From car insurance to tolls: what Britons need to know before driving to mainland Europe Do you need breakdown cover and which firms are offering the best deals?
Ford unleashes the UK’s first legal hands-free drive car – but who will buy it? Ford’s Mustang Mach-E lets motorists drive hands-free in UK (T&Cs apply: motorways only; don’t look away for too long)
Britons driving to France warned over clean air fines UK motorists may need to get stickers as more low emission zones spring up in French cities
Protesters develop novel way to build cone-sensus against driverless cars San Francisco’s Safe Street Rebel group are disabling autonomous taxis by placing a cone on the hood of the car
Ford Fiesta: production ends of UK’s all-time bestselling car Final vehicle built at factory in Cologne as carmaker moves over to electric vehicles
More enforcement needed to stop drink-driving, say UK experts BMA’s move to cut limit is welcome but Scotland data suggests better enforcement needed to reduce accidents
Carmakers double spending on ads in Australia for SUVs and utes Exclusive: Data shows huge jump in promotion and an 80% increase in sales of larger and more polluting vehicles, leading to calls for ban on ads
Is China really leading the clean energy revolution? Not exactly The country generates more solar energy than the rest of the world combined, but burns half the planet’s coal, says Li Shuo of Greenpeace East Asia
Bank governor accuses UK retailers of overcharging on petrol and other goods Unnecessarily high fuel prices will have to be tackled to help reduce inflation, suggests Andrew Bailey
No insurance claim against me, so why am I a marked driver? I simply reported a scrape to a bumper – but the premium has almost doubled
The Guardian view on Toyota’s electric car battery: a boost only if we embrace public transport Editorial: Reducing carbon emissions is necessary. But the future of ‘mobility’ must involve much more besides private cars
Time to worry about car tyre pollution, Chris Whitty tells MPs Chief medical officer says move to electric cars can reduce impact of exhausts, but may bring different problem to the fore
London mayor has no legal power to expand Ulez zone, high court told Five Tory-led councils take legal action in bid to block Sadiq Khan’s plans to extend ultra-low emission zone to whole of capital
TechScape: Self-driving cars are here and they’re watching you Driverless cars have their cameras trained on the road – and on those inside, making some wonder just how that data will be used. Plus, Twitter’s viewing limits
Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars Japanese firm believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes