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Self-Driving Cars May Hit the UK Roads Before 2022!
It does feel like it is only a matter of time before self-driving cars become something of the modern standard. With certain parts of America already allowing their usage, however, following a report via the BBC, the UK Government has suggested that, pending a lot more testing and investigations, self-driving…
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Honda Pledge to Go All-Electric With Cars by 2040
With many governments around the world setting out targets to make all new car sales fully electric within the next 10-15 years (in other words, banning petrol/diesel derivatives), motor manufacturers have already moved to attempt to get somewhat ahead of this curve. For example, back in February, Jaguar announced that…
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Jaguar Land Rover Halts Production Due to Chip Shortages
It’s well documented at the moment that the global chipset shortage is certainly having a significant impact on a number of major companies and manufacturers. Something perhaps most keenly felt by the tech community, specifically when looking for a new processor or graphics card. – Following a report via SkyNews,…
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Tesla Starts Accepting Car Payments in Bitcoin!
It’s not exactly a secret that Elon Musk is quite a strong supporter of Cryptocurrency. I mean, the fact that he just spent (or invested, if you prefer) around $1.5BN in Bitcoin should be a fairly solid indicator of that. Despite its growing popularity, it should still be noted that…
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Volvo Announces Their Cars Are Going Fully-Electric by 2030
With the UK government recently confirming plans to require all new car sales to be fully-electric by 2030, this is clearly going to require quite a significant overhaul for most major manufacturers who currently retail (or developer) their various models in the country. It seems, however, that a surprising number…
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Ford Follows Jaguar With All-Electric Car Initiative!
There is certainly a growing movement within various governments worldwide to ensure that all new cars that are manufactured should be either zero-emission or fully-electric before the end of this decade. While the merits of whether this is truly viable or possible are open to more than a little interpretation,…
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Jaguar to Scrap Combustion Engine Cars By 2025
With various countries around the world setting out guidelines for the eventual ban of new combustion engine-based cars, it does feel like over the next 10 years, we can expect to see a growing number of manufacturers begin transitioning their designs over to fully-electric or at least hybrid models. Following…
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Elon Musk Says Cybertruck May Hit Full Production in 2022
Back in late 2019, Elon Musk officially announced the launch of the Tesla Cybertruck. To say the least, it caused something of a stir in both the technology and motoring world would definitely be a moderate understatement. – It, quite frankly, just looked bizarre and certainly brought up more than…
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Concerns Raised as Tesla Model 3 Spontaneously Combusts!
One of the biggest (and legitimate) concerns surrounding the expansion of electric cars on our roads generally tends to fall upon the batteries. Put simply, lithium-ion has a very messy production cycle (in terms of mining/pollution), and worse, when something goes wrong, they tend to flame up in a pretty…
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Teaser Suggests a Brand New DeLorean May Be Announced
There are few car designs more iconic or as easily identified than the DeLorean DMC-12. With its stainless steel body and gullwing doors, while it was something of a flop during its exceptionally brief production run in the early 80s, it is perhaps somewhat ironic that despite its futuristic look,…
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UK to Announce 2030 Fossil Fuel Car Ban Next Week?
Since the beginning of the year, there have been many rumbling within the UK that the government was planning on formally confirming a cut-off date for the production (or more specifically, sale) of new fossil fuel-based cars. In fact, as recently as September, there was a pretty strong indication that…
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Elon Musk Teases £20,000 Tesla in Around 3 Years Time
Owning a Tesla is certainly one of the biggest fashion statements you can currently make in terms of car ownership. Put simply though, they ain’t cheap! With even the most basic models costing at least £35,000, while they look good and are certainly capable of being pretty quick, it’s not…
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UK May Bring its Fossil-Fuel Car Ban Forward To 2030
With growing concerns over the environment, the writing is pretty much on the wall for fossil-fuelled cars in much of the Western world. With most European countries looking to ban the sale of new vehicles using diesel or petrol by 2040, the clear emphasis is on a phasing out stage…
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Mercedes-Benz & Nvidia to Build Advanced, Software-Defined Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz, one of the largest manufacturers of premium passenger cars, and NVIDIA, the global leader in accelerated computing, plan to enter into cooperation to create a revolutionary in-vehicle computing system and AI computing infrastructure. Starting in 2024, this will be rolled out across the fleet of next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles, enabling…
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UK Plans Huge Rebate for Trading Combustion Cars for Electric
Under the current COVID-19 situation, it’s hardly any secret that economies around the world are struggling at the moment. In something that may address two problems, however, the UK government is possibly planning something rather dramatic. In a report via Engadget, it is being suggested that (similar to the scrappage…
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