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Martin Donnelly was a racing driver in Formula 3, Formula 3000, and eventually Formula One, until a serious crash ended his racing career.

The automotive industry is changing. We now fully understand how the emissions from cars impact the atmosphere, and with time running out to reach a zero-carbon economy, some governments are looking t...

Safety has always been a top priority for motorsport. In 1981 McLaren revolutionised Formula One by creating the first race car out of carbon fibre: the MP 4/1. Thanks to its lightweight design, it wo...

While the car has existed in various forms for over a hundred years, one crucial invention helped make it safer, has likely prevented thousands of deaths, and is used every day around the world: the w...

Autonomous cars are the future of driving. According to some in the industry, we’ll have fully autonomous vehicles on our roads in the next decade. Truly autonomous cars should allow a person to enter...

Autonomous cars promise to revolutionise the way we get from place to place. No group was poised to benefit more from this new technology than the 36 million blind or 217 million visually impaired peo...

The car is one of the most important inventions in modern history. It has revolutionized how we get around, allowed millions of people to have more control over their lives, and created a billion doll...

Because of their lack of combustion engines, electric vehicles run far more quietly than traditional petrol cars. Initially this was considered just another benefit of the coming widespread shift to e...

Cars have, for as long as they’ve existed, had wheels. Wheels are efficient, reliable, and allow vehicles to move at speed.

Car manufacturers are constantly trying to improve the quality of their vehicles in different ways, whether through a more competitive price, better security, more attractive design, or improved energ...

The motorsport industry is one of the most exciting sectors an engineer could work in. It represents the cutting-edge of the skill, and pushes forward the automotive market with developments and innov...

The UK’s decision to leave the EU was officially announced on June 23th 2016, yet there’s still no consensus on the impact Brexit will have on the UK automotive market. Whether a deal is reached or no...