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China’s Xiaomi hints it is looking to build cars
China’s smartphone maker Xiaomi is planning to build electric vehicles. They are joining a large contingent of tech companies that are looking to electric and autonomous cars as the next-generation smart devices. In a regulatory filing in India published last week, Xiaomi said it may sell “all types of vehicles for transport, conveyance and other transport equipment, whether based...
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China Blocks Foreign Companies from Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars
As one can imagine, self-driving cars need high-quality digital maps to function properly. They not only utilise digital mapping to find their general location, but also in some cases to locate landmarks that aid maneuvering in low-viability situations, or when a GPS link isn't available. Digital map data has become a major priority for car manufacturers around the world, especially...
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Why is the Irish driving test so hard, expensive and difficult to pass?
Why is the driving test so hard and expensive? Passing a driving test is certainly not easy and always challenging, expensive and stressful, except, seemingly for Mexico, where it would seem for the moment, you don’t have to sit a driving test). In stark contrast to Mexico and many other parts of the world, it would seem that Ireland is...
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Learner drivers face seven-month wait for driving test
Troubling new figures reveal that learner drivers are facing up to seven months on the waiting list to get a driving test. The number of people waiting for their driving test has shot up from 44,000 to 76,000 since October. In reality, learner drivers may be losing out on job opportunities because of the waiting time and they will also...
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Dundalk Dealership offers €3k reward for information on stolen Audi A4
Dundalk car dealer offers €3k reward Brazen thieves stole an Audi A4 in broad daylight from a dealership in County Louth on Friday. The audacious theft was captured on CCTV at Gerry Cumiskey's Volkswagen dealership at Dundalk Retail park around 2.20pm on Friday, December 8. The thieves drove straight out of the dealership with the high-end vehicle. The registration of...
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Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars
Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars07 Thanks to the Chevrolet Bolt EV (Electric Vehicle) General Motors has been fairly successful in the development of their self-driving technologies. But Ford Motors thinks there a better solution than EVs, at least for the moment. They are developing autonomous technology using petrol-electric hybrids and not pure electric...
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Flying car startup wants to have the world's first flying car race in 2019
An Australian startup called Alauda have announced their plan to host the world’s first “flying car” race in the desert in 2019. The company has built its own scaled-down prototype, a racecar-shaped quadcopter called the Alauda Mark 1 Airspeeder. They plan to flight test the flying racecar in 2018 and in order to get the project off the ground (pun...
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BMW i3 designated as not having zero emissions by Advertising Standards Authority
It has been suggested that BMW, petrol-engined cars do not give anything back to the environment in the way they claim and it doesn't matter if you call the engine a 'range extender' or not. BMW claims that its electric i3 car has “zero emissions” and is a “really clean car that helps to give back to the environment”. The...
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Volkswagen Chief suggests that the German Government Should End Subsidies on Diesel Cars
Volkswagen CEO suggested this week that the German government should consider phasing out the subsidies that encourage Europeans to buy diesel cars, which is a dramatic change of position by VW considering it was largely responsible for diesel’s popularity in Europe. Matthias Müller, the chief executive of Volkswagen, said: “We should question the logic and purpose of diesel subsidies,”. He...
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Cyclists Protest New Luas Cross City Line In Protest
A group of cyclists gathered in Dublin City Centre today to protest against the new Luas Cross City Line and the dangers it has caused for cyclists in the city. The protesters are concerned with some practical problems with the layout and are also taking issue with new signs advising cyclists to 'dismount' and walk in certain areas. The protest...