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Marilyn Monroe's Thunderbird to go on auction
Marilyn Monroe's Thunderbird is going to auction and could fetch as much as $500,000 The two-seater convertible which was owned by Marilyn Monroe is going up for auction in November and could be worth up to half a million dollars. Marilyn owned the 1956 raven black Ford Thunderbird, for six years until shortly before her death in 1962, is...
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Elon Musk could be sued for fraud
The founder of Tesla, Elon Musk is facing criminal charges of fraud due to statements he made on Twitter last month. The US Securities and Exchange Commission in New York has accused Musk on Thursday of fraud and they are actually seeking to remove him from his role in charge of the electric car company. The SEC committee said...
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German carmakers test autonomous vehicles in China
Three of the biggest German car manufacturers, Audi, Mercedes and BMW are now conducting autonomous vehicle trials in China. The three luxury German car brands have been quietly testing autonomous vehicles in China despite Chinese rules that force them to partner with local software companies. As part of the process, they have agreed to use Chinese mapping and...
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Ferrari to build their very first SUV
Ferrari will be releasing to the world, their first 4x4 SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) called the Purosangue within the next 3 years. 15 new models will be released between now and 2022, and the SUV - currently known as the ‘Purosangue’ or Pure Blood is just one of them For Ferrari to make an SUV is quite a change...
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Staged car accident fraud on the increase
Staged car accidents have been a tactic by fraudsters for a long time but they continue to perpetuate these crimes on an increasingly regular basis. ‘Let's crash our cars into each other’ is the order of the day. The head of Axa’s special investigation unit says fraudsters are orchestrating fake accidents and are crashing into each other. The scenario...
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How do speed vans work?
Speed Vans You may have asked the question before, how do speed vans work and is there a person inside them? The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Garda GoSafe where at the ploughing championships where they managed to draw in the crowds for a talk on how speed cameras work. Most motorists will come across speed vans...
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Ghost Brokers. Gardaí make arrests as more than 600 motor insurance policies cancelled.
Gardaí have arrested four people and insurers have cancelled more than 600 motor insurance policies following an investigation into ghost brokers operating in Dublin. An Garda Siochaná has conducted a number of searches over the past few days with one person appearing before Trim District Court and being charged in connection with theft and fraud offences. The hundreds of...
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Apple Music now works with Android Auto
Apple Music has always been available for Android but it never reached deep into the Android ecosystem. Originally you could only listen on your phone or tablet, and that's about it but Apple has opened up to Android. Just recently Apple released a beta version of Apple Music for Android that included support for Android Auto, bringing a native in-car...
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Volkswagen to build 10 million e-cars in first wave
The Volkswagen group is planning to build 10 million electric cars in its first wave of production. The company will invest $6 billion euros in EV production, with a total of which 1.3 billion euro invested in its German plants, Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Kassel. The electricc vehicles will be based on their new modular MEB platform, the German car...
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Google joins Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group to put Android in millions of their cars
Google is to partner with the largest auto alliance in the world, by vehicle sales Renault -Nissan-Mitsubishi. This alliance sold more than 5.5 million vehicles combined in the first half of this year, putting it ahead of Volkswagen and Toyota Motor. The Android-based infotainment systems is the alliance’s next-generation infotainment system and will launch in 2021. With android functionality...