Designer of famed car from the opening scene of The Italian Job dies

Designer of famed car from the opening scene of The Italian Job dies

The man who designed the Lamborghini seen racing up Italian mountain roads in the classic Michael Caine film has died.

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Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets

Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets

The Resolve Political Monitor shows that 43 per cent of voters opposed the vehicle emission plan when asked about the policy in its original form.

  • byDavid Crowe
There’s a far more urgent problem on our streets than kids on e-bikes
Opinion
Cycling

There’s a far more urgent problem on our streets than kids on e-bikes

The state government must stop treating cycleways as local novelty projects. They are part of the solution,not the problem.

  • byAnish Bhasin
Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world

Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world

Bloated cars are effectively holding up a knuckleduster-decorated middle finger in the face of climate change.

  • byVivienne Pearson
The tolls have been waived,but debt collectors keep chasing drivers

The tolls have been waived,but debt collectors keep chasing drivers

Toll road users and their lawyers are calling for an end to aggressive debt collection tactics,especially for vulnerable drivers.

  • byRoyce Millar
‘Greener,safer,calmer’:The plan to discourage drivers from central Sydney

‘Greener,safer,calmer’:The plan to discourage drivers from central Sydney

The City of Sydney wants to make the CBD more pedestrian friendly,but will discouraging motorists cause economic harm?

  • byAndrew Taylor
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Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

The average price of an electric vehicle may have to be $31,000 below that of an equivalent petrol passenger car to achieve the government’s take-up targets,a new analysis suggests.

  • byDavid Crowe
Fight over car emissions is as stupid today as it was in the 1980s
Opinion
Emissions

Fight over car emissions is as stupid today as it was in the 1980s

Vested and political interests are using old arguments to slow or stop a change that will reduce our petrol bills and improve our air quality.

  • byShane Wright
‘Bring it on’:The plan to get SUVs,monster utes off Sydney’s roads

‘Bring it on’:The plan to get SUVs,monster utes off Sydney’s roads

Paris residents voted to triple parking fees for big cars. Should Sydney do the same to make its streets safer?

  • byAndrew Taylor
Council could slug ‘truckzillas’,utes and SUVs with higher parking fees

Council could slug ‘truckzillas’,utes and SUVs with higher parking fees

Yarra City Council is being asked to discourage large and heavy vehicles,including imposing “proportionate parking fees” based on a vehicle’s size.

  • byRachael Dexter
Tesla quits car industry group over ‘false’ Australian pollution caps claims

Tesla quits car industry group over ‘false’ Australian pollution caps claims

Tesla has severed ties with Australia’s key auto industry group,accusing it of making false claims to try to water down pollution limits for new vehicles.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley