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BMW to recall a further 88,000 cars in the UK over battery scare
BMW battery scare recall Following a media investigation by the BBC Watchdog program in the UK over a potentially fatal electrical flaw, some 312,000 vehicles were recalled by the manufacturer. The media investigation found that some vehicles could cut out completely while on the road. Further to that investigation and subsequent recall, BMW is also recalling an extra 88,000 cars...
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Porsche Recall in Ireland
Porsche Recall Porsche don't yet know how many cars in Ireland are affected by EU wide recall. The luxury sports car manufacturer has issued an EU-wide recall and with regard to Ireland have said that they will write to owners individually. Porshe in Ireland don’t yet know how many cars are affected by the European recall of 60,000 vehicles over...
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What will driverless cars mean for Ireland's road safety?
Driverless cars and road safety Driverless cars are the future and in just a few short years will be part of everyday life here in Ireland. What though will the impact be on society in general and how will driverless autonomous vehicles impact us? Earlier this month experts from around the world gathered in Dublin to speak about the future...
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Japan Easing Aging Drivers Out of Their Cars
Japan’s national police agency have reviewed statistics and have revealed that, drivers between 16 and 24 are more likely to cause traffic accidents more than any other age group but with that being said, the evidence suggests that last year in Japan, drivers over the age of 75 caused twice as many fatal accidents per 100,000 drivers as those under...
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Hyundai looks to Insects for Design Concepts of the Future
Car Design Concepts of the Future Chung Eui-sun, the 47-year-old vice chairman and heir to the South Korean motor empire Hyundai has revealed how his company is developing new technologies by observing insects and in particular, the study of spider eyes to keep the carmaker competitive. Chung Eui-sun, is counting on bugs and holograms to help the South Korean car...
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Uber teams with NASA to make flying cars
Uber is teaming up with NASA to simulate flying taxis in urban areas. Back in 2016, Uber unveiled their plans to develop electric flying cars so as to help improve transportation in cities and to alleviate congestion as well as providing affordable air transportation. NASA became a partner for the program in 2017 by developing air traffic management for a...
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Volkswagen Just Ordered €40 Billion in Electric Car Batteries!
VW orders €40 Billion in Electric Car Batteries Volkswagen Just Ordered $48 Billion in Electric Car Batteries. That's About What Tesla Is Worth Right Now A few hours after Elon Musk berated analysts for what he perceived as unimaginative questions, Volkswagen said they were writing a check for batteries that almost match Tesla’s entire market value. Volkswagen’s Chief Executive Officer,...
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Irish Billionaire focused on Electric cars
Dubliner Sir David McMurtry, co-founder and CEO of the €2.5bn precision manufacturing equipment maker Renishaw, is Ireland’s greatest living inventor and our most successful engineer. His company, Renishaw is a manufacturer whose metrology skills are today crucial to every car on the road and plane in the skies, as well as other applications, spanning medical to nuclear power. He has...
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Experimental ‘robot car’ that can see through fog
A research team at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is claiming that they have had a breakthrough in obstacle detection for the future’s autonomous cars. The researchers will demonstrate its latest development in autonomous car technology at ‘RobotSENSE’ in Ulm, Germany today, May 16. The detection system is installed in a Citroen and they have playfully nicknamed it...
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BMW Ireland joins UK in recalling cars over electrical fault
BMW Ireland has joined the UK in recalling cars due to a potential fault in the vehicle which has has been linked to fatal British crash Like their counterpart in Britain, BMW Ireland will recall thousands of cars affected by this particular electrical fault. According to a statement from the company, the models connected with the recall are the BMW...