A Nissan LEAF electric car has become the first car to test autonomous driving on a stretch of Japanese motorway. Nissan took a model of its fully-electric supermini to the Sagami Expressway in t...
The new 2014 Honda Fit Hybrid (known as the Jazz Hybrid over here) has been crowned Japan Car of the Year. Benefitting from better kit as standard and increased interior space, the third-generati...
While most major carmakers are focusing on electrification, Mercedes-Benz - along with the likes of Honda, Hyundai and Toyota - has refused to throw in the towel on fuel cell technology: and now it...
A deal to delay the introduction of new noise legislation will mean Europeans won’t benefit from quieter cars for another 15 years. According to environmental lobby group, Transport and Environmen...
Toyota has won a £1.5 million contract to supply a fleet of hybrid cars to Itec-an international print and document processing business. With an order for more than 60 hybrid vehicles, the deal w...
Recently unveiled in the UK—the Spark-Renault SRT_01E electric race car has successfully made its track debut, completing 40 laps on the La Ferté Gaucher circuit near Choisy-le-Roi, France. The fu...
SEAT has taken the lead in solar power generation, installing the biggest solar panel array in the automotive industry, with a staggering 53,000 panels now fitted at its Martorell manufacturing pla...
With the changeover to Euro 6 looming, Volkswagen has announced a huge investment in its automotive division: set to run over the next five years. The German carmaker will pour ?84.2billion into t...
The Tokyo Motor Show provided the ideal backdrop for Mazda to introduce a host of new engine types for the latest Mazda3 model. Known in Japan as the Mazda Axela, the vehicle will be available wit...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. On March 28, 2011, I jumped in my friend's Morris Minor and rode the 45 miles or so from my house on the outskirts of North Bristol to Wincanton, Somerse...