The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today.
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Dacia moves Duster production to Europe after rust issues surface
Dacia has moved production of right-hand drive Duster models from India to Europe, after dozens of cases of rust emerged.
GM invests in seeing machines distraction recognition technology
General Motors has announced that over the next five years it will fit 500,000 cars with technology that tracks head movements to determine whether the driver is becoming distracted.
Tesla chief says self-driving cars just around corner
US electric car maker Tesla is developing technology that could see vehicles run on “full auto pilot” in as little as five or six years, according to its chief executive Elon Musk.
The colourful entrepreneur said his firm was stepping on the accelerator in the race against rivals such as Google and Volvo to create a driverless car, which could revolutionise the road by drastically cutting mortality rates.
Carmakers must respect drivers who are leery of new tech features
By Ben Klayman
Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said new technologies that allow cars to talk to each other and drive themselves may scare some people, so the industry will need to allow consumers to opt out of such features.
