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Future Vehicles Conference revealed emerging issues playing on the minds of Australia’s automotive industry heavyweights and hard thinkers as vehicle autonomy comes hither. WORDS SCOTT MURRAY PHOTOS SUPPLIED   As…
July 22, 2016

Jaguar Land Rover Goes Auto

British prestige automaker commences testing its autonomous vehicle tech   Jaguar Land Rover is well under way putting its Over the Horizon autonomous vehicle procedures under test conditions as reported…
July 21, 2016

Melbourne to get ‘Electric Avenue’

Future Victorian suburb to be built dedicated to utilizing Tesla Powerwall   YarraBend will be the world's first residential suburb built entirely with home solar panel installations connected to Tesla…
July 20, 2016
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UK CALL FOR SIMPLE SAFETY LINGO

British automotive research centre wants clearer safety terminology for new cars   Thatcham Institute in the United Kingdom, which conducts automotive research including crash testing, has supported British insurer Co-op Insurance as…
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July 20, 2016

HAILED: THERE GO THE BUS DRIVERS

Daimler Benz unveils its fully autonomous city bus of tomorrow The Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with it's partially-autonomous driving technology dubbed 'CityPilot' has been unveiled in The Netherlands by driving itself…
July 19, 2016

ROAD TOLL CALL-TO-ACTION

New car crash testing and road safety bodies demand road toll attention from PM   ANCAP, Australian Automobile Association (AAA) and the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) have released…
July 18, 2016

COLORADO BACK IN THE RING

Holden's Chevrolet-derived Colorado ute returns with a new bag of tricks   Unveiled at Wednesday night's NRL State of Origin game, the updated Holden Colorado has teased a swag of new technology…
July 15, 2016

TESTING TIMES

Suzuki teams up with up-start car rental business   'The Car Test' a car rental start-up business has signed a deal with Suzuki Australia which will offer its vehicles to potential…
July 14, 2016

CRASH DISCOURSE

ANCAP's latest high-scoring test subjects reveal Australian market shortcomings The new Suzuki Vitara and Kia Optima have scored five stars in the latest ANCAP crash testing. Until now, the Vitara and…
July 14, 2016

RENAULT MASTER SHIFTS GEAR

French automaker designs new disability equipment for local communities   The Renault Master 12-seater bus will now receive disability and wheelchair lift equipment fit-outs for local hospitals, welfare organisations and…
July 13, 2016