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If you're considering turning your car hobby into a business, here's the lowdown on the key equipment you'll need to do just that It’s everyone’s dream to make their hobby into their job, however it’s often not a realistic prospect. That said, if your passion happens to surround fixing cars, you’ve got a better chance than most of making your dream a reali...
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If you plan to use your car for your business, you'll need business car insurance - here are some of the key things to consider Do you make use of cars as part of your business? If so, this will mean researching into a different type of insurance than ones used on vehicles for personal use. Usually these could be costly, but in the long run more extensive cover could lead to overall cost saving...
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Caura is an innovative service that enables drivers to manage all their car needs from one simple app, thereby minimising admin and mitigating penalty fines... Great news for UK drivers with Caura announcing the availability of its industry-first product that enables drivers to manage all their car needs from one simple app. Drivers set up Caura using just a vehicle registration number, and ...
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The lowdown on Ev.Energy, the innovative London-based energy-tech startup that optimises electric vehicle charging... Electric vehicles are the future, right up there with artificial intelligence, holograms, and the dystopian wasteland that once was Earth. Manufacturers like Tesla are showing that electric cars don’t have to be slow, ugly, and boring, and more people are becoming ...
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Humanising Autonomy is a startup that's on a mission to improve human interaction with automated vehicles, by building human-centered tools that define how autonomous systems interact with people. Autonomous cars are coming. In some places, they are already in place. The likes of Tesla say that self-driving cars are the future, and they’re working hard to make that future now. The biggest p...
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LeaseFetcher - Car leasing made easy, thanks to this comparison website startup which is on a mission to fix car leasing and make the entire process easier than ever before. Over the last few years, car leasing has become increasingly popular, both for businesses and individuals - and it’s pretty easy to see why. There are tax benefits, the advantages of being able to get a new car eve...
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Drover - the startup that offers all inclusive car subscriptions for everyday and private hire drivers across the UK. Cars are expensive. A few of the Startacus team can attest to that. A fairly priced second-hand car is all well and good, but something’s wrong when you pay a few times that for repair. You said the brakes were new! Anyway, the point is insurance is expensive; fuel, repairs...
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High quality startups from all over the world are invited to participate in the Second BMW Innovation Lab, with the 10-week programme this time based from the BMW Group Financial Services Japan offices, in Tokyo.  Based for the first time in Japan, ‘BMW Innovation Lab 2018’ will aim to explore how startup technology can help in offering an enhanced experience to its customers and...
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If you’ve ever tried to sell a car, you’ll know only too well that it can be a bit of a chore. Putting an ad in the local paper can prove to be a waste of time if you get no calls or enquiries and if you decide instead to traipse round some local dealers and they’re not offering you a decent price, it can be frustrating to say the least. Help is now at hand however thanks to an ...
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Parkio was one of the startups to pitch at upSTART ‘17, the annual startup comp which Startacus runs in partnership with the fab folk at Digital DNA, and since then they have continued to gather momentum. Developed by Rob Kramer from Austria and Mihai Negrean from Romania, Parkio is a smart cities solution app that connects drivers with parking spaces - the kind of simple idea that we ...
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