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Carmakers need to build a new model

COMMENT: Automakers are getting the sense that the business of automotive transportation might be about to change radically.

London taxis raise $400m to electrify fleets

The Chinese owner of the London Taxi Co has raised $400 million for a project to electrify its iconic black cabs.

Apple's China bet on driverless cars

Apple's decision to invest $1 billion in Chinese company Didi is a sign of its growing interest in transportation.

VW's emissions cheat headache just got worse

Norway's $850 billion state pension fund, will join a class action lawsuit brought against the company by private investors in Germany.

Barry Soper: Govt's half-measures on electric cars

COMMENT: John Key should be looking to Canada for inspiration, where Justin Trudeau has made a commitment for his Government's limos to go electric, writes Barry Soper.

Watch: Electric cars given bus lane access

Electric cars will soon be allowed to drive in bus lanes, the Government has revealed. The rule change is part of a long-awaited plan to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand.

Saarinen: Industry disruption accelerates

COMMENT: Electric cars? Who wants those? Well, in the United States at least, lots of people.

Could sharing cars actually boost auto sales?

Analysts say there are a myriad of misconceptions about how the on-demand revolution will affect automakers.

Toyota recalls 2m RAV4 vehicles worldwide

Toyota is recalling 9,436 New Zealand-based RAV4 vehicles manufactured between 2005 and 2014.

Mike's Minute: Electric cars not the future

Mike argues that the government has been sucked into supporting an industry that should be made to stand on their own two feet.

Google's driverless cars the same as a human driver

If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you now legally won't be considered the driver.

Tesla won't give 'super rude' customer car

The customer is always right, goes the saying. But if you're rude, don't expect that maxim to apply universally as one man found ou

Isle of Man looks to self-driving cars

Depending on who you ask, it's either the perfect testing site, or a terrible one.

Those pesky software updates, now coming to a car near you

You hate them on your phone and dread them on your computer -- now, those pesky software updates are coming to your car.

Study: EV to benefit NZ climate change

Electric vehicles have the capacity to make a dramatic impact to the carbon footprint of New Zealand's passenger vehicle fleet.

Small SUVs set to rule US market

The family sedan's decades of dominance are coming to an end: Compact SUVs are the new family car of choice.