Should the first autonomous cars have a steering wheels and pedals, or not?

The Tesla Model S sedan is now the third-fastest car in the world, the luxury electric automaker announces.

COMMENT: You actually don't need to be that attentive to drive safely.

Ford says its vision of a driverless Uber is only five years away.

COMMENT: We ought to remember the "magic" hits the market long before they live up to their promise.

Transport represents 26 per cent of America's total greenhouse gas emissions.

I knew Tesla had a problem when everyone started telling me to "be safe."

An crash in China has raises fresh questions about new car autopilots.

Tesla is expanding retail operations as it targets production of 500,000 vehicles by 2018.

BIG READ: Self-driving cars are the future, not fantasy, says an expert on the technology - and it isn't far away.

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.

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

COMMENT: The thought of letting my car drive itself seemed frightening. Then I let go of the steering wheel.

The US is to spend billions to help develop driverless technology for long-haul trucks - but not on trains.

Is this stuff safe? What can't it do? All your questions, answered.

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.

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.

The Chinese owner of the London Taxi Co has raised $400 million for a project to electrify its iconic black cabs.

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.

COMMENT: John Key should be looking to Canada for inspiration, where Justin Trudeau has made a commitment for his Government's limos to go electric, writes Barry Soper.

Electric cars will soon be allowed to drive in bus lanes, the Government has revealed. The rule change is part of a long-awaited plan to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand.