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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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.

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

Excited New Zealanders now face a long wait to receive Tesla's affordable electric car.

Volkswagen's namesake brand said its March US sales fell 10 percent, declining for a fifth straight month.

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'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.

A young fan of the Lamborghini that was yesterday damaged on High St wants the owner to have a photo of him after a chance meeting with the car late last year.

The owner of a car worth half a million dollars has described the moment he heard his "dream car" had been crashed into on a central Auckland street.

If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you now legally won't be considered the driver.

The customer is always right, goes the saying. But if you're rude, don't expect that maxim to apply universally as one man found ou

Depending on who you ask, it's either the perfect testing site, or a terrible one.

New Zealand new vehicle sales rose to a record in January, as demand for commercial models offset a decline in passenger registrations.

You hate them on your phone and dread them on your computer -- now, those pesky software updates are coming to your car.

The car world is changing and there are four basic changes taking place.