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Donal Byrne

VW aims for 700 km range with new ID 7, but it won't be cheap.

The ID 7 - the biggest electric car in the ID range and a direct competitor for cars like the Tesla Model 3 and the Polestar 2 - will arrive in Ireland in the autumn, bringing with it high hopes of a significant breakthrough in range.
Motors • 23 Apr 23

Ford self-driving system comes to Europe

Anyone with even a passing interest in the current advanced development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now likely to have a much clearer understanding of how our driving experience is about to change, immeasurably.
Motors • 16 Apr 23

Hyundai and Kia take radical road for latest EV's.

There's a certain logic to the expectation that both the new Hyundai Ioniq 6 and the Kia EV 9 would both be iterations of the current Ioniq 5 and the EV 6. Not so.
Motors • 10 Apr 23

Easter holiday drivers being targeted in toll charges scam

As motorway traffic increases for the Easter weekend, drivers are being warned about an "escalating wave" of text scams purporting to come from motorway operators. I had one myself this week, claiming I faced a penalty charge of over €90.
Motors • 06 Apr 23

Reviewed: Peugeot's new outlier - the 408.

There was a time when all cars fitted neatly into brackets. from mini to compact to family to executive and so on. However, in this age of crossovers and SUV lookalikes those boundaries have been blurred considerably.
Motors • 30 Mar 23

New Ford Explorer EV gets Volkswagen technology and batteries

Ford's new Explorer could not be any more different from the car it replaces, a vehicle so excessively American in terms of sheer bulk and fuel consumption that it essentially flopped in Europe.
Motors • 23 Mar 23

Volkswagen to launch budget electric car within three years.

The headline from Volkswagen's announcement about its new compact electric car - the ID.2 - is the stated ambition of the company to sell it in mainland Europe with a starting price of less than €25,000. It's unlikely to be that low in Ireland though.
Motors • 16 Mar 23

Chinese electric car prices may become even more competitive

The company that supplies more than one third of the world's demand for electric car batteries is to cut costs for a number of Chinese car makers. The move is being seen as offering a competitive advantage to these companies in China and also in Europe.
Motors • 07 Mar 23

German and Italy baulk over petrol and diesel engines ban in 2035

The ban on the production of internal combustion engines (ICE) is due to come into force in 2035, but both Germany and Italy - producers of significant volumes of cars - have now said they want to accommodate the use of engines running on synthetic fuels.
Motors • 04 Mar 23

Review: New Chinese electric car - the MG4 - is a game changer

When it comes to value for money, standard equipment and a well-packaged offering, the Chinese MG brand's new MG 4 is now out in front on the Irish market.
Motors • 23 Feb 23
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