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What should you do when you see a dog in a hot car?
What should you do if you see a dog locked in a hot car? Can you break into someone else's car to save a dog's life? Well, this question has been asked by many as it is a continuing problem. So can you break into a car to save a dog's life? Well just recently, the Thames Valley Police...
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Italy Wants to Put a Million Electric Cars on the Road
Italy has the most sluggish market for electric cars in the whole of Europe and to catch up with the emerging EV market, they are rolling out an ambitious plan to put 1 million electric vehicles on Italy’s roads. It is estimated that cost of the plan will cost the state almost €10 billion in incentives. The incentives that are...
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Car investment slumps as Brexit uncertainty strikes the industry
According to some of the latest figures from the motoring industry in Britain, Investment in has fallen by half since Brexit preparations began. The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) in the UK said that Brexit uncertainty was "thwarting" decisions by all the biggest car manufacturers to invest more money into their UK factories. In the first half of...
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Saudi women celebrate as driving ban is finally lifted!
Saudi women celebrate as driving ban is finally lifted Saudi women are celebrating this week as the driving ban for women has been lifted. One Saudi lady exclaimed, 'I feel free like a bird'. Up until September 2017, Saudi Arabia was astonishingly the only country in the world where women were forbidden to drive cars. The women to drive movement...
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Ford and Volkswagen consider an alliance
The American and German car manufacturing giants, Ford and Volkswagen are considering entering into an Alliance. The traditional automakers have been increasingly facing pressure in recent years from changed driving habits and especially in the past few years with the swift development of technology and emerging rivals from Silicon Valley. Manufacturers are concerned that they will be overtaken by the...
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Matt LeBlanc To Exit ‘Top Gear’ After Next Season
Matt LeBlanc has indicated that he will be leaving BBC’s Top Gear after the next season of the world famous car show. LeBlanc joined Top Gear in 2016 but will exit stage left from the BBC Two show after his fourth journey later this year. Presenting alongside Chris Harris and Rory Reid, the Friendsstar helped steady the Top Gear brand...
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Saboteur discovered in Tesla
Elon Musk has emailed all Tesla employees last Sunday night about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by an employee It is alleged that this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorisation. At the moment, Tesla is laying off employees as part of its profitability drive. Last week, Tesla announced a broad restructuring, slashing at least...
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Audi given permission to operate aircraft
The German car manufacturer Audi has been given permission by German authorities to operate experimental aircraft in their hometown of Ingolstadt Audi has partnered with aviation giant Airbus and the German city of Ingolstadt to begin testing its prototype air taxis in and around the Bavarian city. Audi has said in a statement that the tests will help develop a...
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Top-Ten Most Popular Cars in Ireland May 2018
Most popular Cars in Ireland May 2018 The VMS Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of May 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold byIndependent dealersin Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Ford Focus. When it came to Franchise dealers, of the top-ten used cars sold, the number one spot went to the...
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Audi boss arrested in diesel probe
Stadler's arrest is the most high-profile yet in the dieselgate crisis The head of Audi, Rupert Stadler was arrested Monday in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, with prosecutors saying they feared he might try to suppress evidence. This is a huge development just a week after prosecutors in the city of Munich, raided Stadler's home after...