Cape Town - From Mercedes-Benz's new Sprinter van to Formula 1 banning grid girls... here is your midweek motoring wrap.
Elon Musk's dreams, Former Uber boss in court
Former McLaren team coordinator Jo Ramirez has slammed Liberty Media's decision to ban grid girls following news that Formula 1 will no longer make use of grid girls.
Also, From cars to rockets, Elon Musk dreams big. The South African-born entrepreneur combined both of those passions, blasting one of his Tesla electric cars into space aboard his own rocket.
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick took the witness stand, offering his initial response to allegations that he cooked up a scheme to steal self-driving car technology from Google
Then, Mercedes-Benz debuts the third-generation of its best-selling van, the new Sprinter, in Germany.
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