Cars news, articles and features | Page 7 | New Scientist

Skip to content

uber app

Technology

Uber's major pile-up with London's regulators is no big surprise

Obsessed with their technology's disruptive potential, fast-moving outfits like Uber have long been on a collision course with regulation, says Paul Marks

Comment

Cyclist carrying Flow

Technology

A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads

News

Refuelling hydrogen vehicle

Technology

Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

News

drive on left warning sign

Technology

Old Scientist: How to make a car chase really boring

Regulars

electric car charging station

Health

UK ban on polluting cars by 2040 is just a cynical smokescreen

Analysis

Volvo XC90 SUV

Technology

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

Comment

France plans to ban all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040

Earth

France plans to ban all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040

News

taxi

Technology

UK's first public autonomous taxi trial to begin soon

News

flag

Health

Don't forget the lessons of deadly lead

Leader

Midgley

Technology

Inventor hero was a one-man environmental disaster

From poisonous cars to the destruction of the ozone layer, Thomas Midgley almost single-handedly invented a global environmental crisis, finds Fred Pearce

Features

Earth

UK government to be taken back to court again over air pollution

News

Earth

Unshackled, big auto will keep choking the world on diesel fumes

Comment

Earth

Diesel fumes lead to thousands more deaths than thought

News

Earth

UK's plan to clean up its air is still inadequate, critics say

News