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Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 get augmented reality head-up displays

Volkswagen introduces augmented reality HUDs

Head-up displays are about to take a technological leap as Volkswagen introduces augmented reality into its ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars.
Published 18 December 2020

Vans falling well behind cars on safety

New research has found that the safety of light commercial vehicles such as vans lags significantly behind that of passenger vehicles.
Published 17 December 2020
Car Clinic: Can additives reduce the pollution from a diesel car?

Air pollution contributed to schoolgirl death

A coroner has ruled that air pollution made a "material contribution" to the 2013 death of nine-year old Ella Kissi-Debrah, in a landmark ruling.
Published 16 December 2020
Amazon-owned Zoox unveils self-driving taxi

Amazon-owned Zoox unveils self-driving 'Robotaxi'

Zoox, the autonomous taxi company owned by online marketplace Amazon, has unveiled its self-driving vehicle.
Published 16 December 2020

Hennessey Venom F5 is a 334mph hypercar

Hennessey Performance Engineering, the outfit famous for tuning already-pretty-quick sports cars, has unveiled a hypercar called the Venom F5.
Published 15 December 2020
McLaren P1 designer criticises Tesla Cybertruck design

McLaren P1 designer doesn't like Tesla Cybertruck

The influential designer of cars including the reborn Mini and the McLaren P1 has criticised the design of the Tesla Cybertruck.
Published 14 December 2020
Lewis Hamilton will do Christmas drive around childhood home

Lewis Hamilton says he's done with materialism

Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has told The Sunday Times Magazine that he is finished with his "period of wanting things".
Published 13 December 2020
Ken Block Hoonigan Climbkhana Ford F-150 Hoonitruck Tianmen Mountain Road

The 10 best Ken Block gymkhana films ranked

Ken Block: a man responsible for burning more rubber than the Springfield Tire Yard & generating many times more YouTube hits than Keyboard Cat.
Published 11 December 2020
Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E X44 team signs drivers Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez

Lewis Hamilton's electric off-road team gets Loeb

Rallying legend Sébastien Loeb will share driving duties with Dakar Rally pro Cristina Gutiérrez in Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team next year.
Published 11 December 2020
Air pollution now higher than pre-covid levels

Air pollution levels now higher than pre-Covid

A new report has found that air pollution now exceeds pre-pandemic levels in many UK cities, after levels dropped 38% during the first lockdown.
Published 10 December 2020
Experts name 10 classic car investments for 2021

10 classic car investments for 2021 named

Classic car insurance provider Hagerty has released its list of the 10 classic cars worth investing in during 2021.
Published 09 December 2020
British Ineos Grenadier 4x4 to be built in France

Ineos Grenadier 4x4 to be built in France

The Ineos Grenadier 4x4 is to be built in France after its manufacturer said it had reached a deal with Mercedes-Benz to use its Hambach plant.
Published 09 December 2020