Does the Australian Grand Prix belong in a public park?
Save Albert Park unsuccessfully campaigned to relocate the Grand Prix to a permanent track. AAP/David CroslingFrom Thursday through Sunday this...
Vehicle
FactCheck: do Australians pay high petrol taxes?
UPDATED ON TUESDAY 22 JULY: See editor’s note below for details on the updates. In this year’s federal budget, the...
Electric vehicles go from status symbol to company workhorse
h If press coverage is any measure, it appears that electric vehicles (EVs) have finally arrived. Tesla’s Model S was...
Spinal cord injury: big hope is cell therapy but exercise is best for now
It's still early days for cell therapy. Michael Dorausch/Flickr, CC BY-SAYou might have heard about Darek Fidyka, the paralysed man...
Online carjacking: do auto manufacturers realise dangers of networked motors?
When your car becomes a computer, your problems just got much bigger. car by Denys Prykhodov/shutterstock.comWhile computers bring great benefits...
Australia’s new emissions rules will put yet another bump in the road for diesels
Diesel cars have been rather controversial lately, as anyone who has been following Volkswagen’s recent tribulations will know. In the...
Getting bike laws right means balancing rights of cyclists and motorists
Motorists in New South Wales must now keep a minimum distance of one metre when passing cyclists. AAP/Richard MilnesFrom March...
Tesla’s gamble on its ‘affordable’ electric car
Tesla announced what it calls its “most affordable” electric vehicle in the Model 3 last week. The car can now...
Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there’s a lot we could all do now
Have you ever left your car running as you wait for a passenger to return from a quick errand? It’s...
How a rugged Soviet relic became one of the car industry’s most iconic survivors
Lada Niva: still going strong. ShutterstockWhen mass market 4x4s first appeared on the scene in the 1970s, I was a...
