Tesla shares dive as investors fear new Elon Musk political party will damage brand
Fall of 6.8% in early trading wipes $79bn off firm’s value as market frets CEO’s foray into politics will distract from role
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
More than 23m Britons think they may be due compensation for mis-sold car loans, UK poll finds
Survey comes before supreme court decision on secret commission payments ruled unlawful by court of appeal
UK carmakers on track to meet EV sales target despite intense lobbying to lower quota
Electric car sales made up 21.6% of sales in first half of 2025, only just below the effective 22% share needed to meet rules
Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster
A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?
Car insurance: Which? warns over hefty renewal price rises
Insurers may be failing in their duty to offer fair value when 40% of motorists do not make a fuss over often big hikes
TfL faces legal action over licence delays for Uber and other private hire drivers
Union representing minicab drivers claims livelihoods have been damaged and calls for ‘systemic change’
UK electric car sales up by a third in first half of 2025, preliminary data suggests
Battery electric car sales rose 34.6% in first six months of the year after strongest June for overall car sales since 2019
Country diary: A test of patience here on the farm
Tebay, Cumbria: It’s calving time, so I’m watching and waiting. But we have bigger problems afoot with major roadworks that will hit the valley hard
EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist
Stefan Scherer, boss of AMG Lithium, says Europe must become more self-sufficient in critical raw materials and new technologies
I went to a drive-thru Starbucks but ended up with a £100 parking fine
Staff said I had needed to enter my car reg on an iPad, only there wasn’t one at the kiosk
Glastonbury organisers warn of traffic delays leaving site amid 30C temperatures
Queues also expected for shuttle buses to railway station as 200,000 music fans depart festival on Monday
Shiploads of cars ready to set sail for US from UK as trade deal kicks in
Makers of Aston Martins and Range Rovers expect high demand but British farmers say they have been used as collateral
The kindness of strangers: when I was stranded on a deserted back road, three bikies changed my busted tyre
Just like in a movie, they pulled up around me, engines bubbling ominously, all leather and gang colours. I thought, ‘This is it – they’re gonna kill me’