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The future of transport: In full flow — how rivers could ease road traffic

The future of transport: In full flow

Innovations such as eco-jets and floating cycle paths could soon bring a buzz back to city rivers and ease road congestion.
Published 29 October 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Uber licence not renewed in London

Ride-hailing firm Uber is "not fit and proper" to be a private hire operator, according to Transport for London (TfL)...
Published 22 September 2017
Not fare: how Uber drivers gang up to exploit passengers

How Uber drivers gang up to exploit passengers

Uber drivers are secretly colluding to cause price surges that allow them to charge customers more, according to research seen by The Times.
Published 11 August 2017
Queens Speech boosts number of electric car charging points

Queen's Speech: EV chargers for motorway services

After limited driving range, the greatest hurdle to more drivers switching to an electric car is often said to be the limited number of public ch
Published 21 June 2017
New Chinese vehicle plant for Midlands signals dawn of electric black cab

Electric cabs on horizon as Midlands plant opens

Britain is to get two new vehicle plants in one. Geely of China has said its new factory in the Midlands will assemble hybrid black cabs and ...
Published 30 March 2017
How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

In 2012 three Japanese tourists in Australia drove their rented car up to its wheel arches on a mudflat and themselves into the annals of...
Published 29 March 2017
New microprocessor steers British company towards driverless cars

New chip steers company towards driverless cars

Britain’s biggest tech company has unveiled a new microprocessor targeted at emerging technologies, including driverless cars.
Published 29 March 2017
Video: Flying car offers commuters speedy escape from gridlock

Video: Flying car offers escape from gridlock

It could be the answer to the congestion crisis gripping our biggest cities: a car that can take to the skies to avoid rush-hour gridlock.
Published 15 March 2017
Uber’s fake "Greyball" app foils undercover regulators looking for law-breaking

Uber’s fake app foils undercover regulators

The taxi-hailing company Uber has been caught using software to fool authorities that have been trying to curtail its service around the world...
Published 11 March 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim

With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that...
Published 05 March 2017
China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

Drivers in the troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang are to be forced to install GPS tracking devices on their vehicles to allow...
Published 01 March 2017
Scorpion-3 hoverbike takes off for extreme commute

Video: Hoverbike takes off for extreme commute

Watch a Star Wars-style hoverbike being tested successfully in Russia.
Published 01 March 2017