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Europe Way Ahead of the United States For Electric Vehicles
Europe can't seem to get enough of electric cars. This year, Europe has hit 1 million electric vehicles before the U.S. According to a report from EV-Volumes, which is a Swedish industry consulting group,so far this year, in Europe, 195,000 electric vehicles were sold. This means that EV sales are up 42 per cent from the same period last year....
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Dyson car to be built in Singapore
Dyson, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer is developing its own vehicle. According to the CEO, Jim Rowan, the new Dyson car will be built in Singapore. Construction of the Dyson car will begin in December and the construction of a new factory is planned for completion in 2020 culminating in the launch of the Dyson electric vehicle in 2021. Some had...
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No Escape For Road Traffic Offenders On Both Sides Of The Irish Border
When it comes to traffic offences, a unique challenge for Ireland is the fact that we have a land border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. With a border comes the added complication of drivers from both jurisdiction crossing the border and committing road traffic offences in another State. With the land border on the island of...
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BMW Is Expanding Recall To 1.6 Million Vehicles Worldwide Over Potential Fire Risk
BMW is expanding its latest recall to over 1.6 million of its cars worldwide due to possible fluid leaks that could result in a fire. The problem stems from some diesel vehicles in which the coolant could leak from the exhaust gas recirculation module, which is part of the emissions reduction system. There is a potential for these leaks to...
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Apple Self-driving Cars versus Google Self Driving Cars
Apple v Google A huge question being asked by experts at the moment is why are Google's’ Waymo self-driving cars involved in far more accidents than Apple's? This has come up for consideration since an Apple self-driving car was involved in a minor accident this week even though there was a human driver in the car. This is only...
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How does the Finance Bill 2018 affect motoring in Ireland?
New Finance Bill 2018 Following the budget a couple of weeks ago, the first draft of the Finance Bill 2018 has just been issued. This draft bill confirms some of the main points the Minister outlined in the budget speech pertaining to the motor industry. During his speech on 9th October, Paschal Donhoe outlined that there would be a...
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Tesla cars get a big update
Tesla cars got a big update a few days ago. There has been some hype about this update for the past few months in the Tesla drivers world and version 9.0 has been rolled out by the Autonomous EV company. Even though this has been a well-anticipated update, they have withheld one of the bigger expected features, the one that...
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Ikea could build Autonomous mobile living rooms
Ikea is looking at creating autonomous shuttles with lounge-like interiors as a business opportunity. Ikea’s Research and Development department, known as Space10 has revealed several virtual concepts for their vision of the future. Carrying on from their area of expertise, the concept vehicles have Ikea interiors with drawers, tables, and sofa chairs etc. Space10, the furniture giant’s research and development...
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Hard Brexit May Set Back UK Motor Industry 25 Years
European car manufacturers and parts suppliers have given a dire warning to the British that if there is a hard Brexit it may set the UK motor industry back 25 years. The warnings came from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, European Association of Automotive Suppliers, Brembo Brakes and BMW They are contending that a No-deal Brexit will cause disruption...
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MyVehicle.ie continues to provide essential car history to potential vehicle buyers
MyVehicle.ie is Ireland's premier vehicle history checking website offering free car identity checks and also invaluable paid vehicle reports to individuals and other prospective buyers of vehicles. MyVehicle.ie is helping thousands of Irish motorists make more informed decisions. The vehicle history check expert website is going from strength to strength and is fast becoming the go-to website for...