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Smartphone apps could soon replace car keys

Smartphone apps could soon replace car keys

The traditional car key could soon be phased out, as part of a new collaborative effort to replace them with mobile phone-based "digital keys".
Published 26 June 2018
Student, 20, filmed being dragged from car by police and pulling officer's hair

Student, 20, filmed dragged from car by police

A student was dragged from her car by police after her friend stuck her head through a car sunroof in Arcata, California.
Published 26 June 2018
Stunning one-off Lamborghini Miura SVR fully restored

Lamborghini restores one-off Miura SVR

Lamborghini has completed the restoration of perhaps the most special Lamborghini Miura of all: the one-off Miura SVR.
Published 26 June 2018
Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning racing car

Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning car

A racing driver was saved by his dad after getting trapped in his burning car at the South Boston Speedway track, Virginia.
Published 25 June 2018
Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak hill climb record

Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak record

The all-electric Volkswagen ID R prototype racing car has smashed the outright record at the Pikes Peak hill climb course by a whole 16 seconds.
Published 25 June 2018

Drivers still unaware of harsher mobile penalties

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of drivers remain unaware of the penalties associated with being caught using a handheld phone
Published 25 June 2018
Californian police release bear trapped in Subaru Outback

Video: Police release bear trapped in car

Police in California recently undertook an unusual rescue mission, after releasing a bear that had managed to trap itself in a car.
Published 25 June 2018
Classic car hire now offered through AirBnB

AirBnB to offer classic car hire service

The online lodging broker AirBnB has broadened its horizons into an unlikely new market: the classic car hire business.
Published 25 June 2018

Test Bench: External computer drives

You don't need to spend loads to get acres of computer storage space.
Published 24 June 2018

Apps: Broadband speed checkers

An appropriately quick rundown of three of the best Internet speedchecker apps out there.
Published 24 June 2018

Tech: why does a paper map beat using GPS?

If you rely on GPS to navigate through unfamiliar streets, you may make more mistakes. Let your brain take the strain instead.
Published 24 June 2018
Volkswagen and Ford in develop commercial vehicles in surprise "strategic alliance"

VW and Ford to form "strategic alliance"

In a sign of the ever-changing face of the modern motor industry, car giants VW Group and Ford are joining forces in "strategic alliance".
Published 22 June 2018