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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 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

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

Ford recycling creates 30,000 F-150 bodies worth of aluminium every month

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

The £65m battery technology Institute will bring together the expertise from its 7 founding partner universities- image courtesy of Steve Zylius and UCI.

New rechargeable battery that can charge over 200k times

Siemens new, powerful aircraft electric motor. Image courtesy of Siemens

Airbus and Siemens join forces to develop hybrid electric planes

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and US Navy unveiled its new self-driving ship Sea Hunter during a christening ceremony for the vessel last week - image courtesy of DARPA

DARPA and US Navy unveil autonomous Sea Hunter warship

Flux have launched three high performance affordable e-bike models including the Attack pictured here - image courtesy of Flux.

Flux Electric Bikes look to ‘Trump’ the e-bike market with mid-mounted motor

50 Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell power the new BeeZero car sharing programme by The Linde Group launching this summer in Munich - image courtesy of Hyundai

Hyundai and Linde launch BeeZero, the world’s first fuel cell car sharing service