This year was the first in which EVs outnumbered ICE racers in the main Formula Student field Formula Student has established itself as a proving ground for motorsport's top engineering talents It’s April. You’ve been toiling away at university for the past three years, lectures are finally drawing to a

America's most mysterious mailbox is useful as aliens lack internet access We drive a Hyundai Santa Cruz to the top secret base – and find the US's most mysterious postbox A lone black mailbox alongside the Extraterrestrial Highway is stuffed with letters addressed to aliens the American government supposedly

Additional rates, especially for public chargers, aims to avoid drivers being left out of pocket His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has introduced a new rate for claiming back the cost of using public chargers for drivers who use company-owned EVs. It follows criticisms that the single-tier system wasn’t matching what they were spending. From

EU emissions regs will force an end to the RS3 as we have known it; new variant to get track-focused package Audi is priming a track-focused special edition of the RS3 as it celebrates the hot hatch’s signature five-cylinder engine, with the unit under threat from forthcoming EU emissions regulations. The new variant

Next-generation E-Class PHEV could use a BMW-supplied engine Tie-up could result in Mercedes using rival's four-pot for its next-generation PHEVs and range-extenders Mercedes-Benz is in advanced talks about potentially using BMW's four-cylinder petrol engines for a wide range of future cars, as part of a radical rethink of its ICE strategy prompted

Sportier version of family SUV is revealed in Japan with 201bhp and trick dampers The Nissan X-Trail Nismo has been revealed in Japan as a sporting version of the brand’s family SUV, gaining a more aggressive look and chassis upgrades. Key to the package is a set of new swing-valve dampers supplied

New awards will celebrate rising automotive talent from under-represented backgrounds There is still time to submit your nominations for the Autocar Drivers of Change: New Talent awards - ahead of entries closing on 10 September. Held in association with the SMMT, the Drivers of Change awards – returning with a new focus after a