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Driverless cars will soon make 'life or death' judgements
Driverless cars will soon make 'life or death' judgements Manufacturers and regulators as well as the general public are asking whether self-driving cars will be capable of ethical decisions, just like humans. In the very near future, Self-driving cars will be capable of making ‘life or death’ judgements like human drivers could if they are faced with a dangerous situation,...
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From 2019 all Volvo cars will have an electric motor
The famous Swedish car manufacturer, Volvo is the first traditional car maker to announce that all of its new cars will have an electric motor from 2019. In less than two years time, Volvo will only launch cars that are either pure electric or hybrids combining electric and conventional engines. The president of Volvo Cars,Hakan Samuelsson said the step "marks...
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Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year
Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year According to a recent easytrip.ie survey, Dublin drivers are commuting in and out of the city for, on average, 86 minutes a day. When you take out holidays, this amounts to about 14 days per year spent commuting in the car...
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AA and UL research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users
AA and UL research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users The AA and University of Limerick have entered into partnership on a new project which will research what connected cars will mean for Irish road users. The project will involve Irish motorists allowing essential technical data from their vehicles feed into the project database as advances in...
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Diesel debate could see used car values fall by £35 billion, warns FairFuel UK
Diesel debate could see used car values fall by £35 billion, warns FairFuel UK According to a poll carried out by FairFuelUK, used car values may have fallen by £35 billion due to what they claim is a lack of factual accuracy in the diesel debate. They are raising concerns over the way the 'dirty diesel' issue has been debated...
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Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year
Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year The Dubai police force is world famous for its fleet of supercars and its progressive attitude towards future advanced technologies. In keeping with this, they are adding automated police cars to their fleet. The new automated patrol vehicles are known as O-R3 patrol cars,...
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Driverless cars and kangaroos
Driverless cars and kangaroos: obstacle avoidance system needed to stop collisions between Skippy and autonomy In the future cars will take their occupants autonomously from one place to another with a bare minimum of input on the part of humans. Companies like Volvo are teaching their seAilf-driving software everything it needs to know to be a safe, responsible pilot...
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Irish drivers being scammed by Ghost brokers selling worthless policies leaving drivers with no insurance
Irish drivers are being scammed by what are being called ‘Ghost brokers’ who are fooling drivers into buying fake policies leaving them without insurance. These ruthless fraudsters are selling fake motor insurance policies to unsuspecting motorists who are forking out hundreds and losing out. The fraudsters are charging unsuspecting drivers up to €300 and then leaving them with no...
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Jaguar boss says 'It’s still OK to buy diesel cars'
06 Jaguar boss says 'It’s still OK to buy diesel cars' Jaguar boss, Jeremy Hicks says that it is still ok to buy diesel cars as he maintains that the diesel engines that are being put into new cars now are more environmentally friendly. His opinion is in stark contrast to environmentalists and consumers who are moving away from DERV...
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Motor insurance providers raided over alleged cartel activity
A number of Insurance companies, insurance brokers and other representative bodies of the insurance industry were raided yesterday morning as part of a probe into alleged price fixing in the motor insurance industry within Ireland It is understood that 45 officers from the State’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the European Competition Directorate raided the...