Self-driving cars
Apple aims to launch self-driving electric car in 2025, says report
The vehicle is rumoured to have no steering wheel or pedals, and the interior has a U-shaped seating plan
Dan Milmo Global technology editor
18, Nov, 2021 @8:55 PM
Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete
Japan’s Aramitsu Kitazono was left with cuts and bruises after being hit by the e-Palette vehicle at the athletes’ village
Paul MacInnes in Tokyo
28, Aug, 2021 @2:59 AM
Humanoid ‘Tesla Bot’ likely to launch next year, says Elon Musk
Billionaire Tesla chief gives no indication of any progress in actually building such a machine
Mark Sweney and Alex Hern
20, Aug, 2021 @3:01 PM
Electric vehicles have a rich past – and a richer future | Letters
Letters: Readers share their views on climate-friendly transportation
Letters
04, Aug, 2021 @3:04 PM
Experts defend electric cars after Allegra Stratton comments
Electric cars able to do long journeys and there are increasing number of chargers on UK roads, say experts
Fiona Harvey
03, Aug, 2021 @4:31 PM
Flying electric car takes off in South Australian desert ahead of Formula One-style races
Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, a four-metre-long multicopter, makes unmanned test flights but team hopes to shift to pilots
Donna Lu
17, Jun, 2021 @8:05 AM
Uber and Arrival team up to produce electric taxis
Startup joins forces with ride-hailing app to produce cars designed for use by Uber drivers
Jasper Jolly
03, May, 2021 @11:01 PM
Electric vehicles on world’s roads expected to increase to 145m by 2030
Under existing climate policies, electric vehicles could wipe out use of 2m barrels a day of diesel and petrol
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
29, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM
US automakers outline rules for auto-driving cars after fatal crashes
Proposals come days after two men in a Tesla were killed in a crash near Houston
Edward Helmore
28, Apr, 2021 @4:49 PM
‘Self-driving’ cars could get green light for use on UK motorways this year
Automated lane-keeping systems likely to be allowed only when traffic is moving slowly
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
27, Apr, 2021 @11:01 PM
Ocado looks to ‘kerb to kitchen’ robot deliveries in £10m Oxbotica deal
Online grocer strikes commercial partnership with Oxford-based self-driving vehicles company
Mark Sweney and Zoe Wood
16, Apr, 2021 @8:10 AM
'A long road': the Australian city aiming to give self-driving cars the green light
Ipswich is an ideal place to trial technology to bring fully self-driving cars to Australian cities. But the project has had to overcome a lot of road bumps
Denise Cullen
20, Mar, 2021 @7:00 PM
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