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Chris Grayling calls for enquiry into motorway petrol prices

Inquiry into motorway petrol prices

Motorway service stations are to face an inquiry into the prices they charge for fuel.
Published 06 April 2018
Tesla owner donates ride-on toy so sick children can drive themselves to operating theatre

Children drive themselves to surgery in mini Tesla

Children undergoing treatment at the East Surrey Hospital are able to drive themselves to the operating theatres thanks to ride-on Teslas.
Published 05 April 2018
This is what happens when an HGV trailer hits a bridge at full speed

Video: What happens when an HGV hits a bridge?

This is the incredible moment a lorry trailer destroyed a pedestrian bridge in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday.
Published 05 April 2018
Car sales drop 16 per cent amid diesel confusion and continued uncertainty over Brexit

Car sales plunge amid continued uncertainty

Sales of new cars show no sign of bouncing back as the latest figures, released today, reveal a 15.7% drop in demand...
Published 05 April 2018
Apple's self-driving car may use VR to simulate escaping a zombie horde

Apple self-driving car will let you fight zombies

Fully self-driving cars may be a long way off, especially since the fatal Uber accident last month, but that isn't stopping some technology...
Published 05 April 2018
After Uber's fatal crash, will driverless cars ever become a reality?

Will driverless cars ever become a reality?

Nick Rufford looks at how pedestrian death involving a modified self-driving Volvo has slammed the brakes on the autonomous vehicle dream.
Published 04 April 2018
'Corsa Cannibals': Vauxhall hatchbacks are being stripped of bodywork by vandals

'Corsa Cannibals': Vauxhalls stripped by vandals

In the 1980s it was VW badges but car vandals today are taking much more substantial — and noticeable — trophies from cars, it seems: entire sect
Published 04 April 2018
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Litter thrown from cars kills millions of animals

Millions of voles, shrews and other tiny mammals could be dying each year after becoming trapped inside discarded drinks cans and glass bottles,
Published 04 April 2018
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Witness to sinking car tragedy to sue victims

A woman who helped to rescue a baby from a car that slid off a pier, killing five members of a family, is taking legal action against the victims
Published 04 April 2018
What's Inside a Mercedes car seat? Watch as the mind-bogglingly clever seats of a Mercedes S-class are ripped open

Video: Watch as Mercedes S-class seat is cut open

Are you sitting comfortably? Probably not as comfortably as a driver of the latest Mercedes S-Class. Its seats are so sophisticated they can...
Published 04 April 2018
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Video shows Volkswagen dieselgate 'graveyard'

Astonishing new aeriel video footage show the huge scale of the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal.
Published 04 April 2018
Ford addresses men's mental health 'elephant in the room' with new advertising campaign

Video: Ford addresses men's mental health in TV ad

The Ford Transit may be the self-professed "Backbone of Britain", and "white van man" a key pillar of both our economy and society, but that does
Published 04 April 2018