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Ranger Raptor takes high-speed desert test

Ford have put the Ranger Raptor to the ultimate endurance test and vehicle dynamics lead Simon Johnson is impressed. Johnson and his team have recently returned from an Alice Springs desert endurance test involving1600 km at full race speed.

Warnings about future for dealers

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners is warning dealers and the wider automotive industry about an "uncertain future" that could be brought about by autonomy and car-sharing.

Human-driven cars face UK motorways ban

Human-driven cars could eventually be banned from fully-automated motorways in the United Kingdom. So says Highways England chief executive Jim O’Sullivan who believes such motorways and other main roads could, in future, be restricted to autonomous vehicles only.

Queensland hydrogen industry ready to bloom

The Queensland government is calling on all industry stakeholders to add their two cents about taking hydrogen to the people. Transport, automotive, energy, technology, manufacturing and other industries have until October 17 to respond to the Advancing Queensland's hydrogen industry discussion paper.

Repco sponsors supercars team

Repco and DJR Team Penske signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement that sees the parts supplier become a partner of the Shell V-Power Racing Team. The team races in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.