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Back to the Future. The new DeLorean flying car
The most famous Irish sports car of the 80’s, the iconic DeLorean from Back to the Future, may see a comeback but this time for real. Well at least without the time travel anyway. As most of us know the original DeLorean car was turned into a time machine by ‘Doc’ Emmett Brown but the nephew of John DeLorean,...
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Phone talk-walk ban
As we all know, using a mobile while driving is four times more likely to cause us to crash and even more startling, is that drivers who text and drive are a staggering twenty-three times more likely to have a crash. The evidence then is clear; texting while driving is very dangerous but what about texting while walking? While countries...
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Dublin commuters are reporting long delays with new car restrictions on the quays
Dublin commuters are reporting long delays with new car restrictions on the quays Cars have been banned from turning right onto to O’Connell Bridge at Bachelors Walk since Sunday and as a result motorists are reporting long delays. The traffic situation will become even more acute when the summer holidays come to an end are the school are back. As...
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Number of cars abandoned has more than trebled in the last three years
The number of cars being abandoned in Ireland has apparently trebled in the last three years. The latest figures have shown that of the 648 cases of abandoned cars in Dublin alone, only one litter fine has been handed out. Local authorities around the country are becoming concerned about the increasing numbers of abandoned vehicles left in housing estates and...
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Irish company, Cubic Telecom raises $40m to advance driverless cars technology
Irish global connectivity platform provider, Cubic Telecom has raised $40m to advance driverless cars technology. The new funding will allow the mobile tech company to expand its value to $200m Cubic Telecom was started in Dublin five years ago. The chief executive, Barry Napier, said that the company is developing network and software systems that can allow cars to communicate...
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DHL promoting their new Streetscooter electric delivery van
StreetScooter is an electric vehicle manufacturer located in Aachen, Germany. They were bought out by DHL Deutsche Post DHL Group in December 2014. The Deutsche Post DHL Group explained that their electric vehicles were part of GoGreen initiative to reduce CO2 emissions. The group is producing and selling its own electric delivery vans as a response to the ongoing debate...
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Due to new Luas tram operations, Cars will be reduced to one lane on Dublin's quays
Due to the new Luas tram operations, which will begin fully in December, cars will be reduced to one lane on the quays in the city centre from this Sunday. Cars will also be banned from turning right onto O'Connell Bridge from Bachelors Walk under the new traffic management plans for Dublin City Centre. Dublin City Council said the changes...
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Eastlink toll charges to be reduced
Motorist will now pay reduced tolls at the Thomas Clarke Bridge, formerly the East-Link, from Friday as VAT is removed from the current price. The charge will now be reduced from €1.75 to €1.40. The East-Link bridge was originally a private enterprise but it was eventually acquired by Dublin City Council in 2015. The removal of VAT from State-owned tolls comes...
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Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland
Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland Automated driving is just around the corner, but are Irish roads ready for it? All the world's major manufacturers are leapfrogging each other with technology that will eventually lead to autonomous driving. Motor industry chiefs worldwide are urging governments to encourage partial and eventually full automatic vehicles with suitable infrastructure. Many are...
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Electric vehicles pollute more than regular cars according to Roland Folger, head of Mercedes India
Roland Folger, who is the head of Mercedes-Benz in India, has raised doubts over the Indian government's intention to entirely switch over to electric vehicles by 2030. He maintains that the cumulative pollution in the production of electric cars is higher than other regular combustion engine vehicles. He claims that the electric cars pollute more because the electricity used to...