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Google will build a car without a steering wheel. It doesn't need one because it drives itself. The two-seater won't be…

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British road safety campaigners have reacted with dismay to continuing delays to their Government's planned reforms of the…

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Toyota is recalling 516,000 vehicles worldwide -- including 430,500 in the US -- for three separate safety problems, including…

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1. Eastern Link road changes and delays

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A day after a baby died from her injuries after being thrown from her mother's lap in a crash, a woman…

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Former New Zealand Rally champion Richard Mason and…

1. Motorsport: Great Scott at the top of first run

Flamboyant Malaysian millionaire Tony Fernandes contrary…

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1. Google: We're building car with no steering wheel

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