Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal’s PM vows swift and thorough investigation

Luís Montenegro describes incident, in which 16 people died, as ‘one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history’

England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told

Carcinogens entering waterways from 25,000 road outflows are not monitored or regulated by Environment Agency, committee hears

Britain’s biggest carmaker halts production at key sites after English-speaking hackers disrupt IT systems

BYD overtakes Mitsubishi after nearly quadrupling sales in past year, according to official figures, as GWM, MG and Chery also surge

Carmaker says it has shut down its systems but there is no evidence customer data has been stolen

Jaguar Land Rover says ‘required safety levels cannot be achieved’ for EVs so PM must to stick to petrol version

Choice of finish can cause headaches down the road, with a huge difference in repair costs and resale value

Businessman who did what he could to revitalise British shipbuilding and motor manufacturing in the 1980s before returning to his native Canada

Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

Chinese-owned sportscar maker insists it is committed to Britain and will restart production in Norfolk in September

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as former PM criticises Bank of England and claims UK faces ‘economic doom loop’

Electric car business run by Elon Musk continues to lose ground to Chinese rival despite recent revamp of Model Y

Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car use

After six months I only got it back after I’d reported it stolen

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota lobbied against zero emission vehicle mandate, documents show