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Can Tesla Dominate The Auto Industry?
Probably a very good thing going for Tesla is that every other traditional car manufacturer wants to build a “Tesla-Killer”. Just that focus in itself will drive Tesla sales forward and its brand becoming stronger than ever. Major car makers like Ford, Mercedes, Honda and Toyota plan to release such a "Tesla-killer." but this is not happening anytime soon...
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One Insurance Scam Detected Every Minute According To Experts
According to Sky News reports, one insurance scam is detected every minute. In the UK, staged "crash for cash" accident figures have fallen slightly but at the same time, fraudulent motor insurance claims have risen by 4% to £775m in 2017. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said, that a total of 562,000 insurance frauds were uncovered in 2017. Of...
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Getaround Gets $300 Million From SoftBank To Grow Its Airbnb-For-Cars Business
The Peer-to-Peer car-sharing company Getaround founded by Jessica Scorpio (above) has received $300 million from one of the biggest public companies in the world, Japanese multinational holding conglomerate which is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In October 1999 SoftBank became a holding company after which it made its most successful investment ever. At the time they invested $20 million to the...
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eBay to take on Auto Trader in car ads showdown
The global online marketplace eBay says it is acquiring the Motors.co.uk website in the UK which will, making it a "leading alternative" to the Auto Trader car sales ad website. Under the deal with eBay, Motors.co.uk would become part of classified ad site Gumtree UK, which is also owned by eBay. The acquisition of the website and the combined...
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Europe Way Ahead of the United States For Electric Vehicles
Europe can't seem to get enough of electric cars. This year, Europe has hit 1 million electric vehicles before the U.S. According to a report from EV-Volumes, which is a Swedish industry consulting group,so far this year, in Europe, 195,000 electric vehicles were sold. This means that EV sales are up 42 per cent from the same period last year....
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Dyson car to be built in Singapore
Dyson, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer is developing its own vehicle. According to the CEO, Jim Rowan, the new Dyson car will be built in Singapore. Construction of the Dyson car will begin in December and the construction of a new factory is planned for completion in 2020 culminating in the launch of the Dyson electric vehicle in 2021. Some had...
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No Escape For Road Traffic Offenders On Both Sides Of The Irish Border
When it comes to traffic offences, a unique challenge for Ireland is the fact that we have a land border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. With a border comes the added complication of drivers from both jurisdiction crossing the border and committing road traffic offences in another State. With the land border on the island of...
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BMW Is Expanding Recall To 1.6 Million Vehicles Worldwide Over Potential Fire Risk
BMW is expanding its latest recall to over 1.6 million of its cars worldwide due to possible fluid leaks that could result in a fire. The problem stems from some diesel vehicles in which the coolant could leak from the exhaust gas recirculation module, which is part of the emissions reduction system. There is a potential for these leaks to...
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Apple Self-driving Cars versus Google Self Driving Cars
Apple v Google A huge question being asked by experts at the moment is why are Google's’ Waymo self-driving cars involved in far more accidents than Apple's? This has come up for consideration since an Apple self-driving car was involved in a minor accident this week even though there was a human driver in the car. This is only...
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How does the Finance Bill 2018 affect motoring in Ireland?
New Finance Bill 2018 Following the budget a couple of weeks ago, the first draft of the Finance Bill 2018 has just been issued. This draft bill confirms some of the main points the Minister outlined in the budget speech pertaining to the motor industry. During his speech on 9th October, Paschal Donhoe outlined that there would be a...