Category: Motoring

San Fransisco – Just after wreaking havoc on Tesla stock this past week, Elon Musk was back with his attention-grabbing Twitter posts over the weekend, when he said it would be good to install games like Minecraft and Pokemon Go in Tesla cars. “Minecraft has amazing legs,” the Tesla CEO said in a Twitter post. […]

Reports from various publications have confirmed that Audi will be bowing out of the German Touring car (DTM) series at the end of the 2020 season. It was reported on Monday that the Ingolstadt-based carmaker has been mulling over the decision to exit DTM before the coronavirus crisis. Audi wants to shift focus to return […]

He died at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Parkinson’s disease, a family spokeswoman told US media. Mr Iacocca is also remembered for his appearances in Chrysler ads in the US, pointing at viewers and telling them: “If you find a better car, buy it!” In a statement, the company said it was […]

Uber Technologies Inc unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington on Wednesday as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions. Uber said the new production XC90 will be assembled by Volvo Cars in Sweden and have human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals, but also with factory-installed steering […]

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Tuesday said its voice-controlled assistant will feature in local vehicles from Audi AG, Renault SA and Honda Motor Co Ltd, as the tech giant expands in artificial intelligence. The Tmall Genie Auto smart speaker will allow drivers to use voice commands to, for instance, place orders on Alibaba’s online […]

Volkswagen (VW) says a modernisation plan is to result in 4,000 job losses The German carmaker said a €4bn (£3.5bn) drive for digitalisation over the next three and a half years would see non-production roles hit though it did not foresee any compulsory redundancies. At the same time, the company said, 2,000 roles would be […]

Google Maps is introducing a feature that will alert drivers to roadblocks and speed cameras. The feature will be rolled out in 40 countries, including South Africa. The current speed limit will be visible in the bottom corner of the app, while speed traps will show up as icons on the roads. According to TechCrunch, the […]

The inquest into Reshall Jimmy’s death continued on Monday, trying to establish whether the man’s fiery end was the fault of Ford. John Loud, an American forensic expert, testified for the motoring giant that they were not to blame. After Jimmy’s death, Ford recalled around 4,000 Kugas when more fires erupted. Loud compiled a report […]

The South African arm of Nissan will spend R3 billion equipping its local plant to build the Japanese carmaker’s new Navara model, the unit’s boss said on Wednesday. Capacity at Nissan’s plant in Rosslyn, near Pretoria, will increase by 30,000 units in the first phase, Mike Whitfield, managing director at Nissan South Africa said, while the plant’s […]

Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU. The Department for Transport said the system would also apply in the UK, despite Brexit. Campaigners welcomed the move, saying it would save thousands of lives. Road safety charity Brake […]