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?

Oscar Pistorius has given his first television interview since killing Reeva Steenkamp saying he does doesn’t want to go to jail. Britons have been voting in a referendum on whether or not to stay in the European Union A New Zealander's mural of Prince has been unveiled in the musician's hometown of Chanhassen, Minnesota

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says road tolling could be done by GPS satellite, as opposed to toll gantries or cameras.

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.

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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Selling a six-figure supercar is a lot like parallel parking a six-figure supercar: Both require a deft touch and a little bit of luck.

WATCH: This technology could help make night driving a lot safer.

Analysts say there are a myriad of misconceptions about how the on-demand revolution will affect automakers.

It will take more than Tesla alone to green the global transportation sector.

Registrations increased 3 percent to 12,110 in March from a year earlier, marking the strongest March level since 1984.

Is this the start of the electric car revolution?

Is this the start of the electric car revolution?

The Model 3 could become Tesla's make-or-break moment.

Wall Street analysts agree: Elon Musk's electric-vehicle company is getting ready for something big.

Vehicles moving autonomously is a question of ''when,'' not "if,'' BMW says.

Google's analysis of its first crash deserves a little more explanation.

Who needs a car that reaches 335 kph when we're all stuck in traffic?

Mercedes-Benzoffers the S-Class sedan with a growing array of options such as carbon-fiber trim, heated and cooled cupholders and four types of caps for the tire valves, and the carmaker's robots can't keep up.

Who's to blame for a car crash where nobody is driving?

Toyota is recalling 9,436 New Zealand-based RAV4 vehicles manufactured between 2005 and 2014.

A car that was lovingly restored just in time to carry its owner's daughter to her wedding in March last year will have its own big day today at the Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show.