For architects, cars are the stars
If Norman Foster's design for a new London bus to replace the Routemaster really does happen in 2012, it'll be a first. Not the first London bus to ever arrive on time, but the first time an architect has succe...
Renault, JLR, Nissan and Toyota drive car industry towards sustainability
Given its heavy reliance on raw material and legislative duties that place emphasis on the reuse and recycling of end-of-life vehicles, Europe's automotive industry is perfectly positioned to accelerate the...
Hitler’s car exerts grim fascination even if it just gave the Führer a lift to the airport
It’s a warm, dry afternoon in the mountains of Coto de Caza, a gated community located an hour’s drive south-east of Los Angeles, and Major General William Lyon is showing me a used car.“It’s wonderful to d...
Automobile clubs consider leaving the FIA
The automobile clubs that called for Max Mosley to resign as president of the FIA were last night digesting the governing body's decision to keep the 68-year-old in his post and warned they could ultimately dec...
Is a sustainable car industry just a pipe dream?
SUVs get a bad rap. Hulking great gas-guzzlers, they clog up city streets, belch out CO2 and depreciate faster than the spinning price digits on a petrol pump.Now car manufacturers are wising up. With regul...
French rightwingers call for extension of burkini ban
France’s political row over the burkini continued to rage on Friday, as the French right stepped up its call for the garment to be outlawed nationwide despite a decision by the country’s highest administrative ...
Why theatre can’t resist planes, trains and automobiles
In contrast to television, which comes to you, the oldest form of drama demands that audiences go to it. The spread of NT Live and other performance broadcasts means that the venue is now as likely to be a cine...
In Riyadh and the Riviera, women have to fight for the right to be themselves
So, after all the sound and fury, the burkini fiasco est fini. On Friday, the French courts overturned the ban, once again allowing women to wear whatever they want on the beaches and poolsides of France. The F...
There’s No Place Like Home for Early-Stage Mobile App Development
Purchasers and businesses are growing greater dependent on mobile gadgets for normal responsibilities. A 2015 Pew research middle look at revealed that “nearly -thirds of Americans are actually cellphone owners...
Japan’s biggest airline grounds its Dreamliners over engine problem
ANA’s decision to replace a key engine part, possibly on all 50 of its Dreamliners, is the latest in a series of glitches to have plagued the fuel-efficient plane since it made its maiden commercial flight – th...