Research and Development

Stripping away superfluous switches, buttons, touchpads and electronics on the steering wheel could save in manufacturing costs - image courtesy of Continental.

Continental aims to replace fiddly steering wheel buttons with gesture controls

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford first to use captured CO2 to make foam and plastic for cars

UK Manufacturing Jaguar Land Rover's world-class engine family has been designed and built from scratch to bring manufacturing back to the UK.

Top prize highlights game-changing UK innovation

The Warwick WMG additive manufacturing 3D printer at work 3D printing a part - image courtesy of WMG.

Forging the future: additive manufacturing

The Made In Space team with a functional duplicate of the Microgravity Science Glovebox enclosure in which its 3D printer is housed in space - image courtesy of Made in Space

Nasa awards $20m contract to Made In Space to develop in-space manufacturing

Volvo autonomous cars include the XC90 Drive Me test vehicle. Several test vehicles have been on the road in and around Gothenburg since 2014 - image courtesy of Volvo.

Volvo autonomous cars to be tested on UK public roads next year

Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Tile to help customers locate lost items with Bluetooth tracking - image courtay of JLR.

JLR partners with Tile to help Discovery Sport owners find their wallets

Inside the paintshop applying the coating to the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus speaker - image courtesy of Bowers & Wilkins

British speaker maker Bowers & Wilkins acquired by Silicon Valley start up

The 2016 Ford Focus Electric vehicle at a charging point - image courtesy of Ford

Ford to take on Chevrolet and Tesla with improved electric vehicle

Nissan convened the Intelligent Mobility Advisory Board at The Crystal in London, a sustainable cities initiative by Siemens and the world's most sustainable events venue - image courtesy of Nissan..jpg

Nissan convenes Intelligent Motoring Advisory Board in London

An artist's impression of the Red Dragon probe on the surface of Mars. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

SpaceX announces Red Dragon Mars mission