Transport

Insurance company Axa crashed self-driving cars in the name of research

Of the 13,176 car accidents recorded in Switzerland in 2016, it’s thought around 90 percent were caused by the driver.…

There might be a HS3 route for the North — could it put the UK on the high speed map?

Theresa May is no fan of the Northern Powerhouse initiative which was launched in 2015 by chancellor-turned-newspaper-editor George Osborne. Osborne wrote…

Spending on transport in the UK has fallen sharply — what’s behind it?

UK consumer spending fell for the third month in a row in July, the longest-running slump since February 2013, according…

Thailand finally approves $5.2bn high-speed rail to link Bangkok and China

The first phase of the long-delayed high-speed rail between Bangkok and southern China has finally been approved by Thailand’s military…

Argentina is open for business and these companies want to have a piece of the action

Since the right-leaning Mauricio Macri gained the presidency in 2015, he’s been trying to integrate Argentina back into the international community.…

All aboard: The UK has joined China’s expanding European freight market

Can a direct freight train between China and London deliver stronger trade relations between the two countries? After an 18-day…

From next week you won’t be able to order an Uber in Taiwan

Uber, the minicab app valued at a staggering $66bn, will halt all its services in Taiwan, the east Asian island with a population…

Tech might not change city transport as much as you expect

After a couple of false starts (and then a few more) could transport tech finally be about to transform cities…

Pushing the case for greener hydrogen power in Davos

Last week at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos thirteen company bosses thrashed out the details of a new…