More than 1,000 workers sign up to unionize at top US Volkswagen plant

UAW says effort at Chattanooga plant in Tennessee is booming as union aims expand membership

Driverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhere

The dream of these vehicles ruling the roads remains just that. Focusing on public transport would be much smarter, says transport writer Christian Wolmar

Why the EU now plans to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicles

All you need to know about the European Commission’s new proposal to delay its 10% charge on EVs

EU set to suspend Brexit tariffs on EVs for three years in major boost for car industry

Commission moves to delay 10% sales charge after intense lobbying by EU and UK carmakers

China’s credit outlook cut to negative; Rupert Soames named CBI president; trading outages in London – as it happened

Moody’s cuts its outlook on China’s credit rating, while trading in smaller stocks in London is hit by systems problems

Could you pass England, Scotland and Wales’s driving theory test? Take our quiz

It has been revealed that a learner driver failed their theory test 59 times, but could you do any better?

EDF can’t move me on to its super-cheap EV charging deal

Its GoElectric Overnight tariff promised drivers big savings – only problem, it couldn’t deliver

‘They don’t want us’: the Ukrainian lorry drivers facing Polish blockades

There is a sense of betrayal among some at the Medyka border crossing, where the queues are said to stretch 70km

When my Hyundai broke down it was left in France, then scrapped

CompareBreakdownCover said its value, and cost of a repair, meant it wasn’t worth bringing it home

Europe is ‘miles behind’ in race for raw materials used in electric car batteries

EU and UK carmakers have secured just 16% of lithium, cobalt and nickel needed to hit 2030 targets, says study

60th time lucky: learner driver breaks UK record for sitting theory test

Person finally passed at Worcestershire centre, says AA, spending £1,380 in process

London’s biggest minicab firm Addison Lee makes emissions U-turn

Lack of public chargers blamed for decision to be only ‘zero-emissions capable’ by April 2024

‘A model project’: a father’s fight to transform one of LA’s deadliest roads

Sunset Boulevard is notorious for pedestrian and cyclist accidents and parents are campaigning to make the street safer

Sunak accused of retreating from global climate leadership at Cop28

PM attracts cross-party criticism with claim that ‘climate politics is at breaking point’ during combative summit visit

‘We can’t let Tesla get away with this’: why Swedish unions are fighting Elon Musk

Billionaire is against the labour movement, and workers believe their country’s traditions are under threat