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Range Rover debuts long-wheelbase version at LA Auto Show

Look out 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class and BMW 7 series. And you too, Lexus LS There's a new limo in town, and it's the long-wheelbase Range Rover. In previous years we've noticed that Range Rovers have become a popular alternative to traditional plutobarges, and lately Land Rover has noticed this as well.

MPs call for medicals in whiplash claims

Anyone claiming for whiplash following a crash could be subject to a medical examination before receiving a payout, if MPs get their way. This is a proposal from a report published by the House of Parliament’s transport committee looking at ways to drive down the cost of car insurance. Cost of running a car decreasing Average cost of car insurance down 12.5% When MPs first called for the UK’s whiplash epidemic to be ended, chair of the report Louise Ellman MP said: “Whiplash injuries can have debilitating consequences for those who suffer them.

MIT develops self-transforming materials that behave 'like robots without robots'

A cross-disciplinary research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a suite of programmable materials, including carbon fiber, printed wood grain, textile composites, rubbers and plastics, that self-transform when exposed to an external stimulus. Director of the Self-Assembly Lab, Skylar Tibbits, presented a TED talk on 4D printing in 2013, where he demonstrated how a flat sheet of material could effectively build itself when exposed to water, like a robot without a robot. Following positive feedback from industries including aviation, automotive and manufacturing, his lab has been working on developing materials that change according to different activation sources, including heat, light, and air pressure, in addition to water – all of which have automotive relevance.