Each week there are 33,570 fewer cars on the roads during the morning rush hour thanks to carpooling, public transport and extra walking and cycling options.

The Tesla car at the centre of the first 'auto-pilot' fatality was travelling at nearly 120kph when it crashed into a truck.

Tesla may well stumble because it is trying to do too much too fast, but Musk's vision is sound.

Can Chinese companies continue to get away with counterfeiting of car designs?

Tesla's Gigafactory in the Nevada Desert is finally nearing completion.

Andrew Brooking has locked the three heavy gates to his Rotorua car yard for the last time, after they could not keep out crooks.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay hackers who expose deficiencies in its car software.

Turners Group will buy Auckland car dealer network Buy Right Cars for $15.3 million in cash and shares.

Police are asking the public to be vigilant after a "handful" of petrol thefts in the Whanganui East area. "If they're driving

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A man has died in a crash in Selwyn, Canterbury after two cars collided on West Coast Rd in Kirwee shortly after 5pm.

Motorists will pay $65 less for car registration fees as part of a raft of changes which come into effect tomorrow.

An old stereotype is at the centre of a potential billion-dollar class action case against an alleged 70,000 dodgy cars.

Money paid to owners of Volkswagen cars that fooled emissions tests is not a victory for clean air.

It is the largest consumer-auto payout and environmental-auto payout in US history.

Hisashi Taniguchi tries to sync millennia-old teachings with efforts to make AI part of everyday life.

The Australian billionaire building the ultimate mega-millionaire boy's toy in NZ is on schedule to have a prototype racing car finished in months.

Autonomous vehicles that protect pedestrians first win a moral vote - but would you ride in one?

Electric vehicles will drive a huge transformation of the grid - for better or worse.

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a driverless concept car - the first of its kind - which promises to flaunt its owners' importance.

Japan's crackdown is driven by data-faking.

Plans to test dummies in back seats in new models as part of its 5-Star Safety Ratings Program will begin in 2019.

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

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

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

A rental car company says it will pay out after a Masterton man posted his frustrations on Facebook over an insurance battle after a tourist hit his family car.

Ford Motor paid $199,950 - $55,000 more than the sticker price - to buy one of the first SUVs made by Tesla so it could test and examine the electric vehicle.

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