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US unveils $4bn autonomous vehicle initiative

The Department of Transportation is looking into the regulatory obstacles for self-driving vehicles, and plans to introduce a uniform set of laws for all 50 states

Apple working on electric car, says Elon Musk

Apple has been tight-lipped about whether it is working on an electric car, but the CEO of Tesla Motors says the plan is an “open secret”

GM and Lyft share a ride in a driverless car

General Motors has invested $500m in Lyft, as to the two rev up to get in on the driverless car market

Tesla supercharges autopilot project

Tesla’s Elon Musk has made a personal appeal for more software engineers to join his workforce

Audi takes on Tesla with electric SUV

German carmaker is yet another major manufacturer to enter the growing electric car market

Humans are the only ones putting the breaks on self-driving cars

For the driverless car revolution to be a success, it requires us all to give up our right to drive

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Toyota recalls more cars after software glitch

Toyota has recalled another 625,000 hybrid cars in relation to a software fault, adding to the 8.1 million Takata withdrawals earlier this year and heaping further pressure on the automaker

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Japanese automakers recall 6.5m cars over faulty airbags

Safety concerns tied to faulty airbag inflators have forced Toyota and Nissan to pull millions more cars from the roads

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Toyota’s free patents to drive hydrogen technology revolution

Toyota has made thousands of fuel cell related patents available to others in the industry, in the hope of spearheading the transition to a “hydrogen society”

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Catecar fights against climate change with Dragonfly vehicle

Aeroplanes are polluters, but the businesses that support them can do a lot to offset that. Henri-Philippe Sambuc, CEO of Catecar, explains how his company’s latest electric vehicle is just one example of this

Tesla’s fight with dealership monopoly rattles the car industry

In a series of state bans, car dealerships are slamming US automaker Tesla for selling its own cars. Now car makers and regulators are taking on the powerful auto dealer lobbies in a bid to revolutionise the US car industry

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Google to build self-driving cars

The tech behemoth has announced that it will build its own self-driving cars, as opposed to equipping vehicles from another automaker