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News: Jaguar XE can be started by mobile phone

Good news for Japanese macaques with a passion for new technology
Published 19 August 2014
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News: Cars could tell drivers to stop using mobile...

Your car may soon be able to sound an alarm if it thinks you’re holding a mobile phone while driving.
Published 19 August 2014
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News: App lets you book a parking space from your dashboard

A new app for Mini owners will enable them to book a nearby parking space via the dashboard of their car, ending the need to drive around searching...
Published 11 August 2014
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News: Vibrating shoe insoles could give drivers smart...

You've heard of a “seat of the pants” driving experience; now enthusiast drivers may soon be able to add “heel of the shoe” thrills...
Published 05 August 2014
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Paper maps surrender to sat nav

The days of the dog-eared road atlas in the glove compartment are numbered: 2014 is expected to be the first year in which the majority of drivers...
Published 05 August 2014
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News: Driverless cars to be tested in Britain. Scapegoats...

Tests of driverless cars will begin on UK roads next year but the motor industry has let slip a key condition: they will still need drivers...
Published 05 August 2014
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Driving tests the Citroën's Airbump protection

The new Citroën C4 Cactus is the world's first bubble-wrapped car. Driving puts it to the test.
Published 30 July 2014
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News: UK to allow driverless cars on public roads from...

Like it or not, the steady cruise towards driverless cars is looking increasingly inevitable after the UK government today set out its plans to follow...
Published 30 July 2014
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Drivers go back to basics to defeat hi-tech thieves...

Organised criminals make light work of hi-tech keyless entry systems, so police are recommending a radical solution, reports Nick Gibbs. Now where...
Published 28 July 2014
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News: Eagle-eyed Volvo takes risk out of turning right

Volvo is preparing to launch a car that will watch traffic at junctions and then hit the brakes if you’re about to pull into the path of another...
Published 28 July 2014
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Look, no hands: How close is the car of the future?

What is the car of the future? When will it get here? And how will we recognise it?
Published 18 July 2014
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Land Rover technology gets handsy

Land Rover calls it gesture control but to the rest of us, it could be a demonstration of the law of unintended consequences...
Published 14 July 2014