Trump signs orders to allow coal-fired power plants to remain open
Move aimed at addressing rise in power demand for datacenters, AI and EVs, but environmentalists call it a step back
Porsche reports steep fall in orders from Europe and China
Just over 71,000 cars sold in first quarter as German manufacturer is silent on effect of US tariffs
UK politics: Starmer sticks by manifesto pledge not to raise taxes amid tariff turmoil – as it happened
Prime minister says ‘no one is pretending tariffs are good news’ during speech on car industry
Labour: changes to EV rules will have ‘negligible’ impact on UK emissions
Transport secretary says overhaul in response to Trump tariffs supports car firms and climate goals
Starmer announces support for car and pharma industries in ‘age of insecurity’
Prime minister says UK faces a ‘changing and completely new world’ after Donald Trump’s global tariffs
Car tax: green motoring just got more expensive as EVs lose exemption
Concern grows that people will be put off buying electric vehicles because most will also have to pay ‘expensive car supplement’
‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners
Victoria Rance says the ‘1970s technology’ will cause pollution that will damage health for decades, but London mayor and TfL claim it will reduce congestion
Government will step in to support key industries amid tariff turmoil, says Starmer
Carmakers will be given more flexibility over targets on transitioning to electric vehicles
‘It would affect the area massively’: fear in Solihull as home of Jaguar plant awaits impact of Trump tariffs
The factory that produces the Land Rover employs 9,000 people – now the town is in the middle of a ‘perfect storm’ created by the US president’s import taxes on cars
The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay
If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more
Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset amid Donald Trump’s tariff mayhem
PM ready to ditch ‘old assumptions’ and is debating possible changes to fiscal rules to boost growth
Jaguar Land Rover pauses US shipments to assess impact of Trump’s tariffs
Carmaker says action will allow it to consider how to mitigate cost of 25% tariff on imports
What is up with car door handles these days?
Why is everything computerised, automated or impossible to turn off these days?
Is the Silvertown tunnel a bridge to the future or a step backwards?
As the £2.2bn tunnel prepares to open, opinions are divided: will it reduce congestion, or is it a relic of transport planning that worsens pollution?
‘Another nail in the coffin’: Germany’s car industry faces up to Trump’s tariffs
There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers