Interested in self-driving systems, but don't want to make your own R&D car? This British startup is selling kitted-out Renault Twizy cars with full drive-by-wire capabilities, plus cameras, sensors and an open-source software platform for autonomous car research. We spoke to founder Mark Preston.
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This Tuesday at the Geneva Auto Show, Renault unveiled its electric, autonomous EZ-GO robo-vehicle and ride-hailing concept. It could provide both taxi and Uber drivers with some serious competition in the not-too-distant future.
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Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.
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The 33rd Festival Automobile International awarded The Most Beautiful Car, Supercar, Concept Car, Futuristic City Car, and automotive advertising of 2017, while Land Rover's Gerry McGovern won Le Grand Prix Du Design.
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The Symbioz was Renault's hero show car at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show and it went one brave step further in that it was proposed together with a house as a complete system. Sadly, the premise behind the concept is seriously flawed.
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Renault Sport has a brilliant record when it comes to front-wheel drive performance cars. The latest Megane R.S. has all the hallmarks of a good modern hot hatch, including a powerful turbocharged engine and manual gearbox, and mixes them with high-tech goodies like rear-wheel steering.
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Much of Dacia's recent success is down to the Duster, a low-cost compact four-wheel drive line launched in 2010. The nameplate will enter its third generation in Frankfurt with a bigger, more luxurious take on the formula.
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Back in June, Renault partnered with the UK's Powervault to reuse batteries from electric vehicles in energy storage systems for the home. Now the automotive group has announced the installation of chargers at highway rest stops in Europe that also put second-life EV batteries to work.
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On July 16, 1977, Renault made its first foray into Formula 1 racing. It did so with a car known as the RS01, which was the first Formula 1 car to feature a turbocompressed engine. Now, the automaker is marking the 40th anniversary of that event by introducing a limited-run … teapot?
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Artcurial's Monaco Auction picked a tough gig this year when it was held on the same weekend as the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The world's largest automotive garden party always turns up some gems, though, and this year there were more than a few.
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