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News: Google’s driverless car to hit public roads...

Driverless cars took a step closer to reality as Google unveiled the “production version” of its autonomous machine...
Published 29 December 2014
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Test your knowledge: At what circuit did Driving catch...

Before Google made a name for itself as a leader in self-driving car technology, and before Audi achieved a 149mph machine-driven lap of the Hockenheimring...
Published 20 December 2014
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News: Elderly couple 'close to death' after 13 hours...

An elderly couple are reported to have come “close to suffocation” after believing they had become trapped in their new Mazda3 hatchback without...
Published 19 December 2014
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News: British cities to begin driverless vehicle trials...

Bristol, Coventry, Milton Keynes and Greenwich in southeast London have been named as the locations for Britain’s first driverless car trials, backed...
Published 08 December 2014
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News: Michelin reinvents the wheel with the Tweel airless...

Blowouts, punctures and forecourt air machines that swallow loose change and rarely work could all be committed to the history books as Michelin commences...
Published 26 November 2014
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News: 2015 Range Rovers get high-tech head-up display...

"Set lasers on stun" sounds like a line from Star Trek, but drivers are just as likely to hear it when taking a test drive of the new, 2015 versions...
Published 05 November 2014
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Man vs machine: we race the Audi RS 7 driverless car...

Audi has built one of the world's fastest driverless cars, an RS 7 that can tackle a racetrack at up to 149mph without missing a gear or a bend, but...
Published 03 November 2014
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News: Automatic app coaches young drivers without spying...

Every parent likes to keep a watchful eye on their children, yet teenagers who are learning to drive or have recently passed their test would prefer...
Published 28 October 2014
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News: Apple CarPlay and other smartphone apps make...

Dashboard displays will soon be as simple to operate as your smartphone, thanks to . . . your smartphone...
Published 20 October 2014
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News: Crash driver found thanks to her phone’s Find...

A woman's Find My iPhone app became a “find me and get me out of here!” app after a policeman used her iPad to locate her when her car plunged...
Published 15 October 2014
Video: Audi RS 7 laps Hockenheim at up to 149mph – without a driver (updated)

Video: Audi RS 7 laps Hockenheim at up to 149mph –...

While Google’s self-driving car creeps around the streets of Mountain View, California, feeling its way carefully into the future, an Audi RS 7...
Published 14 October 2014
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News: "Starter interrupt" device disables cars on loan...

Is this the end of the repo man? Drivers who fall behind with repayments on a car loan are discovering lending companies have a more effective —...
Published 29 September 2014