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Britishvolt needs investors within five weeks

The investment bank Lazard has been tasked with sourcing major investment for the financially-imperilled battery firm Britishvolt.
Published 07 November 2022
New Transit van has a tilting steering wheel that acts as a meal tray or laptop stand

New Transit has tilting steering wheel for meals

The tilting steering wheel is set to debut on the Ford Transit Custom van next year, as a stand for laptops or tray table for meals.
Published 04 November 2022
Continental AllSeasonContact all season tyres

All-season tyre test: better than summer & winter?

How good are all-season tyres? The best of both worlds or master of none? We head to Mercedes-Benz World to find out.
Published 04 November 2022
Britishvolt

British EV battery megafactory risks insolvency

Nearly two years after Britishvolt announced a plan to develop a gigafactory in Northumberland, the project is in jeopardy.
Published 01 November 2022
Elon Musk hits back at reports that Tesla ventilators were never delivered to hospitals

Tesla employees now working on Twitter code

Elon Musk has redeployed over 50 trusted Tesla employees to work on Twitter code as he hopes to rapidly redesign how the network operates.
Published 01 November 2022
Landmarks Of The M40 Calendar 2023

The 'boring' M40 calendar that's a road to success

Calendar featuring views of the M40 motorway has picked up orders from all over the world.
Published 01 November 2022
Guglielmo Marconi wireless radio tests with Daimler

The Times archive: first in-car radio trial

Almost exactly 100 years ago, a technology trial by a leading German car maker and a British telecoms firm sowed the seed for in-car audio.
Published 01 November 2022
Jeremy Clarkson 296 GTB review

Jeremy Clarkson's Ferrari 296 GTB verdict is in

Clarkson’s dislike of most hybrid cars is well documented, but when one comes with 819bhp it's a different matter.
Published 31 October 2022
Scary movie cars: The Hearse

Nine of the best cars from scary movies

We've rated nine of the best cars from scary movies - some legendary, some less well-known, but all with a healthy dose of the sinister.
Published 27 October 2022
Ford reveals updated Fiesta

Official: Fiesta axed as company shifts to EVs

Ford is to end production of the Fiesta supermini, and S-Max and Galaxy MPVs, as it focuses on a new all-electric future.
Published 26 October 2022
2023 Lotus Eletre

Lotus Eletre price, power, range

Full specifications and price of the new Lotus Eletre electric SUV have been revealed as the British firm embarks on a new zero-emissions era.
Published 26 October 2022
Gordon Murray Surrey HQ topping out ceremony

Legendary designer's new supercar HQ

Top automotive designer Gordon Murray has completed the first phase of an all-new global headquarters in Surrey.
Published 25 October 2022