Battle for clean air: the row raging over London’s ultra-low emission zone

A planned extension to the capital’s ‘Ulez’ has become a political battleground as opponents take legal action to stop it while others say drastic action is vital to fight pollution

Ford seeks to remotely repossess cars after missed payments in US patent

Automaker would remotely disable the vehicle or a component of the vehicle if delinquency notice isn’t acknowledged

UK’s drive-throughs step up a gear as posh brands take to the road

Bakery chain Gail’s is latest high-street chain hoping to serve its food through car windows

Toyota accused of greenwashing in Greenpeace complaint filed to ACCC

Complaint focuses on claims about performance of vehicles and net zero by 2050 plans while company says it is committed to sustainable future

Pedestrian jailed for manslaughter after causing cyclist to fall in front of car

Auriol Grey shouted and waved at Celia Ward to get off the pavement in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Lime criticised for offering free rides before Paris e-scooter referendum

Deputy mayor objects to incentive of free 10-minute rides to those who sign up to electoral register

Jaguar Land Rover owner ‘seeks £500m UK subsidy to build battery factory’

Report says Tata Motors approached Britain’s government as group weighs up site in Somerset or Spain

Aston Martin losses more than double amid hopes for turnaround in 2023

Sportscar maker’s £495m loss in 2022 follows spending on new models and supply chain problems

A nightmare 10-hour wait by a busy road to be rescued by the RAC

We broke down with our young children and at first were told there would be a four-and-a-half-hour delay

Carbon emissions from global SUV fleet outweighs that of most countries

Popularity of sport utility vehicles driving higher oil demand and climate crisis, say experts

Australian startup Recharge finalises deal to take over UK battery maker Britishvolt

Takeover of collapsed company revives hopes for the construction of a £3.8bn ‘gigafactory’ in northern England

‘Brits are suffering but for us it’s boom time’: how Brexit boosted French and Irish ports

The cheapest way from Ireland to Europe used to be via Dover. But now Cherbourg and Rosslare are thriving

Far right trying to infiltrate UK’s low-traffic protests, campaigners warn

Defenders of LTNs in Oxford report antisemitic and conspiracy-theory chanting at confrontations over traffic reduction measures

‘A lovely building’: charity launches plan to save Bristol’s Rupert Street car park

Concrete multistorey threatened with demolition but C20 launches campaign to keep ‘innovative’ building

Top marks for ambition, but new Rolls boss still has to set hard targets

Tufan Erginbilgic is saying the right things but the engine-maker’s performance is still a shocker