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  • China’s tech giants are setting their sights on futuristic car innovation

    Futuristic vehicle innovation Chinese tech giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent have moved up a gear in the race to build, what they class as smartphones on wheels’. Over the past five years, these huge Chinese corporations have been ramping up their development towards lucrative apps for smartphones but they are now turning their attention to building intelligent and connected vehicles....



  • Irish drivers are not maintaining their own cars which they use for work

    Irish drivers are not maintaining their own cars which they use for work New research has found that Irish business travellers who use their own cars for work instead of say a company vehicle, are not carrying out basic safety checks on their vehicles. These private vehicle drivers are designated ‘grey fleet’ drivers. This possibly should be a key concern...

  • Insurer cancels motorists' policies after devices show them speeding

    Insurance giant AIG is cancelling motoring insurance policies for irresponsible and reckless driving. The measures are being taken after analysis of 'black box' type devices being used by young motorists to monitor their driving habits. Young drivers get discounts from insurance companies for safe driving. As a result of the analysis of the devices connected to young drivers cars, AIG...

  • Singapore to cap number of cars allowed on roads from 2018

    Traffic congestion is a major problem in just about every major urban center around the world, but some areas are worst than others. We may think of traffic hotspots such as the M50 here is Dublin but Singapore is also one of those places that has a huge traffic problem. So much so that the authorities in Singapore are determined...

  • Facebook Marketplace for cars

    Interested in buying a car through Facebook? Well social media giant has Marketplace now with a dedicated section for vehicles. Car buyers can search filters to find a vehicle with a specific type, make, model, mileage, transmission.  Search volume in Facebook’s peer-to-peer classifieds directory that launched a year ago has grown 3X globally since the start of 2017, with 18...


  • Cars to be fitted with an emergency eCar callout system

    A life-saving emergency callout system for cars will go live in the spring. Cars involved in collisions will automatically initiate an emergency call and transmit the vehicle’s specific location to the emergency services. For motorists who find themselves involved in road accidents and collisions, this is a great development. The new system which will dramatically reduce response times is part...

  • Nissan to suspend domestic production of cars to the Japan market

    Nissan Motors is suspending their domestic production of cars for the Japanese market for at least the next  two weeks in order to address misconduct in its final inspection procedures that led to a major recall. As a result of the misconduct, Nissan’s brand have been very much tarnished in the Japanese market. The controversy involves a data falsification scandal...