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The Toyota Camry Hybrid
The Toyota Camry Hybrid The Camry is back after 15 years, filling in the market gap left by the departing Avensis. This popular vehicle is now available in a petrol-hybrid configuration. Toyota has been creating pioneering Hybrids for over 20 years, and now they have brought out the next generation of hybrid technology in the form of the Camry taking...
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VRT NOx emissions
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emission Levy Budget 2020 introduced charges for VRT (Vehicle Registration Tax) but many motorists are wondering what this will mean in practical terms when it comes to their own budgets? The NOx levy will be applied to all VRT category A vehicles (passenger and SUVs). The new charges being introduced will mean an increase in VRT for...
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Dyson vacuum manufacturer abandons their plans to build electric cars
Dyson abandons plans to build electric cars Giant vacuum manufacturer, Dyson has abandoned their plan to build electric cars. They have stated that the $3 billion dollar project to take on the worlds greatest car manufacturers is just not commercially viable. Although Dyson are experts in their own field, they may have gotten too much ahead of themselves. Although they...
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Recycling electric cars
Will it be easy to recycle electric cars? Electric vehicles are on the increase all over the world and with the advent of this new technology we have to wonder if it will be easy to recycle electric vehicles? The Irish government has committed that 950,000 electric vehicles (EVs) will be on Irish roads by 2030? That would mean that...
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Tesla delivers a whopping 97,000 electric cars in the third quarter
Tesla delivers a record 97,000 electric cars in the third quarter of 2019 Tesla has announced this week that it has delivered a record with almost 97,000 electric cars in the third quarter which is almost a two per cent increase over the previous period. The autonomous EV company said that it has produced 96,155 cars which shows steady improvement...
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Irish research group get €4.2m to lead an international study on autonomous cars
Irish researchers to get €4.2m to lead an international study on driverless vehicles An Irish research group has been granted €4.2m in funding to lead an international study on the development of driverless cars. The research project group will work with global companies like Jaguar Land Rover and the Kostal Group in autonomous technology. As well as working with major...
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Bizarre bubbles appear on front tyre stopped on school run in Derby
Bizarre Bubbles! The Automobile Association in the UK said that the weird air bubbles that appeared on the tyre of a normal car could have been ‘pretty lethal’ to other road users. A council safety officer spotted the bizarre bubbles on the tyre and pulled the driver over before there was an incident. The road-side officer, a member of Derby...
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MYVEHICLE.IE NATIONWIDE MARKET OVERVIEW FOR OCTOBER 2019
Most popular cars in October 2019 The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for October 2019 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was once again the Nissan Qashqai. When it came to the top-ten used cars sold by Franchise dealers for the month of October, the number...
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Northern Irish woman gives the one-fingered salute in an awkward exchange with cops in an unmarked police car
Northern Irish woman found herself in an awkward situation after she gave 'the finger' to police in an unmarked police car after officers honked their horn at her. A Northern Irish woman was left in an awkward situation after she gave the one-fingered salute, to cops in an unmarked police who honked their horn when she veered into the wrong...
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Manure from just one cow could power the car for one year
Toyota’s new car can run on hydrogen from Irish manure Toyota’s new Hydrogen Fuel cell electric car is due out in 2021 and they say they can power it for a whole year from the manure of one co According to Toyota’s Chief Technology Officer, Shigeki Terashi, hydrogen could be extracted from manure, and just one cow is enough to...