Patrick Mcgee
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Waymo to make self-driving data set public to fuel research
- Technology
- August 21, 2019, 16:40
In a bid to shorten the lengthy process of teaching cars to drive themselves, Waymo announced on Wednesday that it would make “the largest fully self-(...)

European car groups face huge profit hit to cut emissions
- Transport & Tourism
- April 16, 2019, 16:50
While the auto industry gathers in Shanghai for one of the big automotive gatherings of the year, the focus is not only on a declining Chinese market (...)

Owen Roe: 'How can you study Beckett and not know anything about Laurel and Hardy?'
- Stage
- March 23, 2019
Owen Roe takes his comedy seriously. A few years ago, on tour in the US with the Gate’s production of Endgame, he was aghast to discover during a semi(...)

VW licenses electric chassis to rival start-up
- Motors
- March 4, 2019, 19:12
Volkswagen has agreed to license its electric chassis to a German start-up in a new phase for the world’s largest carmaker as it seeks to rapidly beco(...)

VW alerts authorities over emission software concerns
- Transport & Tourism
- December 23, 2018, 16:23
Volkswagen has informed Germany’s transport authority that half a million cars recalled for a fix after the diesel scandal may still be equipped with (...)

VW says €30bn investment in electric cars not enough for EU targets
- Transport & Tourism
- December 18, 2018, 15:20
New emission targets from the EU will be so difficult to meet that Volkswagen, the world’s largest maker of cars, said its €30 billion effort to roll (...)

Germany recalls 100,000 Opel cars in diesel investigation
- Transport & Tourism
- October 15, 2018, 16:55
Germany’s transport ministry issued a recall of nearly 100,000 Opel cars on Monday, just hours after the carmaker’s headquarters was raided by authori(...)

Geely buys $9bn stake in Mercedes owner Daimler
- Transport & Tourism
- February 23, 2018, 19:41
Geely has acquired close to 10 per cent of Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler for about $9 billion (€7.32 billion), becoming its largest shareholder in the l(...)

Volkswagen revival: what went so right?
- Motors
- January 18, 2018, 09:56
If you had invested in Volkswagen a day before the diesel scandal was exposed in September 2015, your stock would not only be up 10 per cent by now, i(...)

Steering parts shortage stalls BMW car production
- Transport & Tourism
- May 29, 2017, 06:46
BMW was unable to complete the building of thousands of luxury cars this week because of production problems. A shortage of steering systems from Bos(...)