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MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview for December 2018
Car sales during December The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of December 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Ford Focus. This is a change from the Opel Insignia which held the number 1 spot in November. When it came to...
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BMW Transitioning to Electric Cars
BMW has sold more than 250,000 electric cars in the last two years. In 2017, the sold 100,000 EV’s and approximately 150,000 in 2018 and by 20125 they hope to have about 25 Electrified Vehicles in their range. BMW has rolled out vehicles like the i3 and i8 in the last few years and who would not want a BMW...
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Nissan executive Greg Kelly released on bail in Japan
Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly has been released from detention in Japan after being granted bail over the alleged underreporting of his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay. The Nissan exec was freed on 70 million yen ($635,600) bail after he was held in prison for more than a month. He was spotted leaving the Japanese detention centre in the middle...
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Retired UK Copper stumbles across his old patrol car from the 1970s at a classic car show
A retired UK policeman has stumbled across the patrol car he drove when he was an officer in the 1970s at a classic car show. Gareth Owen, 58, spotted his former blue and white Leyland Mini 850 patrol car when he went to a classic car show at the Birmingham NEC. To his great surprise, among the 3,000 vehicles on...
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Mercedes-Benz holds the top spot for the most recalled car brand of 2018
Although Mercedes-Benz is the best selling luxury car brand in the world, it also holds the accolade of being at the top of the list of most recalled car brands in 2018. Although these are very expensive cars and out of reach for most car buyers but they don’t often deliver the kind of dependability luxury car buyers might expect....
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New learner driver rules came into force Saturday 22 December 2018
New learner driver rules have come into force since Saturday which will mean that from now on if learner drivers use their cars unaccompanied they could potentially get a jail term. The new law on unaccompanied drivers came which came into force will also mean that car owners could also face fines or jail terms if they let learner drivers...
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Uber Resumes Testing Their Self-Driving Vehicles
Uber doesn’t really have a choice but to resume its testing of their self-driving vehicle as Waymo and GM have taken the lead with their autonomous vehicles. Uber is starting up its autonomous vehicle test program once again after an eight-month break, due to the company pausing its self-drive program back in March when one of its autonomous vehicles struck...
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UK car manufacturing at its lowest level in over a decade
UK car manufacturing has declined by 20% in November and this trend is revealing that the industry is at its lowest level in over ten years. This massive drop in manufacturing underscores the great fears that are looming mainly due to Brexit. November was the worst month in a decade in most of Britain’s car factories, with a combined drop...
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Gardaí Get New Patrol Cars For Christmas
An Garda Siochána has been given a big Christmas present in the form of new traffic corp vehicles which you will see around Ireland this festive season. The vehicles have been allocated to aid in the prevention of drink-driving. The Guards and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have appealed for all road users to act responsibly and safely on the...
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BASF is working to make darker cars more visible to lidar
BASF is a German chemical corporation and is the largest chemical producer in the world. This chemistry giant is changing the way paint is formulated specifically to eliminate materials that absorb lidar. Lidar is probably the most critical technology which is currently utilised in the drive to develop autonomous cars. BASF wants to make the paints highly reflective to that...