. Of the 56,000 waiting for the test, about 36,000 of them...
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New car sales increased during May
New car sales increased slightly during May but still down on last year There was an increase in the number of new cars sold in Ireland during May compared to April which would indicate that the car sales market is gradually recovering after the worst economic shutdown in history. The latest figures from the CSO (Central Statistics Office) show that...
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Irishwoman was the first person in history to die in a car accident 1869
In memory of Mary Ward It is said that death by car accident is the 9th leading cause of death today with 1.2m people dying in car crashes worldwide each year.Modern statistics have revealed that about 40% of fatal collisions are due to excessive speed, and closly following on from that is alcohol consumption contributes to 38% of deaths. But...