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Ford Motor Company announces recall of 2023–2024 Ford Transit vans (NHTSA 26V061000)
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Ford Motor Company has announced a recall covering some 2023–2024 Ford Transit vans. The action is listed in the NHTSA...
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Tyre noise: why even quiet tyres can hum - advice from Gazprombank Autoleasing’s Alexander Kornev
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Tyre noise is not necessarily a sign of poor-quality tyres - in most cases, the root cause lies in a...
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Harnes: 12-year-olds stopped in dad’s Audi after Snapchat joyride
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Council officers in Harnes, near Lens in northern France, believed they were dealing with an everyday traffic stop. What they...
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Windscreen stickers in 2026: what you must display and why
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Here is everything you need to know on the subject. In 2026, you’ll be surprised to learn that there are...
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Bloomberg: Tesla may soon support Apple CarPlay
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According to Bloomberg, Tesla is reportedly working on bringing CarPlay support to its vehicles. After holding out for a long...
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National Assembly votes to freeze the ecological malus cap for new vehicles in 2028
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The National Assembly has delivered a surprising U-turn by voting to freeze the cap on the ecological malus applied to...
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Tesla, Elon Musk and the Global EV Alliance study: are politics hurting sales?
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This year, Tesla’s sales fell at roughly the same time as Elon Musk took on a high-profile role in American...
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Peugeot returns as principal partner of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard for five years
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A renewed partnership that brings back memories of this club’s finest years. In 2015, Peugeot caused a stir when it...
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Can You Legally Exceed the Speed Limit to Overtake?
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It nearly always plays out the same: a queue of cars trapped behind a lorry, a rare straight stretch, and...
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Saudi Arabia’s quiet pause in autonomous transport under Vision 2030
Hannah Whitfield
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One late-autumn morning, people heading to work in Riyadh realised the small white autonomous shuttle that had been looping around...
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Subaru WRX surfaces in Epstein case: manual gearbox derailed the deal
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5 February 2026, 08:41 Photo credit: A. Krivonosov Epstein’s emails have revealed an episode involving the choice of a Subaru...
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Poland launches second SIGINT ship under Saab’s DELFIN programme
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Poland has put to sea its second purpose-built signals intelligence vessel, widening a low-profile yet steadily more important capability as...
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The 82% Child Car Seat Mistake Most Parents Make
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The first time a safety engineer fitted my child’s car seat, I was hit by two feelings at once: huge...
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Driving in heavy snow warnings: why UK drivers go anyway
Hannah Whitfield
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On the hard shoulder of the M1, the snow doesn’t drift down gently. It comes at you. Dense, sideways slabs...
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Winter Storm Warning: Up to 76 Inches and Road Closures Explained
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Before sunrise, the town is oddly noisy. It isn’t the usual rush of cars, but the scrape of snowploughs, the...
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When 55 inches is an ‘acceptable risk’ for commuters
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A first snowflake taps the windscreen and offers a tempting excuse: it’s only a light sprinkling, nothing to fret about,...
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How One Stalled SUV Froze Los Angeles on the 10
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Just after 5 p.m., the westbound 10 sat under an orange Los Angeles sky like a river of metal that...
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Singularity Italy Summit: How AI and Mobility Shape Five Machines for 2026
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At the Singularity Italy Summit, engineers, designers and riders explored the ways AI is likely to influence the vehicles we...
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I drove my Volkswagen Passat 30,000 km without an oil change - then lifted the valve cover
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I crossed the line: I drove my old Volkswagen Passat for 30,000 km without changing the oil, and kept telling...
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A Reliable Carmaker Says EVs Aren’t Its Core Strategy-And Investors Flinch
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A carmaker known for dependability has just signalled to the market that fully electric vehicles (EVs) are not the centre...
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The Deer Warning Sign You Think You Understand, But Don’t
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The first time I properly clocked the sign, I was sitting at a red light outside a supermarket, late-afternoon sun...
