E-scooters: a tale of two cities as London and Paris plot different paths

London seems to be slowly embracing the rental scooters but in Paris the love affair with trottinettes looks over

Rolls-Royce appoints first female finance chief in boardroom shake-up

Helen McCabe joins from BP where she worked alongside Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic

Porsche gears up for an in-car video streaming boom with UK firm’s help

Exclusive: German carmaker says new Cayenne SUV will have function via platform run by ScreenHits TV

Net zero strategy shows UK will miss 2030 emissions cuts target

Government admits its policies will achieve only 92% of cuts and experts think that is a ‘generous reading’

Brazil may sue VW amid claims firm used ‘slave labour’ under military rule

Prosecutors seek compensation for workers kept on cattle ranch owned by German carmaker during dictatorship from 1973 to 1987

DVLA sent me on a wild goose chase in search of my driving licence

As a wheelchair user I was given a string of inaccessible appointments for an eye test

EU ministers to approve vehicle emissions law after deal with Germany

Berlin secures concessions over future use of e-fuels after going back on agreement struck last year

My biggest regret: I was in a car crash – and I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt

My face got mashed into the plastic headrest in front of me. While the physical wounds healed, I was left with weird, intrusive thoughts

Alarm bells rang when I felt I was being overcharged by an Audi dealership

On top of a £1,480 repair to my Q3, I was billed £50 for one wiper blade

Freewheelin’ to fame – the untold story of Bob Dylan’s iconic VW van

The blue camper on the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan summed up the free-spirited 60s. It was owned by a New York butcher and this is its hidden story

German government in crisis over EU ban on car combustion engines

Green party accuses FDP of gambling away country’s reputation after last-minute blocking of phase-out from 2035

Missing part made my 2018 Jeep suddenly obsolete

It just needed a new oil pump part but none could be found in the world

Dieselgate: millions of ‘extremely’ polluting cars still on Europe’s roads, says report

The research group that first exposed the scandal say ‘it’s not over’ and that governments must act

The Guardian view on Europe’s green transition: moving to the slow lane?

Editorial: Germany’s rearguard defence of the combustion engine sends a disastrous signal in the race to meet net zero targets

Germany’s e-fuel EU loophole could mean ‘135bn more litres of petrol burnt’

Request for exemption from ICE car phase-out would displace up to 46m electric cars, says campaign group