Hero to Zero
The electric car journey starts with Henry Ford’s Model T, writes Brian Twomey Henry Ford once railed against early attempts to control the pollution coming from the exhaust of his Model T. When his car became popular enough that traffic became a problem Ford found himself facing baffling questions about something called emissions. They want the air coming out the back to be cleaner than the air going in he fumed. That said, Henry...
China joins Women’s World Car of the Year with three renowned motoring journalists
Motoring journalists Gao Wei, Zhao Shuang and Zhang Liyue have joined Women’s World Car of the Year as judges. Gao Wei, Zhao Shuang and Zhang Liyue have an important influence over Chinese car consumers and the Women’s World Car of the year jury is delighted to add them as judges. With their appointment, Women’s World Car of the Year increases membership to 47 journalists from 36 different countries and with a media...
Top 3 must-have safety gadgets
When choosing a Christmas present this year think safety writes Geraldine Herbert Breathalyser Changes to the law in 2018 mean drink-driving offenders are automatically banned from driving for three months if caught with between 50-80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Most of us would never contemplate taking our car with us on a night out, but you may still have alcohol in your system the morning after and...
Five ways a Hard Brexit will impact on Motoring in Ireland
What are the implications for car buying and Motorists in a post no-deal Brexit writes Geraldine Herbert? Importing a car from the UK will become more expensive Over 100,000 used cars were imported last year from the UK and Northern Ireland. A no-deal Brexit would mean that UK car exports to the EU would become subject to a 10% tariff under World Trade Organisation rules. There would also be VAT Charged. The customs duty is applied...
Six reasons not to buy a quad bike for kids this year
The RSA and An Garda Síochána are urging parents not to gift children quad bikes and scramblers this Christmas Before you buy a quad bike or scrambler as a gift for a child this year think twice; 1) Three of the six people who died in Ireland as a result of an incident involving a quad bike or scrambler were aged 18 or under between 2014 and 2019, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). 2) Like anything it’s not the quad bike...
Alyx Coby signs with UK Driver Management Programme
London-based racing driver management programme signs 16-year-old Alyx Coby to further develop her professional racing career Irish karter Alyx Coby has today been announced as the newest member of the Navigate Partners Driver Management Programme. Alyx (16) from Newbridge, Co. Kildare is currently competing internationally in the Senior X30 class. Earlier this year, Alyx was personally selected by the late motorsport philanthropist...
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