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Ford, Samsung team up to kill the lead battery for good

If you’ve ever picked up a car battery, you’ll know that its weight can be pretty damn substantial, and that’s hardly ideal in a…

Here’s what 30 years of Renault Espace looks like [Gallery]

When it comes to people carriers, there are few models that have had as long and as successful a run as the Renault Espace….

8 movies where the cars were the real stars

Movies without a vehicle of some sort either aiding production or featured in the filming is virtually non-existent nowadays. Often though, (awesome) screenwriters and…

Audi’s stylish RS7 TFSI focuses on performance without sacrificing economy

Audi has revealed details of its revised RS7 Sportback sedan, that will retail in Germany later this year for around US$154 000. The Ingolstadt-based…

2015 Ford Mustang design holds as much suave as it does attitude

The 2015 Ford Mustang holds as much flavour in design as it does in attitude. Though not on the market yet, there were recent…

6 performance vehicles that prove big SUVs donâ€™t have to be boring

Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs to you and me) that spend the vast majority of their cushy lives wafting about on tarmac â€“ rather than…

Uber keen to replace drivers with self-driving cabs in the future

Google recently unveiled its self-driving car prototype to the world. It’s to no-one’s surprise then that it got people talking about how this might…

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

TDK has responded to developing market needs with a new range of advanced inertial measurement units (IMU) for automotive applications. The Japanese electronics giant…

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

Data centres will command power equivalent to the entire Japanese power grid by 2030. It’s a startling prediction and one that infrastructure futurists, data…

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

Perhaps the most iconic of all light tactical vehicles is the Toyota Land Cruiser Technical. These pickup trucks have been a platform of choice…

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history

JLR’s Range Rover might be the most profitable vehicle it markets, but the Defender generates the highest volume of revenue. It has become the…

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy

Luca de Meo has left his tenure as CEO of Renault, having led one of France’s most important companies for five years. The Italian…

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Gemini will soon enhance the in-cabin infotainment experience for Volvo owners, thanks to a new agreement with Google. Volvo was an early pioneer of…

Everest better at exploring than Explorer

Everest isn’t available to American buyers. But its platform-twin Ranger is. Are American Ford fans who like the idea of a more compact three-row…

Trail Boss badge comes to BEVs

Trail Boss has a proven reputation amongst off-road adventure drivers, but has Chevrolet unintentionally got its new model timing perfect? By virtue of delay?…

Quartermaster is unquestionably cool – and capable

Ineos has done what Land Rover could not, reviving its original Defender’s spirit. The independently financed British brand has created the fantasy off-road exploration…