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All-electric rallycross leads motorsport’s transition away from petrol

World rallycross goes all-electric this year, the first FIA-sanctioned motorsport to eschew petrol. In our latest video, New Scientist goes trackside to find out more

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Kevin Hansen and Niclas Groenholm perform during the World Rallycross Championship in Hell, Norway on August 13, 2022.

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Driverless cars could force other road users to drive more efficiently

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Driverless cars can be tricked into seeing red traffic lights as green

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Fix the Planet newsletter: Solving charging anxiety for electric cars

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Google and Waymo used driverless cars to make a virtual San Francisco

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Google and Waymo used driverless cars to make a virtual San Francisco

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Waymo's autonomously driven Jaguar I-PACE electric SUV

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Google and Waymo used driverless cars to make a virtual San Francisco

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Hong Kong’s car pollution sensors help it clean its air in world first

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A driverless car that went rogue could be a taste of the robo uprising

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A driverless car that went rogue could be a taste of the robo uprising

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Jenson Button: ‘Extreme E is great racing without combustion engines’

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock (10421309a) This Jan. 12, 2019, photo captured by a Mobile Phone Detection Camera and released by Transport for NSW shows a driver using a mobile phone while driving in Australia. Australian state New South Wales is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said, Australia's most populous state was the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls. The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said Australia Distracted Drivers - 23 Sep 2019

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Australia’s AI cameras catch over 270,000 drivers using their phones

The proportion of drivers in New South Wales illegally using their mobile phones has dropped fivefold since AI cameras began catching offenders

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Electric cars expected to outsell diesel ones in the UK next year

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What’s next now Tesla is worth a trillion dollars?

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What’s next now Tesla is worth a trillion dollars?

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Why self-driving cars could be going the way of the jetpack

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Why self-driving cars could be going the way of the jetpack

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Should we all wear sensors to avoid being run over by driverless cars?

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