Toyota has plans to invest £387m in Uber and expand a partnership to mutually develop self-driving cars. The company said this would involve the ‘mass-production’ of autonomous vehicles that would be organised on Uber’s ride sharing network. The partnership is being developed as a way for both organisations to catch up with competitors in the [...]

After a 16,000-kilometer drive, polar explorer Marek Kaminski has arrived in Japan, having started his landmark #NoTraceExpedition in Poland three months earlier in the new Nissan LEAF. Marek’s eco-friendly trip took him from Zakopane, Poland through eight countries over two continents and a host of varying driving conditions, passing through Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China [...]

McLaren Automotive has announced the appointment of Brett Soso as the new regional director for the Middle East, Africa and Latin America region. Brett succeeds Andreas Bareis who is now vehicle line director – McLaren Super Series. With 24 years of experience in the automotive industry, Brett will be based out of Bahrain where the [...]

International operators will be hit with new red tape as they become ‘carriers’ of goods in ‘no-deal’ Brexit plans announced by the government. The ‘Trading with the EU if there’s no Brexit deal’ technical notice says that hauliers would be responsible for their own Safety and Security Declarations – a new move for the industry. [...]