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    Driverless cars

    In the not-too-distant past, the idea of driverless cars ferrying us around cities seemed like science fiction - but now a future filled with self-driving cars on our roads could be only a few years away. With all the major manufactures like Tesla, Nissan, Ford, Volvo and even Apple looking to build and test autonomous vehicles we can expect news of the latest models, developments and incidents to come through thick and fast. Will we see a future filled with robot cars? Watch this space...

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