Ford tripling the size of its self-driving car fleet : Ford has announced it will triple the number of self-driving cars in its current fleet to 30 in order to hasten its advancements on the technology. The automaker is planning…

General Motors (GM) has announced it will invest $500m in Uber rival Lyft in order to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars. The two companies said the partnership was based on the shared view that self-driving cars will first…

California cautiously legislating for driverless cars : Californian legislators are cautiously opening the door to driverless cars, but will insist that the vehicles are installed with steering wheels to protect against failures of the automatic system. The landmark approach by…

£29 million Lincoln Transport Hub : City of Lincoln Council’s planning committee have recently approved plans expected to change the face of Lincoln City centre. The city-centre project will bring together a new bus station combined with a revitalised transportation…

Building Bloodhound : Stuart Nathan looks at the role that manufacturing technology has played in bringing Bloodhound SSC to life The Land Speed Record is one of the most extreme tasks any engineering structure can undergo. By definition taking a…