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Sunshine strip: solar road panels to power homes

Sunshine strip: solar road panels to power homes

A road covered in a layer of thin solar panels that can help power homes and offices is to be built in the UK next year.
Published 13 December 2016

Me and My Motor: Chris Tarrant

Long before Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? made his face one of the most recognisable on television, Chris Tarrant was the sole resident of an...
Published 13 December 2016
Reader Letters: Roadster heaven, weaving motorbikes, used car mileage, parking tickets and Flummox FM

Reader Letters: Roadster heaven and Flummox FM

The car that beats the Mazda MX-5 and Fiat 124 Spider, the dangers of filtering, how used cars are like dating apps, a parking problem...
Published 13 December 2016
Supersport Supercars: Wrapping up the Caterham series with a Ferrari 488 GTB

Supersport Supercars: Donington in a Ferrari 488

When I joined Autocar magazine as a twenty-one years old roadtester, I was handed a list of dos and don’ts by veteran motoring writer...
Published 09 December 2016
Celebrities join Driving for new weekly Facebook Live chat show

Celebrities join Driving for Facebook Live show

Driving has launched a new series of Facebook Live videos that will put readers in touch with celebrities who want to talk cars.
Published 08 December 2016
More average speed cameras to cut air pollution deaths

More average speed cameras to cut air pollution

Average speed cameras should be used on A-roads and motorways to reduce air pollution, according to the government’s health advisers.
Published 08 December 2016
Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert, would go wild if he lost his Defender

Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert

Ray Mears is the mild-mannered man of bushcraft, most often found in the wilds, eating from the hedgerows and making fire with sticks...
Published 06 December 2016
Reader Letters: Insurance groups and motorway gantry gaffes

Reader Letters: Insurance groups and gantry gaffes

Your correspondence this week includes insight into how smart motorway matrix signs work and more on car insurance premiums can alter...
Published 06 December 2016
First Drive review: 2017 Citroën C3 Touch PureTech 82

First Drive review: 2017 Citroën C3

A video camera with a car attached captures Giles Smith’s attention...
Published 06 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

Once, Honda attempted “the impossible dream” with its slightly weird, slightly fabulous cars. The new Jazz, however, is a nightmare
Published 05 December 2016
Caravaners rejoice: the self-driving car will take the tedium out of towing

Self-driving car takes the tedium out of towing

No list of the most mundane aspects of driving would be complete without including towing a caravan.
Published 05 December 2016
Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished

Life sentence proposed for killer drivers on phone

Plans to hit killer drivers with tougher jail sentences have been drawn up by the government, as it seeks to tackle the rapidly rising problem of
Published 05 December 2016