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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
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News: Stained-glass car has a bed but no steering wheel

It's one car unlikely to impress the crash testers at EuroNCAP. A designer has created a car from stained glass windows that has a bed, rather than...
Published 15 September 2014
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Cameras could penalise motorway tailgaters

First they were used to catch speeders; then to collar drivers who crossed red lights, strayed into bus lanes or stopped in box junctions. Now cameras...
Published 03 September 2014
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Car cloning could rise with the end of the tax disc

In a month's time you won't have to display paper on your windscreen. It will save millions but bring joy to vehicle cloners, say experts. Driving...
Published 03 September 2014
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Fast footage: why police are turning to videos to catch...

Dangerous drivers who post film of their exploits online are being caught by police scanning the web, reports Driving
Published 27 August 2014