Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars

In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, the ad already looks like a period piece. But aside from that – I mean, seriously? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Northvolt CEO resigns after EV battery maker files for bankruptcy protection

Peter Carlsson says $1bn to $1.2bn needed to restore business touted as potential European rival to Asian firms

Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi

Billionaire CEO is well connected in the US and China, something that could smooth the road ahead for the electric vehicle maker amid a looming tariff war

FCA plans to allow lenders longer to respond to car finance complaints

Firms could get up to a year to respond to mis-selling complaints after shock court ruling last month

More snow forecast for weekend after UK’s ‘first taste of winter’

Met Office warnings in place until Sunday as schools are closed and travel disrupted in Scotland

Ford cuts 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in UK, after slowdown in EV sales

Carmaker does not specify where British cuts will fall but Dagenham and Halewood will not be affected

Scottish bus drivers say death of colleague part of rising trend in abuse

Keith Rollinson died in February after being attacked by a drunk 15-year-old he had refused to let on his bus

Enterprise Car Club fined me for someone else’s unpaid fuel

I was charged £113.45 after firm insisted petrol station-related fine was mine to pay despite evidence to the contrary

‘First taste of winter’ snow in UK brings school closures and travel disruptions

Severe weather alerts in northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, central and southern Wales and eastern English counties

‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s Autobahn

Fifty years ago, the electronic pioneers released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of its futuristic brilliance

Heavy snowfall across the UK as schools closed, trains delayed and road accidents reported – as it happened

Met Office places three yellow warnings for snow and ice in place across areas of UK

‘It’s infuriating’: inside the UK’s longest-running pothole dispute

On a social housing estate in Hertfordshire, hemmed in by mansions, residents have been fighting for 70 years to get someone to repair a cratered stretch of road that causes falls and punctured tyres. Why is it taking so long?

Dennis Robertson obituary

Other lives: Engineer who helped devise the modern traffic light system

Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield?

In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Don’t waver on electric car targets, big UK businesses tell Labour

Manufacturers want ministers to ease EV mandate, which would mean energy firms losing out