Driverless cars are pretty much upon us. They sound great – jump in and do a bit of work on the commute, call relatives, catch a snooze on the way home… The naysayers all sing from the same hymn-sheet as well, it seems. They worry about giving over control to a machine – and that’s…
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More people are embracing the idea of buying an electric car. If you've been thinking about it yourself but still need more convincing, here are more reasons to pursue a green set of wheels. You reduce pollution and emissions. It is no secret that vehicles are one of the biggest contributors of pollution and carbon…
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Drivers and commuters in the UK have something to look forward to next year after Chancellor George Osborne said that the latest budget will include incentives and measures that will ensure the growth of car technology in the country. According to Osborne, this is one of the several steps they are taking to put Britain…
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As the world shifts to green transportation, a number of alternatives emerge to replace gasoline and diesel. There's the compressed natural gas, ethanol and bio-diesel. Not to be out stage is the electric car motor. As of December 2014, approximately 712,000 fully electric vehicles were sold globally. And by the end of 2015, the sales…
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Veteran car maker Audi has revealed that it's planning to jump with both feet into the electric and hybrid car market. At the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 18, Audi of America president Scott Keogh said that the company is expecting to get at least 25 percent of its North American sales from electric…
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Many people refuse to buy electric cars because they think it's not cost-efficient; after all, with today's low fuel prices, they feel they can save more if they'd stick to their petrol or diesel vehicles. Others, meanwhile, hesitate to invest in green automobiles simply because they don't understand how these cars function and/or how much…
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Electric cars, which are supposedly eco-friendly and fuel-efficient, still have not reach remarkable sales these past years. If these environment friendly cars were that amazing, why are we not seeing electric vehicles or EVs taking over the roads and highways? Well, the answers are quite straightforward. If it is not a matter of acquisition cost,…
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Rumors have been circulating in the auto industry as well as in the World Wide Web about electronic giant Apple designing their first ever electric car. An Apple-branded car have been rumored to be made for years, but only started to be really talked about when a fleet of mysterious sensor-laden of vans was discovered,…
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The UK government will publish a code of practice in the spring that will allow the testing of autonomous cars. As part of their move to be a world leader in driverless technology, prototype driverless vehicles will be tested in four British cities – Greenwich, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Coventry. Vince Cable, UK's business secretary,…
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Electric cars have always been seen as the future of the transportation industry since centuries ago. However, despite a flock of new entries, this battery-run segment of the automobile market remains quite a narrow niche. Not many transportation technologies provoke debate as much as electric vehicles. Fans may be in favor of their performance and…
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