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Top Ten Safest New Cars 2017
Safest New Cars of 2017 An Auto Research Centre in the UK has announced a list of what are believed to be the safest new cars for 2017. The Thatcham Research group is an automotive research centre used exclusively by motor insurers’. It was established by the motor insurance industry itself in 1969. The centre’s main aim is to contain...
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Tesla allows self-driving cars to break speed limit if they wish
Tesla allows autonomous cars to break speed limits A new update over the weekend will allow Tesla drivers to programme their car to break the speed limit. The Tesla autopilot system contains many advanced safety features such as adaptive cruise control, which can allow the car to match the speed of the vehicle in front. It also has lane assist...
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Transport Minister to end bizarre drink driving loophole
Bizarre drink driving loophole Bizarrely, under the current legislation, first-time drink-driving offenders can escape disqualification from driving but Shane Ross, the Minister for Transport has insisted a court should have the option to disqualify drivers if the courts deem it warranted. The Transport Minister is seeking to reverse a controversial loophole which allows first-time offenders escape disqualification and their licences...
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Abolish benefit-in-kind tax on Electric cars
Benefit-in-Kind on Electric cars If the benefit-in-kind tax was to be abolished on electric cars it would transform the company car fleet landscape overnight. If the Government were to introduce concessions or even abolish the tax on electric vehicles,the amount of electric vehicles (EV) in Ireland would substantially increase rapidly. At the moment there is a very low take-up...
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Nissan to carry out autonomous vehicle testing in London
Nissan is to carry out their own autonomous vehicle testing in London next month Nissan is set to roll out their own real-world demonstrations of autonomous driving cars in London next month. Government officials and technical and safety experts will be afforded the opportunity to experience and test the futuristic autonomous driving technology in a live environment as passengers on...
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Trump threatens BMW with US border tax
Trump threatens to slap on a US border tax to all BMW cars Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has made a stark warning to the German car manufacturer BMW, that the United States will seek to impose a border tax of 35 percent on all cars they plan to build at their new plant in Mexico and...
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Regulators Call on Cars to Talk With Each Other
Regulators Call for Cars to Talk With Each Other United States regulators have proposed a requirement that all new cars should be fitted with technology which will allow all cars to ‘talk’ to one another. The proposal is aimed at modernising vehicles so that they can utilise crash avoidance technologies. The Transportation Department is trying to drive vehicle-to-vehicle communications on...
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Henry Ford & Son 100 years in Ireland
Henry Ford & Son celebrate a century in Ireland One hundred years ago this year the Henry Ford established a Ford Motor factory in Cork City. In 2017, it will be one hundred years since the Ford Motor Company set up in Ireland and as part of the celebrations, Ford Ireland is planning a number of events and campaigns to...
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Total car sales 2016
Car sales statictics for 2016 Total car sales in 2016 - 140,000 Private new cars licensed for the first time - 142,688, an increase of 17.8% compared with the previous year. New cars registrations still below the most recent peak in 2007 when 180,754 new vehicles were licensed. Used car import market just under 70,000 imported - up by almost...
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UK car industry may go back to dark days of 1970s after Brexit
UK car industry may go back to dark days of 1970s after Brexit While the motor sector is generally in good health at the moment, some believe that the UK Brexit decision will have disastrous results going forward. Right now Britain’s automotive industry is as vibrant as a global manufacturing hub can be. For example, the Toyota plant at Burnaston...