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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

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of the WLTP fuel economy measure, and within 5.7% The study—“Energy Behaviour Of Toyota Prius Hybrid Vehicles In Sample Irish Commuting Conditions”—was carried out by four UCD academics and commissioned by Toyota Ireland through ConsultUCD, the University’s managed consultancy service. Specifically, within 2.5%

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2024 Suzuki Swift to soon go on sale in this country before launching in India

Baua Electric

Suzuki has unveiled the 2024 Swift in the Japanese market and now the brand has announced that it will go on sale in the UK and Republic of Ireland from April 2024. There is a CVT automatic transmission available with both variants. 2024 Swift comes with some significant cosmetic changes.

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Toyota piloting all-hybrid car-sharing scheme in Europe: YUKÕ

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Toyota Europe is piloting a new full hybrid car sharing program—named YUKÕ – Japanese for ‘Let’s go’—in two European cities: Dublin, Ireland and Forlì, Italy. Toyota selected the pilot cities based on a set of criteria such as state of the local car sharing economy, demographics, infrastructure and congestion levels.

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Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost model accounts for 23.3% of Focus orders in April in Europe

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The Euro 19 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. liter EcoBoost is class-leading in fuel economy and CO 2 emissions in the C-segment for gasoline-engine vehicles, Ford says.

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myenergi Launches National Training Academy

My Energi

Our apprenticeships and internships are open to all ages and are available across engineering, finance, HR, facilities, and training and development. myenergi has already grown significantly, from just two employees in 2016 to more than 350 team members in the UK alone, with subsidiaries in Germany, Ireland, Australia and the Netherlands.

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Ford now offering dual dry-clutch PowerShift and E85 options for new Focus in Europe

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This is the first application of the advanced dry-clutch PowerShift transmission in Ford’s European product range, and replaces the conventional 4-speed torque-converter automatic which was available with gasoline engines in the previous Focus model. liter model which was available in the previous Focus range. Clutch micro slip.

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Crypto, Venmo, NFTs, Tokens: Where Is Money Going?

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But actually, tokens have always sort of ghosted the monetary economy and have been around before sovereign money, before publicly mandated money, before state-backed money. So too did key figures in the development of alternative economies, like Silvio Gesell and Josiah Warren.

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