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Colonial Motors posts record high profit

Colonial Motor Company posted a record profit of $19.2m as the new vehicle industry hit its highest level of sales.

Ford's vision for a robotic car

Ford says its vision of a driverless Uber is only five years away.

Don't expect instant gratification from tech

COMMENT: We ought to remember the "magic" hits the market long before they live up to their promise.

Another Tesla crash: Do autopilot critics have a point?

An crash in China has raises fresh questions about new car autopilots.

Tesla opens flagship San Francisco store

Tesla is expanding retail operations as it targets production of 500,000 vehicles by 2018.

Grand theft Auckland: Cars still missing

Two of nine luxury cars worth $500,000 stolen in a Hollywood-style car heist are still missing.

Jaguar the hottest car in the US

Jaguar has rocketed to the front of an increasingly listless crowd of vehicles in America.

Robots ready to take the wheel

BIG READ: Self-driving cars are the future, not fantasy, says an expert on the technology - and it isn't far away.

Cars on Auckland's roads during rush-hour drops

Each week there are 33,570 fewer cars on the roads during the morning rush hour thanks to carpooling, public transport and extra walking and cycling options.

Tesla autocrash: I still feel safe in my self-driving car

COMMENT: The thought of letting my car drive itself seemed frightening. Then I let go of the steering wheel.

Driverless fever is everywhere - except here

The US is to spend billions to help develop driverless technology for long-haul trucks - but not on trains.

The technology behind the Tesla crash, explained

Is this stuff safe? What can't it do? All your questions, answered.

One dead after two-car crash

A man has died in a crash in Selwyn, Canterbury after two cars collided on West Coast Rd in Kirwee shortly after 5pm.

Good news for car owners - fees drop

Motorists will pay $65 less for car registration fees as part of a raft of changes which come into effect tomorrow.

Cliche at the centre of Ford class action case

An old stereotype is at the centre of a potential billion-dollar class action case against an alleged 70,000 dodgy cars.

VW cheques are not the end of dieselgate

Money paid to owners of Volkswagen cars that fooled emissions tests is not a victory for clean air.

VW agrees to pay car settlement

It is the largest consumer-auto payout and environmental-auto payout in US history.

Monk uses age-old wisdom for driverless taxis

Hisashi Taniguchi tries to sync millennia-old teachings with efforts to make AI part of everyday life.