Spotify-style subscription for hiring cars will be the future of transport

Spotify-style subscription for hiring cars will be the future of transport

You could drive around in a hatchback during the week and hop in a Mustang to cruise down the coast on the weekend.

  • byFelicity Caldwell

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Google bets billions on future beyond advertising
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Google bets billions on future beyond advertising

Waymo driverless cars and other schemes are burning cash,but the web giant can afford it.

  • byMargi Murphy
Wielding rocks and knives,Americans attack self-driving cars

Wielding rocks and knives,Americans attack self-driving cars

The attacks give an early look at public misgivings over the rise of artificial intelligence,with complaints about safety to possible job losses.

  • bySimon Romero
Uber wants to restart self-driving car tests after pedestrian death

Uber wants to restart self-driving car tests after pedestrian death

The company has pledged to put two human backup drivers in each vehicle and take a raft of other precautions to make the vehicles safe.

Why self-driving car company pulled the brake on CEO
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Why self-driving car company pulled the brake on CEO

The murky circumstances surrounding the departure of the Australian founder of one Silicon Valley’s hottest startups is starting to become clearer.

  • byJohn McDuling
They're here:Australia's first driverless vehicle unveiled

They're here:Australia's first driverless vehicle unveiled

RAC WA unveiled the €300,000 ($490,000)'Intellicar'on Wednesday.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Most Australians find driverless cars dangerous,study finds

Most Australians find driverless cars dangerous,study finds

Young people and men were the most likely to use the new technology.

  • byAndrew Brown
Uber and Toyota join forces to build self-driving cars

Uber and Toyota join forces to build self-driving cars

Uber is teaming up with Toyota to build self-driving cars for its ride-hailing service.

Behind the Zoox founder Tim Kentley-Klay's shock departure
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Behind the Zoox founder Tim Kentley-Klay's shock departure

Malcolm Turnbull was not the only Australian brutally ousted in a leadership coup last week.

  • byJohn McDuling
Driverless cabs may be as little as two years away

Driverless cabs may be as little as two years away

Between 2020 and 2025,driverless taxi fleets,operating much like self-driving Ubers,could be cruising on specific roads,Infrastructure Victoria says.

  • byTimna Jacks
We need to find a new way to pay for roads:Infrastructure Australia chair

We need to find a new way to pay for roads:Infrastructure Australia chair

Governments have been asked to scrap vehicle registration fees and the fuel excise and look into"user-pays"models,for example,a congestion tax.

  • byFelicity Caldwell