A nationwide series of charging stations for electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model S would boost their acceptability and popularity, writes Juha Saarinen.

How does your car rate? Motorists can now assess the safety of their next used vehicle with the release of the 2015 Used Car Safety Ratings guide.

Fernando Alonso wishes he had left Ferrari sooner and, contrary to much speculation, feels he made the right decision to join struggling McLaren's "new project" with Honda.

Few V8 Supercars rounds are more important to Ford's Mark Winterbottom than Sydney Motorsport Park - this season, especially.

IndyCar driver Scott Dixon has only two rounds left in this year's championship to pounce on Juan Pablo Montoya and Graham Rahal and claim his fourth IRL title.

No serious road accident involving a visitor to this country represents good publicity for the tourism industry.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown sits down with Herald transport journalist Mathew Dearnaley to answer questions about motorway tolls, Britomart bottlenecks and more.

A growing number of Germans drivers are opting to car share instead of buying their own cars.

When it came to buying a car, it was the fuel economy of a new Ford Kuga that clinched the deal for Bruce Campbell.

Elon Musk has been compared to Henry Ford and the parallels in production data is striking.

New car registration numbers are at a record high but the rate of growth is slowing.

Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing'an district of Shanghai.

Robbie “Maddo” Maddison rides his dirt bike on the powerful and iconic waves of Tahiti. Source: DC Shoes/YouTube

Australians rated the worst but video taken in Auckland shows New Zealanders are catching on.

Volkswagen is on track to capture the worldwide sales crown three years ahead of its target.

The world's best hard enduro racers took on hundreds of kilometers of grueling Transylvania Wilderness for the 2015 edition of Red Bull Romaniacs. Five tough days of racing, plenty of big crashes, and head-to-head rivalries that came down to the last minutes made for one of the most exciting events in the history of the sport. Source: Red Bull/Youtube

The supercar maker is due to trade on the New York Stock Exchange by early 2016.

Business columnist Barry Ritholtz makes a forecast about the future of the automotive industry - gasoline-powered cars are toast.

A trusty one-owner ute will go under the hammer tomorrow - after clocking the equivalent of two return trips to the moon, or a staggering 1.2 million kilometres.

Ford star Mark Winterbottom has taken control of the V8 Supercars championship after completing back-to-back race wins in Townsville.

Nothing annoys generally well-behaved drivers quite so much as having the traffic rulebook thrown at them for a minor transgression.

On a recent trip to Germany, Grant Bradley checked out one of the most advanced automotive factories in the world.

Ford's David Reynolds has broken through for his first V8 Supercars win since 2013 in the final race of the round in Darwin.

Top Gear's new host is both loved and loathed. Here, two fans of the motor show debate whether Jeremy Clarkson has met his match.

Will Power keeps chipping away at Juan Pablo Montoya's IndyCar championship lead despite again falling short of a race win in Toronto.

Nikita Shikov known for his daring and aggressive riding style has become one of the most popular and outstanding driver on the Russian drift scene. In his latest project “Shick” performs on the Sochi Autodrom the Formula One racing circuit in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Source: Red Bull/Youtube

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The BBC is reportedly looking to keep Jeremy Clarkson's former Top Gear co-hosts on the show despite his departure.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says he sees little reason to release the accident reports involving self-driving cars.

Confronted by a shareholder about cash investment, an Apple exec seemed to suggest the automotive industry.